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Silver Creek (Sc)
- Silver Creek with Warragul (Sc/Wg)
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Geology
Predominantly pre-basaltic Tertiary sediments, including basalt colluvium.
Landform
Rolling low hills. This soil is most common in a foothills situation.
Land Use
The soils of this mapping unit are mostly used for forestry.
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Typical soil and landscape in
Silver Creek mapping unit |
Soils
These soils have been described by Poutsma and Turvey (1979) in their Silver Creek mapping unit. They are generally friable (when moist) with a dark greyish brown to dull brown loam, silty loam or light clay loam surface, overlying a weakly structured yellowish brown to brown clay loam or light clay subsoil. A yellowish brown mottled, denser clay occurs in the deeper subsoil. These soils are generally classified as Brown and Yellow Kandosols or Dermosols using the Australian Soil Classification.
No pits have been sampled within this mapping unit but soil type descriptions can be found in Poutsma and Turvey (1979). |
Soil Pit Sites
CFTT4 and
CFTT8 are examples of
Acidic Brown
Dermosols.
Silver Creek with Morwell (Sc/Mr)
This mapping unit describes areas comprising mostly the Silver Creek mapping unit with some areas of the
Morwell mapping unit. The percentage of the dominant mapping unit is at least 70%.