Project Name:	Preliminary Assessment and Survey of Land Degradation in the Dalrypmle Shire, QLD
	Project Code:	DLR	Site ID:	214	Observation ID:	1
	Agency Name:	QLD Department of Primary Industries
	Site Information
	Desc. By:	M. DeCorte	Locality:
	Date Desc.:	11/04/91	Elevation:	300 metres
	Map Ref.:	Sheet No. : 8257   GPS	Rainfall:	No Data
	Northing/Long.:	7781500 AMG zone: 55	Runoff:	No runoff
	Easting/Lat.:	484693  Datum: AGD66	Drainage:	Well drained
	Geology
	ExposureType:	No Data	Conf. Sub. is Parent. Mat.:	No Data
	Geol. Ref.:	No Data	Substrate Material:	No Data
	Land Form
	Rel/Slope Class: 	Level plain <9m <1%	Pattern Type:	Alluvial plain
	Morph. Type:	Flat	Relief:	No Data
	Elem. Type:	Plain	Slope Category:	Level
	Slope:	1 % 	Aspect:	60 degrees
	Surface Soil Condition (dry):	Loose
	Erosion:
	Soil Classification
	Australian Soil Classification:	Mapping Unit:	N/A
	Basic Paralithic Orthic Tenosol Medium Non-gravelly Sandy 	Principal Profile Form:	Uc4.21
	Sandy Very deep
	ASC Confidence:	Great Soil Group:	Siliceous sand
	All necessary analytical data are available.
	Site Disturbance:	No effective disturbance other than grazing by hoofed animals
	Vegetation:	Low Strata - Tussock grass, 0.51-1m, Sparse. *Species includes - Elionurus citreus, Phynchelytrum repens, Eragrostis 
	species	Mid Strata - Tree, 1.01-3m, Isolated clumps. *Species includes - Petalostigma pubescens, Pandanus species
	Tall Strata - Tree, 6.01-12m, Sparse. *Species includes - Eucalyptus polycarpa, Eucalyptus platyphylla
	Surface Coarse Fragments:	No surface coarse fragments
	Profile Morphology
	A1	0 - 0.17 m	Dark brown (10YR3/3-Moist); ; Coarse sand; Massive grade of structure; Sandy (grains 
	prominent) fabric; Many (>5 per 100mm2) Fine (1-2mm) macropores, Dry; Loose consistence; 0-
	2%, fine gravelly, 2-6mm, angular, dispersed, Quartz, coarse fragments; , Calcareous, , ; , 
	Gypseous, , ; Field pH 6.5 (Raupach, 0.05); Common, very fine (0-1mm) roots; Gradual, Smooth 
	change to - 
	A21	0.17 - 0.48 m	Dark yellowish brown (10YR4/4-Moist); ; Coarse sand; Massive grade of structure; Sandy (grains 
	prominent) fabric; Many (>5 per 100mm2) Fine (1-2mm) macropores, Dry; Loose consistence; 0-
	2%, fine gravelly, 2-6mm, angular, dispersed, Quartz, coarse fragments; , Calcareous, , ; , 
	Gypseous, , ; Field pH 5.5 (Raupach, 0.3); Common, very fine (0-1mm) roots; Gradual, Smooth 
	change to - 
	A22	0.48 - 0.65 m	Brown (7.5YR5/4-Moist); ; Coarse sand; Massive grade of structure; Sandy (grains prominent) 
	fabric; Many (>5 per 100mm2) Fine (1-2mm) macropores, Dry; Loose consistence; 2-10%, 
	medium gravelly, 6-20mm, angular, dispersed, Quartz, coarse fragments; , Calcareous, , ; , 
	Gypseous, , ; Field pH 6.5 (Raupach, 0.6); Few, very fine (0-1mm) roots; Clear, Smooth change 
	to - 
	B1	0.65 - 1.15 m	Reddish yellow (7.5YR6/6-Moist); ; Coarse sand; Massive grade of structure; Sandy (grains 
	prominent) fabric; Many (>5 per 100mm2) Fine (1-2mm) macropores, Dry; Loose consistence; 
	20-50%, medium gravelly, 6-20mm, angular, dispersed, Quartz, coarse fragments; , Calcareous, 
	, ; , Gypseous, , ; Field pH 5 (Raupach, 0.9); Few, very fine (0-1mm) roots; Clear, Smooth change
	 to - 
	B2	1.15 - 1.7 m	Reddish yellow (7.5YR6/8-Moist); ; Coarse sand; Massive grade of structure; Sandy (grains 
	prominent) fabric; Many (>5 per 100mm2) Fine (1-2mm) macropores, Dry; Loose consistence; 
	50-90%, medium gravelly, 6-20mm, subangular, dispersed, Quartz, coarse fragments; , 
	Calcareous, , ; , Gypseous, , ; Field pH 6.5 (Raupach, 1.2); Few, very fine (0-1mm) roots; 
	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:	214	Observation ID:	1
	Agency Name:	QLD Department of Primary Industries

	Project Name:	Preliminary Assessment and Survey of Land Degradation in the Dalrypmle Shire, QLD
	Project Code:	DLR	Site ID:	214	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 - 0.17	6.3A
	0.17 - 0.48	6.4A
	0.48 - 0.65	6.4A
	0.65 - 1.15	6.3A
	1.15 - 1.7	6.1A	1.2J	0.4	0.1	0.2	1.7I	11.76
	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 - 0.17
	0.17 - 0.48
	0.48 - 0.65
	0.65 - 1.15
	1.15 - 1.7
	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 - 0.17
	0.17 - 0.48
	0.48 - 0.65
	0.65 - 1.15
	1.15 - 1.7

	Project Name:	Preliminary Assessment and Survey of Land Degradation in the Dalrypmle Shire, QLD
	Project Code:	DLR	Site ID:	214	Observation ID:	1
	Agency Name:	QLD Department of Primary Industries
	Laboratory Analyses Completed for this profile
	15F1_CA	Exchangeable bases by 0.01M silver-thiourea (AgTU)+, no pretreatment for soluble salts
	15F1_K	Exchangeable bases by 0.01m (AgTU)+, no pretreatment for soluble salts
	15F1_MG	Exchangeable bases by 0.01m (AgTU)+, no pretreatment for soluble salts
	15F1_NA	Exchangeable bases by 0.01m (AgTU)+, no pretreatment for soluble salts
	15F3	CEC by 0.01M silver-thiourea (AgTU)+
	15N1	Exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP)
	4A1	pH of 1:5 soil/water suspension