Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	104	Observation ID:	1
	Agency Name:	CSIRO Division of Soils (ACT)
	Site Information
	Desc. By:	N.J. McKenzie	Locality:
	Date Desc.:	30/03/85	Elevation:	No Data
	Map Ref.:	Sheet No. : 8534   1:100000	Rainfall:	No Data
	Northing/Long.:	6458950 AMG zone: 55	Runoff:	No Data
	Easting/Lat.:	590600  Datum: AGD66	Drainage:	No Data
	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:	Flat	Relief:	No Data
	Elem. Type:	No Data	Slope Category:	No Data
	Slope:	 % 	Aspect:	No Data
	Surface Soil Condition (dry):	Firm
	Erosion:
	Soil Classification
	Australian Soil Classification:	Mapping Unit:	OLD ALLUVIUM 
	 N/A    	MEANDER PLAIN
	Principal Profile Form:	Gn3.23
	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
	A1	0 - 0.15 m	Dark brown (7.5YR3/3-Moist); ; Medium clay; Moderate grade of structure, 20-50 mm, 
	Subangular blocky; Rough-ped fabric; Firm consistence; Field pH 7 (Raupach); Common, very 
	fine (0-1mm) roots; Gradual, Smooth change to - 
	B21	0.15 - 0.5 m	Very dark brown (10YR2/3-Moist); ; Medium clay; Strong grade of structure, 20-50 mm, 
	Subangular blocky; Smooth-ped fabric; Fine, (0 - 5) mm crack; Firm consistence; Field pH 7 
	(Raupach); Common, fine (1-2mm) roots; Diffuse, Smooth change to - 
	B22	0.5 - 1.35 m	Yellowish red (5YR4/8-Moist); , 7.5YR42, 20-50% , 30-mm, Distinct; Medium clay; Strong grade 
	of structure, 20-50 mm, Angular blocky; Rough-ped fabric; Fine, (0 - 5) mm crack; Firm 
	consistence; 2-10%, fine gravelly, 2-6mm, subangular, dispersed, coarse fragments; Few (2 - 
	10 %), Calcareous, Medium (2 -6 mm), Nodules; Field pH 8.5 (Raupach); Few, medium (2-5mm) 
	roots; 
	Morphological Notes
	A1	In BC (22); lens of loamy sand between red mottles
	Observation Notes
	Mitchell Soil Profile Class, Moderately Drained Phase
	Site Notes

	Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	104	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	6.1A	0.111A	3.7E	1.5	1.3	0	6.5D
	0.3 - 0.35	7.4A	0.055A
	0.7 - 0.75	8.8A	0.117A	7.7E	7.9	0.3	0.9	16.8D
	1.3 - 1.35	9.1A	0.17A
	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	1.50	21.8A	32.3	14.2	31.8
	0.3 - 0.35	1.45
	0.7 - 0.75	1.62	22.3A	25.5	13.9	38.2
	1.3 - 1.35	1.41
	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	0.041A	0.19G	0.11D
	0.3 - 0.35	0.079A	0.22G	0.13D
	0.7 - 0.75	0.052A	0.17G	0.14D
	1.3 - 1.35	0.096A	0.26G	0.16D

	Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	104	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)