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Location: Bruthen

Australian Soil Classification: Melanic, Eutrophic, Brown DERMOSOL

Map Unit: Lindenow (Component 1)
Previous Site Name: AL24

General Landscape Description: Flood plain (hummocky).
Site Description: 1% slope.
Land Use: Grazing on annual pasture.
Native Vegetation: Dry valley forest, minor areas of floodplain reed-bed.
Geology: Recent alluvium.


Soil Profile Morphology:


A110 – 7 cmVery dark greyish brown (10YR3/2); silty loam; moderate crumb structure; friable consistence moist; clear and wavy change to:

A12
7 – 17 cm
Very dark greyish brown (10YR3/2) abundant distinct brown mottles; silty loam; moderate fine (<5 mm) subangular blocky structure; friable consistence moist; diffuse and wavy change to:

AC
17 – 27 cm
Very dark greyish brown (10YR3/2), abundant distinct brown (<5 mm) mottles; silty loam (with thin fine sand lenses); moderate fine (<5 mm) subangular blocky structure; friable consistence moist; abrupt and smooth change to:

2A1
27 – 52 cm
Very dark greyish brown (10YR3/2), abundant distinct brown (5 -15 mm) mottles; silty clay loam (with thin fine sand lenses); moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm consistence moist; abrupt change to:

2C
52 – 90+ cm
Yellowish brown (10YR5/6), abundant distinct grey (5 -15 mm) mottles; silty loam; massive structure.


Key Profile Features:

Chemical and Physical Analysis:

Horizon
Horizon Depth
(cm)
pH
(water)
EC
dS/m
Organic Carbon
%
Total
Nitrogen
%
Exch. Acididty
meq/100g
Exchangeable Cations
Gravel
%
Coarse Sand
(0.2-2.0 mm)
%
Fine Sand
(0.02-0.2 mm)
%
Silt
(0.002-0.02 mm)
%
Clay
(<0.002 mm)
%
Ca
Mg
K
Na
meq/100g
A11
0-7
6.2
0.21
4.0
0.43
11.3
8.7
6.0
0.4
0.5
0
2
43
18
17
A12
10-17
6.3
0.14
2.3
0.20
8.0
8.0
4.3
0.1
0.5
0
1
54
18
15
2A1
30-52
6.1
0.31
1.4
0.15
10.1
8.2
5.1
0.09
1.0
0
<1
37
34
19
2C
52-60
6.3
0.23
1.5
0.11
9.3
7.0
4.1
0.04
0.8
0
<1
55
26
15

Profile Described By: J.M. Aldrick, 1978.
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