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NE37c

Property: Rutherglen Research InstitutePaddock #: F
Great Soil Group: solodic soil
General Landscape Description: This soil occurs in the depression component of gilgai microrelief and resembles Lilliput loam (as described by Poutsma and Skene (1961).

Soil Profile Morphology:


Surface Soil

A10-10 cmLight fine sandy clay loam; rusty root channel mottling present; pH 5.4

A210-20 cmConspicuously bleached very fine sandy clay loam

Subsoil
B2120-45 cmLight brownish grey (10YR6/2) light medium clay; coarse prismatic structure; rigid consistence dry; pH 6.8

B2245-80 cmPale brown (10YR6/3) with brownish yellow (10YR6/8) and dark red (2.5YR4/8) mottled light clay; pH 6.1