ESAS2
| Plot: Bakers | Location: Rutherglen |
| Aust. Soil Class: Sodic, Eutrophic, Brown DERMOSOL | |
 ESAS2 Landscape |
Soil Profile Morphology:
Surface Soil
Ap | 0-5 cm | Brown (10YR4/3); very fine sandy loam; weak to very firm consistence (dry); pH 6.6; abrupt change to: |  ESAS2 profile |
A12 | 5-10 cm | Brown (7.5YR4/3); very fine sandy loam; firm consistence (dry); pH 6.8; abrupt change to: | |
A2 | 10-50 cm | Brown (7.5YR5/4 moist and 7.5YR4/4 dry); light fine sandy clay loam; firm to very firm consistence (dry); pH 5.7; clear change to: | |
A3 | 15-30 cm | Strong brown (7.5YR5/6); light fine sandy clay loam; weak coarse (20-55 mm) blocky structure; firm to very firm consistence (dry); macropores present; pH 5.3; clear change to: | |
| Subsoil | |||
B1 | 30-40 cm | Strong brown (7.5YR5/8); fine sandy clay loam; weak to moderate coarse to medium (10-50 mm) subangular blocky structure; firm to very firm consistence (dry); macropores present; pH 6.2; clear change to: | |
B21 | 40-55 cm | Strong brown (7.5YR5/6); light clay (fine sandy); weak to moderate coarse to medium (10-50 mm) subangular blocky structure; very firm consistence (dry); macropores present; pH 6.6; clear change to: | |
B22 | 55-90 cm | Strong brown (7.5YR5/6); light clay; moderate to strong coarse to medium (10-50 mm) polyhedral structure; strong consistence (dry); macropores present; pH 7.4; gradual change to: | |
B23 | 90-130 cm | Light reddish brown (2.5YR6/3) with brownish yellow (10YR6/6), yellowish red (5YR4/6) and grey (10YR6/1) mottles; medium clay; moderate to strong coarse (50-100 mm) prismatic, parting to moderate to strong coarse to medium (10-50 mm) and further parting to fine (5-10 mm) subangular blocky structure; strong to very strong consistence (dry); pH 7.1. | |
- Gradual increase in texture (i.e. clay content) between surface (A) horizons and subsoil (B) horizons.
Soil Profile Characteristics:
 | pH | Salinity Rating | Sodicity | Dispersion |
Surface (A21 horizon) | Slightly Acid | Very Low | Non-Sodic | None |
Subsoil (B1 horizon) | Strongly Acid | Very Low | Non-Sodic | None |
Deeper subsoil (at 90 - 130 cm) | Slightly Alkaline | Very Low | Slightly Sodic | None1 |
Horizon | Horizon Depth (cm) | pH (water) | pH (CaCl2) | EC 1:5 | Exchangeable Cations | | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | | |||||
meq/100g | | ||||||||
Ap | 0-5 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 0.14 | | 5.9 | 0.95 | 0.84 | <0.05 |
A12 | 5-10 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 0.08 | | 5.2 | 0.73 | 0.79 | <0.05 |
A2 | 10-15 | 5.7 | 5.2 | <0.05 | | 3.3 | 0.46 | 0.49 | <0.05 |
A3 | 15-30 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 0.06 | | 2.7 | 0.51 | 0.34 | <0.05 |
B1 | 30-40 | 6.2 | 5.6 | <0.05 | | 4.1 | 0.83 | 0.5 | <0.05 |
B21 | 40-55 | 6.6 | 6 | <0.05 | | 5.1 | 1.2 | 0.63 | <0.05 |
B22 | 55-90 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 0.06 | | 5.7 | 2.6 | 0.51 | 0.21 |
B23 | 90-130 | 7.1 | 6 | 0.06 | | 6 | 5.4 | 0.61 | 0.95 |
Horizon | Horizon Depth (cm) | Exchangeable Aluminium (mg/kg) | Exchangeable Acidity (meq/100g) | Field Capacity pF 2.5 | Wilting Point pF 4.2 | Coarse Sand (0.2-2.0 mm) | Fine Sand (0.02-0.2 mm) | Silt (0.002-0.02 mm) | Clay (<0.002 mm) |
Ap | 0-5 | | 2.5 | 25.9 | 5.2 | 9 | 54 | 20 | 12 |
A12 | 5-10 | | 2.4 | 22.4 | 4.6 | 9 | 53 | 22 | 11 |
A2 | 10-15 | <10 | 4.5 | 22.9 | 4.5 | 10 | 52 | 22 | 12 |
A3 | 15-30 | <10 | 3.9 | 22.8 | 5.4 | 10 | 50 | 19 | 19 |
B1 | 30-40 | <10 | 3.3 | 24.5 | 20.4 | 10 | 45 | 20 | 25 |
B21 | 40-55 | | 2.9 | 26.7 | 10.2 | 11 | 41 | 19 | 29 |
B22 | 55-90 | | | 28 | 11.9 | 10 | 38 | 18 | 34 |
B23 | 90-130 | | | 29.8 | 16.9 | 5 | 30 | 12 | 39 |
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