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Site SW53a
| Location: South Ecklin. | General Landscape Description: Grazing paddock (dairy). |
Soil Profile Morphology
:Surface Soil
| A1 | 0-15 cm | Dark brownish grey (10YR3/2): fine sandy clay loam; moderate fine to very fine polyhedral structure: weak consistence (moist); very few (1-2%) medium sized fragments; abrupt change to: |
 Site SW53a profile |
| A2 | 15-45 cm | Yellowish greyish brown (10YR5/4); light clay; strong fine to very fine polyhedral with some coarse to medium platy structure; weak (moist) consistence; a slight (2-10%) amount of fine to medium sized fragments; clear change to: | |
| Subsoil | |||
| B21 | 45-60 cm | Yellowish brown (10YR5/6); light clay; strong fine to very fine polyhedral with some coarse to medium platy structure, masked by gravel; firm consistence dry; abundant (50-90%) medium to fine ironstone gravels with some basalt cobbles with ironstone skins; abrupt change to: | |
| B22 | 60-100 cm | Yellowish brown (10YR5/8); light medium clay; strong, very fine (1-2 mm) polyhedral and lenticular structure (slickensides); weak (very moist) consistence; a very slight (1-2%) amount of ironstone gravel fragments; abrupt change to: | |
| B23 | 100-130 cm | Darkish yellowish brown (10YR4/6); medium clay; medium coarse polyhedral structure; a very slight (1-2%) amount of fine (2-6 mm) ironstone; clear change to: | |
| C | 130+cm | Decomposing basalt. | |
Profile Described By: Mark Imhof and Austin Brown, August 1998.
