Group: Oakvale Farm Advance Group | Australian Soil Classification: Calcic, Hypernatric, Red SODOSOL |
Northcote Factual Key: Dr 2.13 | Great Soil Group: solodic soil |
General Landscape Description: Drainage way on level plain. Original vegetation included Buloke (Casuarina luehmanni). This site has not been cropped. |
LP71 Landscape |
A1 | 0-8 cm | Reddish brown (5YR4/4); light fine sandy clay loam; hardsetting surface condition; weak coarse blocky structure; firm consistence moist; pH 7.4; sharp change to: | LP71 |
Subsoil | |||
B21 | 8-25 cm | Yellowish red (5YR4/4); light medium clay; strong medium blocky structure; firm consistence moist; pH 7.5; clear change to: | |
B22k | 25-50 cm | Yellowish red (5YR5/6); medium clay; strong medium blocky structure; strong consistence dry; contains a few (2-5%) soft carbonates and very few (<1%) semi-hard carbonates (up to 10 mm diameter); pH 8.2; clear change to: | |
B23 | 50-100 cm | Strong brown (7.5YR5/6); and yellowish red (5YR5/6); medium clay; moderate blocky structure (earthy fabric); strong consistence dry; contains a few (2-5%) fine gypsum crystals in pockets as well as very few (<2%) carbonate nodules (5-8 mm diameter); pH 8.8; gradual change to: | |
B24 | 100+ cm | Strong brown (7.5YR5/6); medium clay; strong medium blocky, parting to strong fine polyhedral structure (with shiny faced peds); very strong consistence dry; contains very few (<2%) hard and semi-hard carbonates (10-20 mm diameter); pH 8.9. |
pH | Salinity Rating | |||
Surface (A1 horizon) | slightly alkaline | low | non-sodic | none1 |
Subsoil (25-45 horizon) | slightly alkaline | low | sodic | slight - moderate |
Deeper subsoil (1 m) | strongly alkaline | medium | strongly sodic | none2 |
1 Strong dispersion with remoulding. 2 Due to high level of soluble salts. |
Horizon | Horizon Depth | pH (water) | pH CaCl2 | EC 1:5 | NaCl | Exchangeable Cations | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | ||||||
meq/100g | |||||||||
A1 | 0-8 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 0.09 | 7.4 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.2 | |
B21 | 8-25 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 0.14 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.9 | |
B22 | 25-50 | 8.2 | 7 | 0.21 | 5.5 | 6 | 0.8 | 4.2 | |
B23 | 50-100 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 0.55 | 0.39 | 5.2 | 9.3 | 1.2 | 9.5 |
B24 | 100+ | 8.9 | 8.4 | 0.55 | 0.44 | 5.1 | 11 | 1.2 | 11 |
Horizon | Horizon Depth | Ex Al mg/kg | Ex Ac meq/100g | Field pF2.5 | Wilting Point pF4.2 | Coarse Sand (0.2-2.0mm) | Fine Sand (0.02-0.2mm) | Silt (0.002-0.02mm) | Clay (<0.002mm) |
A1 | 0-8 | 16.6 | 6.3 | 20 | 50 | 13 | 15 | ||
B21 | 8-25 | 29 | 7.7 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 44 | ||
B22 | 25-50 | 35.6 | 20.9 | 12 | 28 | 6 | 51 | ||
B23 | 50-100 | ||||||||
B24 | 100+ |