LS20
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| LS20 |  Epicalcareous-Endohypersodic, Self-mulching, Grey Vertosol | |
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Location | Woorak, western Victoria | |||
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Landform | Plain | |||
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Geology | Quaternary Woorinen Formation: aeolian dune sand, calcareous clay | |||
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Element | Flat | |||
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Slope | 0–1% | |||
Horizon | Depth (cm) | Description | ||
A11 | 0–10 | Dark grey (10YR4/1); light clay; self-mulching; pH 9.0. | ||
A12 | 10–20 | Very dark grey (10YR3/1); light medium clay; strong very fine blocky structure; firm consistence (dry); pH 8.5. | ||
A2 | 20–25 | Dark greyish brown (10YR4/2); sporadically bleached light medium clay; weakly structured; firm consistence (dry); pH 8.6. | ||
B21k | 25–70 | Light brownish grey (10YR6/2) with reddish yellow (7.5YR7/6) mottles; medium heavy clay; strong medium prismatic, parting to moderate medium blocky structure; strong consistence (dry); contains a common (1020%) amount of soft calcium carbonate; pH 9.2. | ||
B22B23 | 70–120120+ | Light grey (2.5Y7/2); medium heavy clay; strong medium prismatic, parting to moderate medium blocky structure; very firm consistence (moist); contains infill from surface horizons between prismatic structure; pH 9.8.Light grey (2.5Y7/2); medium heavy clay; moderate coarse lenticular, parting to finer lenticular structure; firm consistence (moist); pH 9.9. | ||
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Site LS20 | Sample depth cm | pH | EC dS/m | NaCl % | Ex Ca cmol-/kg | Ex Mg cmol-/kg | Ex K cmol-/kg | Ex Na cmol-/kg | Ex Al mg/kg | Ex acidity cmol-/kg | FC -30okPa | PWP -1500okPa | KS % | FS % | Z % | C % | |
Horizon | H2O | CaCl2 | |||||||||||||||
A11 | 0–10 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 0.2 | NA | 31.9 | 4 | 3.2 | 0.6 | NA | NA | 33.8 | 23.3 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
A12 | 10–20 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 0.17 | NA | 30.3 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 0.4 | NA | NA | 32.8 | 24 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
A2 | 20–25 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 0.16 | NA | 0.1 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 0.6 | NA | NA | 31.1 | 23.6 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
B21k | 25–70 | 9.2 | 8.1 | 0.24 | NA | 13.9 | 9.8 | 1.6 | 3.1 | NA | NA | 40.7 | 27.5 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
B22 | 70–120 | 9.8 | 8.6 | 0.63 | <0.05 | 3.3 | 14 | 2.1 | 10.8 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
B23 | 120+ | 9.9 | 9.1 | 0.71 | <0.05 | 2.3 | 11.6 | 2.3 | 18.7 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
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