Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	117	Observation ID:	1
	Agency Name:	CSIRO Division of Soils (ACT)
	Site Information
	Desc. By:	N.J. McKenzie	Locality:
	Date Desc.:	29/03/85	Elevation:	No Data
	Map Ref.:	Sheet No. : 8434   1:10000	Rainfall:	No Data
	Northing/Long.:	6462120 AMG zone: 55	Runoff:	Slow
	Easting/Lat.:	593340  Datum: AGD66	Drainage:	Moderately 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:	Flat	Relief:	No Data
	Elem. Type:	No Data	Slope Category:	No Data
	Slope:	 % 	Aspect:	No Data
	Surface Soil Condition (dry):	Hardsetting
	Erosion:	Stable, Minor or present (wind); 
	Soil Classification
	Australian Soil Classification:	Mapping Unit:	TRANGIE 
	 N/A    	COWAL ALLUVIUM
	Principal Profile Form:	Gn2.13
	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, 0.51-1m, . *Species includes - None Recorded
	Surface Coarse Fragments:
	Profile Morphology
	A1	0 - 0.36 m	Dark reddish brown (5YR3/4-Moist); ; Sandy clay loam; Moderate grade of structure, 20-50 mm,
	 Subangular blocky; Earthy fabric; Common (1-5 per 100mm2) Fine (1-2mm) macropores, Very 
	weak consistence; Field pH 7 (Raupach); Many, fine (1-2mm) roots; 
	B2	0.36 - 0.7 m	Yellowish red (5YR4/6-Moist); ; Sandy clay; Moderate grade of structure, 20-50 mm, 
	Subangular blocky; Earthy fabric; Common (1-5 per 100mm2) Fine (1-2mm) macropores, Weak 
	consistence; Few cutans, <10% of ped faces or walls coated; Field pH 8 (Raupach); Many, 
	BC	0.7 - 1.5 m	Strong brown (7.5YR5/6-Moist); ; Fine sandy clay; Weak grade of structure, 20-50 mm, 
	Subangular blocky; Smooth-ped fabric; Common (1-5 per 100mm2) Fine (1-2mm) macropores, 
	Very weak consistence; Field pH 8.5 (Raupach); Many, fine (1-2mm) roots; 
	Morphological Notes
	BC	A lot of biological activity to depth; worm castes, ants, roots etc to >1.4m in a porous 
	low ?? Soil
	Observation Notes
	Wilga Soil Profile Class, Non-Calcic Phase
	Site Notes

	Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	117	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	6.9A	0.051A	1.6E	0.4	0.7	0	2.7D
	0.3 - 0.35	7.6A	0.028A
	0.7 - 0.75	8.3A	0.042A	5E	2.7	0.2	0.2	8.1D
	1.3 - 1.35	8.7A	0.069A
	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	1.42	2.8A	56.6	22.5	18.1
	0.3 - 0.35	1.53
	0.7 - 0.75	1.54	1A	54.1	19.7	25.2
	1.3 - 1.35	1.44
	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	0.056A	0.18G	0.07D
	0.3 - 0.35	0.045A	0.19G	0.11D
	0.7 - 0.75	0.035A	0.19G	0.09D
	1.3 - 1.35	0.043A	0.23G	0.06D

	Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	117	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)