Project Name:	Preliminary Assessment and Survey of Land Degradation in the Dalrypmle Shire, QLD
	Project Code:	DLR	Site ID:	27	Observation ID:	1
	Agency Name:	QLD Department of Primary Industries
	Site Information
	Desc. By:	M. DeCorte	Locality:
	Date Desc.:	28/06/90	Elevation:	200 metres
	Map Ref.:	Sheet No. : 8356   GPS	Rainfall:	No Data
	Northing/Long.:	7726414 AMG zone: 55	Runoff:	Rapid
	Easting/Lat.:	510861  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: 	Undulating rises 9-30m 3-10%	Pattern Type:	Rises
	Morph. Type:	No Data	Relief:	No Data
	Elem. Type:	Plain	Slope Category:	Very gently sloped
	Slope:	1 % 	Aspect:	100 degrees
	Surface Soil Condition (dry):	Cracking, Other
	Erosion:
	Soil Classification
	Australian Soil Classification:	Mapping Unit:	N/A
	Epicalcareous Self-Mulching Black Vertosol Very gravelly 	Principal Profile Form:	Ug5.16
	Medium fine Very fine Very deep 
	ASC Confidence:	Great Soil Group:	Black earth
	All necessary analytical data are available.
	Site Disturbance:	Limited clearing, for example selective logging
	Vegetation:	Low Strata - , , . *Species includes - Bothriochloa pertusa
	Mid Strata - , , . *Species includes - Acacia species, Terminalia oblongata, Eremophila mitchellii
	Tall Strata - Tree, 12.01-20m, Sparse. *Species includes - Acacia harpophylla
	Surface Coarse Fragments:	50-90%, coarse gravelly, 20-60mm, angular, Igneous rock (unidentified)
	Profile Morphology
	A1	0 - 0.02 m	Very dark greyish brown (10YR3/2-Moist); ; Light medium clay; Moderate grade of structure, 2-
	5 mm, Angular blocky; Smooth-ped fabric; Dry; Very firm consistence; 2-10%, medium gravelly, 
	6-20mm, subangular, dispersed, Igneous rock (unidentified), coarse fragments; Soil matrix is 
	Very highly calcareous; Clear, Smooth change to - 
	B1	0.02 - 0.25 m	Very dark grey (10YR3/1-Moist); ; Light medium clay; Strong grade of structure, 10-20 mm, 
	Angular blocky; Smooth-ped fabric; Dry; Very firm consistence; 2-10%, medium gravelly, 6-
	20mm, subangular, dispersed, Igneous rock (unidentified), coarse fragments; Soil matrix is Very
	 highly calcareous; Field pH 8.8 (Raupach, 0.05); Gradual, Smooth change to - 
	B21k	0.25 - 0.6 m	Very dark greyish brown (10YR3/2-Moist); ; Heavy clay; Strong grade of structure, 20-50 mm, 
	Lenticular; Strong grade of structure, 10-20 mm, Angular blocky; Smooth-ped fabric; Moderately
	 moist; Very firm consistence; Few cutans, <10% of ped faces or walls coated, distinct; 
	Common (10 - 20 %), Calcareous, Coarse (6 - 20 mm), Soft segregations; Soil matrix is Very 
	highly calcareous; Field pH 8.8 (Raupach, 0.3); Field pH 8.8 (Raupach, 0.6); Clear, Smooth 
	B22yk	0.6 - 1.1 m	Dark greyish brown (10YR4/2-Moist); ; Medium heavy clay; Strong grade of structure, 20-50 
	mm, Lenticular; Strong grade of structure, 10-20 mm, Angular blocky; Smooth-ped fabric; 
	Moderately moist; Very firm consistence; Many (20 - 50 %), Calcareous, Coarse (6 - 20 mm), 
	Soft segregations; Few (2 - 10 %), Gypseous, Medium (2 -6 mm), Crystals; Soil matrix is Very 
	highly calcareous; Clear, Smooth change to - 
	B3k	1.1 - 1.5 m	Yellowish brown (10YR5/4-Moist); ; Medium heavy clay; Weak grade of structure, 20-50 mm, 
	Angular blocky; Smooth-ped fabric; Moderately moist; Firm consistence; 0-2%, medium gravelly,
	 6-20mm, subangular, dispersed, Igneous rock (unidentified), coarse fragments; Common (10 - 
	20 %), Calcareous, Coarse (6 - 20 mm), Concretions; , Gypseous, , ; Soil matrix is Very highly 
	calcareous; Field pH 8.8 (Raupach, 1.2); 
	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:	27	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 - 0.02	9.7A
	0.02 - 0.25	9.7A	2.7E	2.3	0.08	1.9	8B	23.75
	0.25 - 0.6	8.9A	22.1J	6.6	0.6	3.9	30.4I	12.83
	0.6 - 1.1	8.9A	93E	23	3.3	5.7
	1.1 - 1.5	9.1A
	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 - 0.02
	0.02 - 0.25
	0.25 - 0.6
	0.6 - 1.1
	1.1 - 1.5
	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 - 0.02
	0.02 - 0.25
	0.25 - 0.6
	0.6 - 1.1
	1.1 - 1.5

	Project Name:	Preliminary Assessment and Survey of Land Degradation in the Dalrypmle Shire, QLD
	Project Code:	DLR	Site ID:	27	Observation ID:	1
	Agency Name:	QLD Department of Primary Industries
	Laboratory Analyses Completed for this profile
	10B	Extractable sulfur(mg/kg) - Phosphate extractable sulfur
	15C1_CA	Exchangeable bases (Ca2+,Mg2+,Na+,K+) - alcoholic 1M ammonium chloride at pH 8.5, pretreatment 
	for soluble salts
	15C1_CEC	CEC - alcoholic 1M ammonium chloride at pH 8.5, pretreatment for soluble salts
	15C1_K	Exchangeable bases and CEC - alcoholic 1M ammonium chloride at pH 8.5, pretreatment for soluble 
	salts
	15C1_MG	Exchangeable bases and CEC - alcoholic 1M ammonium chloride at pH 8.5, pretreatment for soluble 
	salts
	15C1_NA	Exchangeable bases and CEC - alcoholic 1M ammonium chloride at pH 8.5, pretreatment for soluble 
	salts
	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