Project Name:	Preliminary Assessment and Survey of Land Degradation in the Dalrypmle Shire, QLD
	Project Code:	DLR	Site ID:	1379	Observation ID:	1
	Agency Name:	QLD Department of Primary Industries
	Site Information
	Desc. By:	Rogers, Gary	Locality:
	Date Desc.:	20/08/92	Elevation:	No Data
	Map Ref.:	Sheet No. : 7957   GPS	Rainfall:	No Data
	Northing/Long.:	7769120 AMG zone: 55	Runoff:	Very slow
	Easting/Lat.:	298785  Datum: AGD66	Drainage:	Imperfectly drained
	Geology
	ExposureType:	No Data	Conf. Sub. is Parent. Mat.:	No Data
	Geol. Ref.:	No Data	Substrate Material:	Undisturbed soil core, No Data
	Land Form
	Rel/Slope Class: 	Level plain <9m <1%	Pattern Type:	Plain
	Morph. Type:	Flat	Relief:	No Data
	Elem. Type:	Plain	Slope Category:	Level
	Slope:	1 % 	Aspect:	No Data
	Surface Soil Condition (dry):	Cracking, Self-mulching
	Erosion:
	Soil Classification
	Australian Soil Classification:	Mapping Unit:	N/A
	Epicalcareous Self-Mulching Black Vertosol Non-gravelly 	Principal Profile Form:	Ug5.14
	Medium fine Very fine Moderately deep 
	ASC Confidence:	Great Soil Group:	Black earth
	Analytical data are incomplete but reasonable confidence.
	Site Disturbance:	No effective disturbance other than grazing by hoofed animals
	Vegetation:	Low Strata - Tussock grass, 0.51-1m, Sparse. *Species includes - Eulalia aurea, Paspalidium species, Aristida species
	Mid Strata - , , . *Species includes - None recorded
	Tall Strata - Shrub, 1.01-3m, Isolated clumps. *Species includes - Melaleuca bracteata
	Surface Coarse Fragments:	0-2%, cobbly, 60-200mm, subrounded, Basalt
	Profile Morphology
	A1	0 - 0.06 m	Very dark greyish brown (2.5Y3/2-Moist); ; Medium clay; Strong grade of structure, 2-5 mm, 
	Granular; Smooth-ped fabric; Dry; Very few (0 - 2 %), Calcareous, Coarse (6 - 20 mm), 
	Concretions; , Gypseous, , ; Field pH 7 (Raupach, 0.03); Clear change to - 
	B21	0.06 - 0.35 m	Very dark greyish brown (2.5Y3/2-Moist); ; Medium heavy clay; Moderate grade of structure, 20-50
	 mm, Subangular blocky; Moderate grade of structure, 10-20 mm, Lenticular; Smooth-ped fabric; 
	Moderately moist; Common cutans, 10-50% of ped faces or walls coated; , Calcareous, , ; , 
	Gypseous, , ; Field pH 8 (Raupach, 0.2); Gradual change to - 
	B22	0.35 - 0.8 m	Dark grey (5Y4/1-Moist); ; Heavy clay; Strong grade of structure, Lenticular; Smooth-ped fabric; 
	Moderately moist; Many cutans, >50% of ped faces or walls coated; Few (2 - 10 %), 
	Manganiferous, Medium (2 -6 mm), Nodules; , Calcareous, , ; , Gypseous, , ; Field pH 8.5 
	(Raupach, 0.5); 
	Morphological Notes
	Observation Notes
	Site Notes

	Project Name:	Preliminary Assessment and Survey of Land Degradation in the Dalrypmle Shire, QLD
	Project Code:	DLR	Site ID:	1379	Observation ID:	1
	Agency Name:	QLD Department of Primary Industries
	Laboratory Test Results:
	Depth	pH	1:5 EC	Exchangeable Cations 	Exchangeable	CEC	ECEC	ESP
	Ca	Mg	K	Na	Acidity
	 m	 dS/m	Cmol (+)/kg 	%
	0 - 0.06	7.6A	24B	30	0.35	0.21
	0.06 - 0.35	7.7A
	0.35 - 0.8	8.6A	27B	34	0.17	0.79
	Depth	CaCO3	Organic	Avail.	Total	Total	Total	Bulk 	Particle  Size  Analysis
	C	P	P	N	K	Density	GV	CS	FS	Silt	Clay
	 m	%	%	 mg/kg	%	%	%	 Mg/m3	%
	0 - 0.06
	0.06 - 0.35
	0.35 - 0.8
	Depth	COLE	Gravimetric/Volumetric Water Contents	K sat	K unsat
	Sat.	0.05 Bar	0.1 Bar	0.5 Bar	1 Bar	5 Bar	15 Bar
	 m	g/g -  m3/m3	mm/h	mm/h
	0 - 0.06
	0.06 - 0.35
	0.35 - 0.8

	Project Name:	Preliminary Assessment and Survey of Land Degradation in the Dalrypmle Shire, QLD
	Project Code:	DLR	Site ID:	1379	Observation ID:	1
	Agency Name:	QLD Department of Primary Industries
	Laboratory Analyses Completed for this profile
	10B	Extractable sulfur(mg/kg) - Phosphate extractable sulfur
	15A2_CA	Exchangeable bases (Ca2+,Mg2+,Na+,K+) - 1M ammonium chloride at pH 7.0, pretreatment for 
	soluble salts
	15A2_K	Exchangeable bases- 1M ammonium chloride at pH 7.0, pretreatment for soluble salts
	15A2_MG	Exchangeable bases- 1M ammonium chloride at pH 7.0, pretreatment for soluble salts
	15A2_NA	Exchangeable bases- 1M ammonium chloride at pH 7.0, pretreatment for soluble salts
	15N1	Exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP)
	4A1	pH of 1:5 soil/water suspension