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DOAGW17

WLRA - soil pit DOAGW17- landscape
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    Site Code
DOAGW17


    Location

Great Western, western Victoria

    Landform

Undulating Plain

    Geology

Quaternary alluvium:
fluvial, gravel, sandwlar and silt

    Element

(Shallow) Simple slope
Horizon
Depth (cm)
Description

A1

0–25

Brown (7.5YR4/4) sandy loam; massive (structureless); hard setting; very firm consisitence (dry); friable (moist); non-plastic and non-sticky (wet); pH 6.5; sharp boundary to:

A2

25–90

Reddish yellow (5YR6/6) conspicuously bleached reddish yellow (5YR7/6 dry) sandy loam; massive (structureless); hard setting; very firm consisitence (dry); friable (moist); pH 6.5; sharp boundary to:

B2

90–120

Yellowish red (5YR4/6) sandy light clay; massive (structureless) to weak structure; very firm consistence (dry); friable (moist); pH7.8.
Management considerations
  • Texture contrast soil, sandy profile, becoming slightly alkaline with depth
  • Poor structure, but deep subsurface soil, little restriction to root growth
  • Little nutrient availability, particularly in subsurface soil
  • Structured subsoil, but little nutrient and slightly dispersive, though not sodic according to the laboratory values
  • Landform element, very gentle slope; imperfect to moderately well drained site drainage

Site
DOAGW17
Sample depth cm
pH
EC
dS/m
NaCl
%
Organic Carbon
%
Ex Ca
cmol-/kg
Ex Mg
cmol-/kg
Ex K
cmol-/kg
Ex Na
cmol-/kg
Ex acidity
cmol-/kg
FC
-30okPa
PWP
-1500okPa
KS
%
FS
%
Z
%
C
%
Horizon
H2O
CaCl2
A1
0–25
6.5
NA
0.02
NA
0.9
0.7
0.2
0.3
0.1
3.4
9.6
2.7
NA
NA
NA
NA
A2
25–90
6.5
NA
0.01
NA
NA
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.8
8.2
1.4
NA
NA
NA
NA
B2
90–120
7.8
NA
0.02
NA
NA
2.1
1.7
0.2
0.1
1.5
15.0
7.6
NA
NA
NA
NA

Note: NA=not assessed
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