Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	101	Observation ID:	1
	Agency Name:	CSIRO Division of Soils (ACT)
	Site Information
	Desc. By:	N.J. McKenzie	Locality:
	Date Desc.:	21/02/85	Elevation:	No Data
	Map Ref.:	Sheet No. : 8533   1:100000	Rainfall:	No Data
	Northing/Long.:	6458400 AMG zone: 55	Runoff:	No Data
	Easting/Lat.:	590000  Datum: AGD66	Drainage:	Well drained
	Geology
	ExposureType:	Soil pit	Conf. Sub. is Parent. Mat.:	No Data
	Geol. Ref.:	No Data	Substrate Material:	No Data
	Land Form
	Rel/Slope Class: 	No Data	Pattern Type:	No Data
	Morph. Type:	No Data	Relief:	No Data
	Elem. Type:	No Data	Slope Category:	No Data
	Slope:	 % 	Aspect:	No Data
	Surface Soil Condition (dry):	Hardsetting
	Erosion:
	Soil Classification
	Australian Soil Classification:	Mapping Unit:	OLD ALLUVIUM 
	 N/A    	MEANDER PLAIN
	Principal Profile Form:	Dr2.13
	ASC Confidence:	Great Soil Group:	N/A
	Confidence level not specified
	Site Disturbance:	Complete clearing. Pasture, native or improved, cultivated at some stage
	Vegetation:
	Tall Strata - Hummock grass, 0.26-0.5m, . *Species includes - None Recorded
	Surface Coarse Fragments:
	Profile Morphology
	A11	0 - 0.2 m	Dark reddish brown (5YR3/4-Moist); ; Fine sandy clay (Light); Weak grade of structure, 20-50 
	mm, Subangular blocky; Earthy fabric; Very weak consistence; Field pH 7 (Raupach); 
	ManyGradual, Smooth change to - 
	A2	0.2 - 0.45 m	Yellowish red (5YR4/8-Moist); Reddish yellow (7.5YR8/6-Dry); ; Fine sandy clay (Light); Weak 
	grade of structure, 20-50 mm, Subangular blocky; Earthy fabric; Very weak consistence; Field 
	pH 6.5 (Raupach); CommonClear, Smooth change to - 
	B21	0.45 - 0.8 m	Yellowish red (5YR4/6-Moist); ; Sandy clay; Moderate grade of structure, 20-50 mm, Angular 
	blocky; Smooth-ped fabric; Weak consistence; 0-2%, medium gravelly, 6-20mm, subangular, 
	Detrital sedimentary rock (unidentified), coarse fragments; Common cutans, 10-50% of ped 
	faces or walls coated; Few (2 - 10 %), Manganiferous, Medium (2 -6 mm), Nodules; Field pH 8 
	(Raupach); CommonGradual, Smooth change to - 
	B22	0.8 - 1.3 m	Yellowish red (5YR4/6-Moist); ; Medium clay; Weak grade of structure, 20-50 mm, Subangular 
	blocky; Smooth-ped fabric; Weak consistence; Common cutans, 10-50% of ped faces or walls 
	coated; Common (10 - 20 %), Manganiferous, Medium (2 -6 mm), Nodules; Field pH 8.5 
	(Raupach); Few
	Morphological Notes
	Observation Notes
	Mitchell Soil Profile Class, Well Drained Phase
	Site Notes

	Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	101	Observation ID:	1
	Agency Name:	CSIRO Division of Soils (ACT)
	Laboratory Test Results:
	Depth	pH	1:5 EC	Exchangeable Cations 	Exchangeable	CEC	ECEC	ESP
	Ca	Mg	K	Na	Acidity
	 m	 dS/m	Cmol (+)/kg 	%
	0.1 - 0.15	6.6A	0.046A	0.6E	0.1	1	0.2	1.9D
	0.3 - 0.35	7.1A	0.029A
	0.7 - 0.75	8.1A	0.042A	6.5E	5.5	0.6	0.2	12.8D
	1.3 - 1.35	8.6A	0.11A
	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	%
	0.1 - 0.15	1.59	45.9A	30.8	9.6	13.7
	0.3 - 0.35	1.71
	0.7 - 0.75	1.66	29.8A	20.2	7.5	42.5
	1.3 - 1.35	1.54
	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
	0.1 - 0.15	0.031A	0.14G	0.05D
	0.3 - 0.35	0.002A	0.12G	0.05D
	0.7 - 0.75	0.042A	0.17G	0.13D
	1.3 - 1.35	0.047A	0.21G	0.14D

	Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	101	Observation ID:	1
	Agency Name:	CSIRO Division of Soils (ACT)
	Laboratory Analyses Completed for this profile
	15C1_CA	Exchangeable bases (Ca2+,Mg2+,Na+,K+) - 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
	15J_BASES	Sum of Bases
	3A1	EC of 1:5 soil/water extract
	4A1	pH of 1:5 soil/water suspension
	P10_CF_C	Clay (%) - Coventry and Fett pipette method
	P10_CF_CS	Coarse sand (%) - Coventry and Fett pipette method
	P10_CF_FS	Fine sand (%) - Coventry and Fett pipette method
	P10_CF_Z	Silt (%) - Coventry and Fett pipette method
	P3A1	Bulk density - g/cm3
	P3B1GV_15	15 BAR Moisture g/g - Gravimetric of ground sample (<2mm) using pressure plate
	P3B4GV_01	0.1 BAR Moisture g/g - Gravimetric of soil clods (Soil Survey Staff,1967)
	P5_COLE	Coefficient of Linear Extensibility (Grossman et al. 1968)
	XRD_C_Il	Illite - X-Ray Diffraction
	XRD_C_Kt	Kaolinite - X-Ray Diffraction