Project Name:	Preliminary Assessment and Survey of Land Degradation in the Dalrypmle Shire, QLD
	Project Code:	DLR	Site ID:	78	Observation ID:	1
	Agency Name:	QLD Department of Primary Industries
	Site Information
	Desc. By:	M. DeCorte	Locality:
	Date Desc.:	26/07/90	Elevation:	335 metres
	Map Ref.:	Sheet No. : 8057   GPS	Rainfall:	No Data
	Northing/Long.:	7737435 AMG zone: 55	Runoff:	Very slow
	Easting/Lat.:	367447  Datum: AGD66	Drainage:	Moderately 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:	Plain
	Morph. Type:	Flat	Relief:	No Data
	Elem. Type:	Plain	Slope Category:	Level
	Slope:	1 % 	Aspect:	210 degrees
	Surface Soil Condition (dry):	Hardsetting, Surface crust
	Erosion:
	Soil Classification
	Australian Soil Classification:	Mapping Unit:	N/A
	Sodic Mesotrophic Brown Kandosol Thin Gravelly Clay-loamy 	Principal Profile Form:	Gn2.22
	Clayey Deep
	ASC Confidence:	Great Soil Group:	Yellow 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 - Chrysopogon fallax, Aristida species
	Mid Strata - Tree, 3.01-6m, Sparse. *Species includes - Planchonia careya, Eucalyptus melanophloia, Acacia species
	Tall Strata - Tree, 6.01-12m, Mid-dense. *Species includes - Eucalyptus melanophloia, Acacia species
	Surface Coarse Fragments:	10-20%, medium gravelly, 6-20mm, angular, Quartz
	Profile Morphology
	A1	0 - 0.05 m	Dark brown (10YR3/3-Moist); ; Fine sandy clay loam (Heavy); Massive grade of structure; 
	Earthy fabric; Dry; Firm consistence; 2-10%, medium gravelly, 6-20mm, angular, dispersed, 
	Quartz, coarse fragments; , Calcareous, , ; , Gypseous, , ; Field pH 5.5 (Raupach, 0.05); Few, 
	fine (1-2mm) roots; Abrupt, Smooth change to - 
	B1	0.05 - 0.45 m	Yellowish brown (10YR5/8-Moist); ; Light clay; Weak grade of structure, 20-50 mm, Subangular
	 blocky; Smooth-ped fabric; Moderately moist; Weak consistence; 0-2%, medium gravelly, 6-
	20mm, angular, dispersed, Quartz, coarse fragments; , Calcareous, , ; , Gypseous, , ; Field pH 
	5.8 (Raupach, 0.3); Common, fine (1-2mm) roots; Clear, Smooth change to - 
	B21	0.45 - 0.8 m	Yellowish brown (10YR5/8-Moist); ; Light medium clay; Weak grade of structure, 20-50 mm, 
	Subangular blocky; Smooth-ped fabric; Moist; Weak consistence; , Calcareous, , ; , Gypseous, ,
	 ; Field pH 6.8 (Raupach, 0.6); Common, fine (1-2mm) roots; Abrupt, Smooth change to - 
	2Dc	0.8 - 1.2 m	Light olive brown (2.5Y5/4-Moist); Mottles, 10YR58, 10-20% , 0-5mm, Faint; Mottles, 10-20% ; 
	Medium heavy clay; Moderate grade of structure, 50-100 mm, Angular blocky; Smooth-ped 
	fabric; Moist; Very firm consistence; Many (20 - 50 %), Ferruginous, Medium (2 -6 mm), Soft 
	segregations; , Calcareous, , ; , Gypseous, , ; Field pH 7.2 (Raupach, 0.9); 
	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:	78	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 - 0.05	5.8A	1.6B	1.6	0.28	0.05
	0.05 - 0.45	6A
	0.45 - 0.8	6.9A	1.5B	3.2	0.07	0.59	7.9I	7.47
	1.4J	3.1	0.1	0.6	7.59
	0.8 - 1.2	7.2A	1.3B	6	0.1	1.9	12B	15.83
	1.2E	5.8	0.09	1.8	15.00
	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 - 0.05
	0.05 - 0.45
	0.45 - 0.8
	0.8 - 1.2
	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 - 0.05
	0.05 - 0.45
	0.45 - 0.8
	0.8 - 1.2

	Project Name:	Preliminary Assessment and Survey of Land Degradation in the Dalrypmle Shire, QLD
	Project Code:	DLR	Site ID:	78	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
	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