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SW88

SW88 landscape
Typical result of traffic on this soil type
    Site Code
SW88
SW88 profile
Vertic (& Calcareous), Sodosolic, Redoxic, HYDROSOL

    Location
Winchelsea, Barwon Park Road (1.5 km north-west of Winchelsea)
    Landform
Plain
    Geology
Quaternary volcanics: basalt
    Element
Low-lying flat depression
    Slope
0
    Aspect
0
Horizon
Depth (cm)
Description
A1
0-8Dark brown (10YR3/3 moist and 10YR4/2 dry); fine sandy loam, weakly pedal; firm consistence; pH 5.7; clear boundary to:

A2
8-15/18Possible A2 (incipient) but not clear in trench; abrupt boundary to:

B21g
15/18-50Very dark brown (10YR2/2 moist) with greyish brown (10YR5/2 moist) and brownish yellow (10YR6/8 moist) (50%) gleyed interiors; sandy light clay in upper part of horizon to light medium clay, (sandy) deeper down and in ped interiors; very coarse (>150 mm) prismatic structure; massive; firm to very firm consistence; pH 8.1; clear or gradual boundary to:

B22g
50-80Dark grey (10YR4/1 moist) with many (>50%) grey (10YR5/1 moist) and yellow (10YR7/8) mottles; medium clay; fine pedal structure, polyhedral to very fine lenticular structure, shiny ped faces; pH 8.7; clear or gradual boundary to:

B23gt
80-110Black (10YR2/1 moist) ped faces; many (~80%), pinkish grey (7.5YR6/2 moist) and brownish yellow (10YR6/8) mottles; medium clay; structure tending to medium (<50 mm) prismatic; pH 8.9; clear boundary to:

B24g
110-180 +Greyish green (5G4/2 moist) and light olive brown (2.5Y5/3 moist), strongly gleyed; sandy clay; fine yellowish brown (10YR5/8 moist) mottles; apedal; strongly developed large (~10 mm) biopores, 50-120 mm apart; minor (<2%), soft calcium carbonate (CaCO3) and isolated calcium carbonate (CaCO3) nodules; pH 8.3.

Management considerations
Very waterlogged and moderately saline this soil should be avoided for agriculture or infrastructure.

Analytical data
Site SW88
Sample
depth
pH
EC
NaCl
Ex Ca
Ex Mg
Ex K
Ex Na
Ex Al
Ex acidity
FC
(-10kPa)
PWP
(-150kPa)
KS
FS
Z
C
Horizon
cm
H2O
CaCl2
dS/m
%
cmolc/kg
cmolc/kg
cmolc/kg
cmolc/kg
mg/kg
cmolc/kg
%
%
%
%
%
%
A1
0-10
5.7
5.0
0.28
0.03
4.4
3.9
0.9
0.2
<10
10
18.3
10.3
23.3
49.0
8.5
13.5
B21
30-50
8.1
7.4
0.76
0.16
3.1
10.0
0.8
2.7
N/R
N/R
29.9
14.4
16.6
45.0
5.5
31.0
B22
60-80
8.7
8.2
1.4
0.33
3.1
14.0
1.0
5.1
N/R
N/R
37.5
18.3
10.1
43.1
7.5
37.5
B23
90-105
8.9
9.3
1.2
0.3
23.0
11.0
0.5
4.0
N/R
N/R
31.2
14.2
25.8
37.7
4.0
30.5
B24
110-150
8.3
8.5
0.67
0.14
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
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