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 Fe2O3 % 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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