Location: Murrabit | Australian Soil Classification: |
General Landscape Description: Flat plain. Locally referred to as Red Gum Plain. | Local Name: Murrabit Clay |
LP02 Landscape |
A1 | 0-20 cm | Dark greyish brown (10YR4/2); medium heavy clay; cracking surface condition; strong coarse prismatic, breaking down to strong fine blocky structure; firm consistence moist (subplastic when worked); pH 6.3; sharp and smooth change to: | LP02 Profile |
Subsoil | |||
B21 | 20-50 cm | Dark greyish brown (10YR4/2) with yellowish brown (10YR5/8) mottles; heavy clay; weak consistence moist; pH 6.4; gradual and smooth change to: | |
B22 | 50-70 cm | Dark grey (10YR4/1) with yellowish brown (10YR5/8) mottles; heavy clay; weak consistence moist; contains very few (<2%) rounded ironstone nodules (2 mm in size); pH 7.3; gradual and smooth change to: | |
B23 | 70-120 cm | Grey (10YR5/1) with brownish yellow (10YR6/8) mottles; medium heavy clay (becoming heavy clay with mica and fine sand with depth); coarse prismatic, breaking down to fine blocky structure; firm consistence moist; contains very few (<2%) soft manganese (2 mm in size); pH 8.0: | |
B24 | 120+ cm | Heavy clay; contains mica; pH 7.9. |