EGS246

Location: Chandlers Creek

Australian Soil Classification: Bleached-Mottled, Eutrophic, Red KANDOSOL

Map Unit: Ambyne (Component 1)
Previous Site Name: EG246

General Landscape Description: Rolling to steep hills
Site Description: Upper slope, 8% slope to north
Land Use: Native forest
Native Vegetation: Grassy dry forest
Geology: Granite

Soil Profile Morphology:

Surface soil

A11

0 – 30 cm

Pinkish grey (7.5YR6/2); coarse sandy clay loam; weak coarse granular structure; weak consistence moist; pH 5.2; gradual change to:

30 – 60 cm

Pinkish grey (7.5YR7/2); conspicuously bleached, coarse sandy loam; massive; weak consistence moist; gradual change to:

Subsoil

60 – 1.0+m

Mottled pinkish grey, yellowish red (5YR4/6) and strong brown (7.5YR4/6); coarse sandy light clay; weak coarse polyhedral structure; firm consistence moist; pH 5.9.

Chemical and Physical Analysis:

Horizon

Horizon Depth
(cm)

pH
(water)

pH
(CaCl₂)

EC
dS/m

Exchangeable Acididty
meq/100g

Exchangeable Cations

meq/100g

0-20

5.2

4.4

<0.05

0.9

1.5

1.1

0.2

0.12

60-80

5.9

4.6

<0.05

1.2

5.7

3.7

0.25

0.34

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