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Location: Dimboola East

Australian Soil Classification: Calcic, Hypernatric, Red SODOSOL


General Landscape Description: Level plain.
Site Description: Gilgai microerlief.
Native Vegetation: Eucalyptus stand.
Geology: Quaternary.


Soil Profile Morphology:

Surface Soil

A10-30 cmVery dark greyish brown (10YR3/2); loamy sand; single grain structure; pH 8.8; sharp change to:


Subsoil

B2130-60 cmDusky red (2.5YR3/4); heavy clay, fine sandy; weak coarse blocky structure; pH 9.1; sharp change to:

B22k60-90 cmLight brown (7.5YR6/4); heavy clay; weak coarse blocky structure; many coarse soft carbonate segregations present; very highly calcareous; pH 9.4; sharp change to:

B3k90-120 cmPale brown (10YR6/3); heavy clay; weak coarse blocky structure; very many coarse soft carbonate segregations present; very highly calcareous; pH 9.5.

Soil Profile Characteristics:

pH
Salinity Rating
Surface
(A1 horizon)
Strongly Alkaline
Low
Sodic
Subsoil
(B21 horizon)
Very Strongly Alkaline
Medium
Strongly Sodic
Deeper Subsoil
(at 90-120 cm)
Very Strongly Alkaline
Medium
Extremely Sodic


Image: WW431 graphs

The surface is strongly alkaline. The subsoil is very strongly alkaline.The salinity rating in the surface is low. The subsoil has a medium salinity rating.The surface is sodic. The upper subsoil is strongly sodic becoming extremely sodic at depth.

Chemical and Physical Analysis:

Horizon
Horizon
Depth
(cm)
pH
(water)
pH
(CaCl2)
EC
dS/m
NaCl
%



Exchangeable Cations
Ca
Mg
K
Na
Meq/100g
A1
0-30
8.8
8.3
0.17
0.028
8.6
1.4
0.25
0.85
B21
30-60
9.1
8.6
1.2
0.235
5.3
11
1.7
8.7
B22k
60-90
9.4
8.5
1.2
0.217
4.7
8.1
1.1
7.4
B3k
90-120
9.5
8.5
1.1
0.208
4.2
7
0.9
6.7


Profile Described By: N.S. Badawy (March 1970).
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