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Site DU57

Location: Niranda South.Australian Soil Classification: Vertic (& Ferric), Eutrophic, Brown CHROMOSOL

Image: DU57 Landscape
Site DU57 landscape


Soil Profile Morphology:

Surface Soil

A10-15 cmVery dark brown (10YR2/2); sandy loam; firm consistence (dry); pH 5.4; clear change to:
    Image: DU57 Profile
    Site DU57 profile photo.
A215-50 cmLight yellowish brown (2.5Y6/4); conspicuously bleached (10YR8/2 dry); light sand; apedal structure; weak consistence (dry); many ferruginous nodules (2-20 mm); pH 5.7; sharp change to:
Subsoil

B2150-80 cmYellowish brown (10YR5/4) with reddish yellow (7.5YR6/8) mottles; medium clay; moderate coarse blocky structure; strong consistence (dry); pH 6.3; gradual change to:

B2280-120 cmLight olive brown (2.5Y5/4) with brownish yellow (10YR6/6) and yellowish red (5YR5/6) mottles; medium heavy clay; moderate medium, parting to strong fine polyhedral structure; few (10%) ferruginous nodules (20-30 mm); pH 6.2; gradual change to:

B23120-160 cmBrownish yellow (10YR6/8) with dark red (2.5YR3/6) and light grey (10YR7/1) mottles; medium heavy clay; moderate lenticular structure; many (20%) ferruginous nodules (10-20 mm); pH 6.0; clear change to:

B3160+ cmGrey (10YR6/1) with strong brown (7.5YR5/8) and red (2.5YR5/6) mottles; medium heavy clay; strong medium to fine lenticular structure; weak consistence (moist); pH 6.4.

Image: DU57 Lenticular
Lenticular structure.

Key Profile Characteristics:

pH
Salinity Rating
Surface
(A1 horizon)
Strongly Acid
Medium
Sodic
None
Subsoil
(B21 horizon)
Slightly Acid
Very Low
Non-Sodic
None
Deeper subsoil
(at 160+ cm)
Slightly Acid
Very Low
None

Image: DU57 Graphs

Horizon
Horizon Depth
(cm)
pH
(water)
pH
CaCl2
EC
1:5
Exchangeable Cations
Ca
Mg
K
Na
meq/100g
A1
0-15
5.4
4.7
0.24
2.3
0.43
0.67
0.44
A2
15-50
5.7
5.1
<0.05
0.78
0.17
<0.05
0.09
B21
50-80
6.3
6.0
0.10
4.1
2.8
0.18
0.42
B22
80-120
6.2
6.1
0.13
3.3
5.0
0.26
0.59
B23
120-160
6.0
5.9
0.10
3.6
4.4
0.23
0.69
B24
160+
6.4
5.9
0.13
6.8
5.2
0.29
1.1

Horizon
Horizon Depth
(cm)
Exchangeable Aluminium
mg/kg
Exchangeable Acidity
meq/100g
Coarse Sand
(0.2-2.0 mm)
Fine Sand
(0.02-0.2 mm)
Silt
(0.002-0.02 mm)
Clay
(<0.002 mm)
A1
0-15
25
12
22
59
8
4
A2
15-50
<10
3.1
23
62
9
5
B21
50-80
<10
7.2
14
36
5
45
B22
80-120
<10
8.7
8
23
5
65
B23
120-160
B24
160+


Profile Described By: Mark Imhof and Siegfried Engleitner, August 2004.
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