MOP7
| Location: Merrick North | Australian Soil Classification: Bleached-Ferric, Eutrophic, Brown CHROMOSOL (thick surface horizons) |
| Land Use: Vineyard | |
Soil Profile Morphology:
Surface Soil
| A1 | 0-20 cm | Dark brown (7.5YR 3/2); light fine sandy clay loam; moderate medium sub-angular blocky structure; contains some ferruginised sandstone fragments; pH 6.8: |  MOP7 Profile |
| A2 | 20-35 cm | Conspicuously bleached; contains many (30%) ferromanganiferous nodules as well as ferruginised sandstone fragments | |
| Subsoil | |||
| B21 | 35-60 cm | Yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) with yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) mottles; medium heavy clay; strong coarse to very fine polyhedral structure; pH 6.0: | |
| B22 | 60-100 cm | Medium heavy clay; strong coarse to fine polyhedral structure; pH 5.9: | |
| B23 | 100-130+ cm | Medium heavy clay; strong coarse polyhedral, parting to moderate medium to fine lenticular structure; pH 5.9. | |
Key Profile Features:
Soil Profile Characteristics:
 | pH | Salinity Rating | ||
Surface (A1 horizon) | Slightly Acid | | | |
Subsoil (B21 horizon) | Moderately Acid | | | |
Deeper subsoil (at 100-130 cm) | Moderately Acid | | | |
Horizon | Horizon Depth | pH (water) | pH CaCl2 | EC 1:5 | Exchangeable Cations | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | |||||
Meq/100g | ||||||||
A1 | 0-20 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 0.08 | 9.9 | 1.5 | 0.16 | 0.21 |
A2 | 20-35 | | | | | | | |
B21 | 35-60 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 0.11 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 0.08 | 0.35 |
B22 | 60-100 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 0.1 | 3.6 | 7.1 | 0.07 | 0.57 |
B23 | 100-130+ | 5.9 | 5.5 | 0.09 | 2.5 | 7.8 | 0.06 | 0.78 |
Horizon | Horizon Depth | Ex Al mg/kg | Ex Ac meq/100g | Field pF 2.5 | Wilting Point pF4.2 g/100g | Coarse Sand (0.2-2.0mm) % | Fine Sand (0.02-0.2mm) % | Silt (0.002-0.02mm) % | Clay (<0.002mm) % |
A1 | 0-20 | | 7.3 | | | 22 | 37 | 16 | 22 |
A2 | 20-35 | | | | | | | | |
B21 | 35-60 | | 8 | | | 1.4 | 5 | 3 | 87 |
B22 | 60-100 | | 7.9 | | | 1.1 | 4 | 3 | 89 |
B23 | 100-130+ | | | | | | | | |
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