Profile Number 2

Laboratory number:

0956

Profile Description

Site number:

767

A_l

0 - 10 cm

Very dark brown (10YR 2/2) peaty clay; strong granular structure; friable when moist; gradual boundary

Classification:

Northcote (1979) - 0
Stace et al. (1972) - Acid Peat

B₂₁

10 - 30 cm

Very dark black (10YR 2/1) heavy clay; strong angular blocky structure; plastic and sticky when wet; gradual boundary

Location:

Moe 8121, grid ref. 282735 Trafalgar East

B₂₂

30 - 50+ cm

Very dark grey (10YR 3/1) heavy clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; plastic and sticky when wet

Land system, component:

Moe, 2

Topography:

Plain, 0% slope

Elevation:

60 m

Drainage:

Moderate due to artificial drainage; poor under natural conditions

Parent material:

Organic accumulations and Holocene fine-textured alluvium

Vegetation:

Cleared; pasture with predominantly introduced species

LABORATORY ANALYSES 956
Horizon	Sample Depth cm	Lab. texture	Particle size distribution					Atterberg limits					1:5 soil water suspension			Clay mineralogy by x-ray diffraction
Horizon	Sample Depth cm	Lab. texture	Gravel %	Coarse sand % f.e.	fine sand % f.e.	Silt % f.e.	Clay % f.e.	liquid limit %	plastic limit %	plasticity index %	linear shrinkage %		pH	EC 25°C µS/cm	Cl- %	Depth cm	Composition %
Al	0 - 10	MC	0	6	18	18	48						5.0	310	0.006
B21	10 - 30	HC	0	1	5	7	75						5.0	130	0.002
B22	30 - 50	HC	0	<1	3	2	87						5.1	110	0.002

Horizon	Sample Depth cm	Org. C %	Total N %	1.3C N	Free Fe₂O₃ %	Available		HCl extract		Exchangeable cations
						P ppm	K ppm	P %	K %	Ca	Mg	K		Na	CEC	Ca % of CEC	Mg	K	Na	H
						P ppm	K ppm	P %	K %	Milliequivalents/100g					CEC	Ca % of CEC	Mg	K	Na	H
Al	0 - 10					22	333			4.6	3.9	1.3		0.7	66	7	6	2	1	84
B21	10 - 30									2.3	3.3	0.5		0.8	67	3	5	1	1	90
B22	30 - 50									5.2	6.9	0.4		0.9	50	10	14	1	2	73

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