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GRES754

Location: Golden Beach

Australian Soil Classification: Shelly RUDOSOL

Map Unit: Coastal dunes
Previous Site Name: AL1

General Landscape Description: Dune.
Site Description: Crest of foredune, 2% slope to NW
Land Use: Native vegetation
Native Vegetation: Coastal dune scrub/coastal dune grassland mosaic
Geology: Holocene marine sand


Chemical and Physical Analysis:

Horizon
Horizon Depth
(cm)
pH
(water)
EC
dS/m
Organic Carbon
%
Total
Nitrogen
%
Free
Fe
2O3
% w/w
Exchangeable Acididty
meq/100g
Exchangeable Cations
Field texture
Coarse Sand
(0.2-2.0 mm)
%
Fine Sand
(0.02-0.2 mm)
%
Silt
(0.002-0.02 mm)
%
Clay
(<0.002 mm)
%
Ca
Mg
K
Na
meq/100g
A1
0-3
6.2
0.25
4.4
0.25
0.3
4.9
6.1
3.3
0.2
1.0
S
82
6
1
4
A1
3-7
8.5
0.15
1.0
0.6
0.02
4.4
1.1
0.09
0.4
S
89
6
<1
4
A2
10-20
8.0
0.07
0.66
0.05
0.3
3.2
0.9
0.06
0.06
S
92
5
1
4
A2
24-30
8.1
0.06
0.25
0.02
S
91
6
<1
4
A2
30-47
8.5
0.61
0.2
1.3
0.3
0.01
0.01
S
A2
60-90
9.0
0.81
0.1
1.4
0.2
0.01
0.01
S
91
6
1
4

Profile Described By: J.M. Aldrick, 1978.
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