Project Name:	Preliminary Assessment and Survey of Land Degradation in the Dalrypmle Shire, QLD
	Project Code:	DLR	Site ID:	84	Observation ID:	1
	Agency Name:	QLD Department of Primary Industries
	Site Information
	Desc. By:	M. DeCorte	Locality:
	Date Desc.:	06/08/90	Elevation:	245 metres
	Map Ref.:	Sheet No. : 8257   GPS	Rainfall:	No Data
	Northing/Long.:	7755140 AMG zone: 55	Runoff:	Slow
	Easting/Lat.:	475924  Datum: AGD66	Drainage:	Well drained
	Geology
	ExposureType:	No Data	Conf. Sub. is Parent. Mat.:	No Data
	Geol. Ref.:	No Data	Substrate Material:	Undisturbed soil core, Granodiorite 
	Land Form
	Rel/Slope Class: 	Gently undulating rises 9-30m  	Pattern Type:	Rises
	1-3%
	Morph. Type:	Mid-slope	Relief:	No Data
	Elem. Type:	Hillslope	Slope Category:	Very gently sloped
	Slope:	2 % 	Aspect:	330 degrees
	Surface Soil Condition (dry):	Hardsetting
	Erosion:
	Soil Classification
	Australian Soil Classification:	Mapping Unit:	N/A
	Sodic Eutrophic Red Chromosol Medium Non-gravelly Clay-	Principal Profile Form:	Dr2.13
	loamy Clayey Very deep
	ASC Confidence:	Great Soil Group:	Non-calcic brown
	No analytical data are available but confidence is fair.	 soil
	Site Disturbance:	No effective disturbance other than grazing by hoofed animals
	Vegetation:	Low Strata - Tussock grass, <0.25m, Mid-dense. *Species includes - Bothriochloa pertusa, Chrysopogon fallax
	Mid Strata - Tree, 3.01-6m, Isolated plants. *Species includes - Eucalyptus erythrophloia
	Tall Strata - Tree, 6.01-12m, Sparse. *Species includes - Eucalyptus crebra, Eucalyptus erythrophloia, Eucalyptus 
	Surface Coarse Fragments:	No surface coarse fragments
	Profile Morphology
	A1	0 - 0.15 m	Dark reddish brown (5YR3/3-Moist); ; Clay loam; Moderate grade of structure, 20-50 mm, 
	Angular blocky; Smooth-ped fabric; Moderately moist; Firm consistence; 2-10%, fine gravelly, 2-
	6mm, angular, dispersed, Granodiorite, coarse fragments; , Calcareous, , ; , Gypseous, , ; Field 
	pH 6.5 (Raupach, 0.05); Common, fine (1-2mm) roots; Gradual, Smooth change to - 
	B1	0.15 - 0.45 m	Red (2.5YR4/6-Moist); ; Light medium clay; Strong grade of structure, 50-100 mm, Prismatic; 
	Strong grade of structure, 10-20 mm, Angular blocky; Smooth-ped fabric; Moist; Weak 
	consistence; 0-2%, medium gravelly, 6-20mm, angular, dispersed, Granodiorite, coarse 
	fragments; Common cutans, 10-50% of ped faces or walls coated, distinct; , Calcareous, , ; , 
	Gypseous, , ; Field pH 6.5 (Raupach, 0.3); Common, fine (1-2mm) roots; Clear, Smooth change 
	to - 
	B21	0.45 - 1.25 m	Red (2.5YR4/8-Moist); ; Medium clay; Strong grade of structure, 50-100 mm, Prismatic; Strong 
	grade of structure, 20-50 mm, Angular blocky; Smooth-ped fabric; Moist; Weak consistence; 0-
	2%, medium gravelly, 6-20mm, angular, dispersed, Granodiorite, coarse fragments; Common 
	cutans, 10-50% of ped faces or walls coated, distinct; , Calcareous, , ; , Gypseous, , ; Field pH 
	8.5 (Raupach, 0.9); Clear, Smooth change to - 
	B3	1.25 - 1.75 m	Red (2.5YR5/8-Moist); ; Medium clay; Weak grade of structure, 20-50 mm, Polyhedral; Smooth-
	ped fabric; Moist; Weak consistence; , Calcareous, , ; , Gypseous, , ; Field pH 8 (Raupach, 1.5); 
	Clear, Smooth change to - 
	C	1.75 - 1.85 m	; , Calcareous, , ; , Gypseous, , ; Field pH 8 (Raupach, 1.8); 
	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:	84	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 - 0.15	6.8A	2.9B	1.5	0.42	0.04
	0.15 - 0.45	7A
	0.45 - 1.25	9.4A	9.2B	9.1	0.17	3.2	17B	18.82
	6.9E	8.7	0.15	3.1	15.1I	21.19
	5.1J	6.3	0.3	1.8	18.24
	20.53
	10.59
	11.92
	1.25 - 1.75	7.9A
	1.75 - 1.85	8.1A
	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 - 0.15
	0.15 - 0.45
	0.45 - 1.25
	1.25 - 1.75
	1.75 - 1.85
	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 - 0.15
	0.15 - 0.45
	0.45 - 1.25
	1.25 - 1.75
	1.75 - 1.85

	Project Name:	Preliminary Assessment and Survey of Land Degradation in the Dalrypmle Shire, QLD
	Project Code:	DLR	Site ID:	84	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