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NE46ii

Location: Chiltern Valley


Image: NE46ii landscape
NE46ii Landscape

Soil Profile Morphology:


Surface Soil

A10-8 cmVery dark brown (10YR2/2); sandy loam; weak – moderate to medium blocky; very weak consistence (dry); few quartz fragments; pH 4.3; abrupt change to:
Image: NE46ii profile
NE46ii Profile
A28-20 cmYellowish brown (10YR5/6) conspicuously bleached (10YR7/4 dry); heavy sandy loam; single grained structure; firm consistence (dry); quartz fragments common (20%); pH 4.5; clear change to:
Subsoil
B120-35 cmBrownish yellow (10YR6/6); fine sandy clay loam+; weak coarse blocky structure; weak consistence (dry); few (10%) quartz fragments; macropores present; pH 4.5; gradual change to:
B235-60 cmBrownish yellow (10YR6/8); light clay (gritty); weak medium polyhedral, parting to moderate fine polyhedral structure; weak consistence (dry); few (5%) quartz fragments; macropores present; pH 4.6; clear change to:
B3160-90 cmBrownish yellow (10YR6/8) with many (30%) red (2.5YR5/8) mottles; sandy clay; moderate medium – fine polyhedral structure; very weak consistence (slightly moist); few (10%) quartz fragments; pH 4.9; gradual change to:
B3290-110 cmLight grey (10YR7/1) with red (2.5YR5/8) and brown yellow (10YR6/8) mottles; sandy clay; (texture varies with grey areas having a greater clay content compared to yellow and red areas with higher sand content); strong fine polyhedral structure; weak consistence (dry); few (10%) quartz fragments; pH 4.9.

Key Profile Features:



Soil Profile Characteristics:

Horizon
pH
Salinity Rating
Surface
(A1 horizon)
Extremely Acid
Very Low
Non-Sodic
None
Subsoil
(B2 horizon)
Very Strongly Acid
Very Low
Non-Sodic
None
Deeper subsoil
(at 90-110 cm)
Very Strongly Acid
Very Low
Non-Sodic
None

Soil Profile Characteristics:


NE46ii graphs



Horizon
Horizon Depth
(cm)
pH
(water)
pH
(CaCl2)
EC 1:5
Exchangeable Cations
Ca
Mg
K
Na
meq/100g
A1
0-8
4.3
3.8
0.12
2.4
0.74
0.53
0.11
A2
8-20
4.5
4.1
0.05
0.30
0.12
0.13
0.06
B1
20-35
4.5
4.1
0.06
0.39
0.19
0.17
<0.05
B2
35-60
4.6
4.1
0.06
0.94
0.64
0.19
0.07
B31
60-90
4.9
4.4
0.05
0.26
4.4
0.45
0.08
B32
90-110
4.9
4.3
<0.05
0.11
5.3
0.44
0.14

Horizon
Horizon Depth
(cm)
Exchangeable Aluminium
mg/kg
Exchangeable Acidity
meq/100g
Field Capacity
pF 2.5
Wilting Point
pF 4.2
Coarse Sand
(0.2-2.0 mm)
Fine Sand
(0.02-0.2 mm)
Silt
(0.002-0.02 mm)
Clay
(<0.002 mm)
A1
0-8
86
18
31.5
11.4
37
31
14
6
A2
8-20
100
4.9
16.2
3.3
40
34
9
9
B1
20-35
170
5.7
20.2
6.5
30
32
1
34
B2
35-60
160
7.3
20.8
9.3
28
26
4
37
B31
60-90
130
10
29.4
18.4
18
16
8
57
B32
90-110
190
20
15
9
56

Mark Imhof (May 2003)
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