Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	204	Observation ID:	1
	Agency Name:	CSIRO Division of Soils (ACT)
	Site Information
	Desc. By:	N.J. McKenzie	Locality:
	Date Desc.:	13/06/85	Elevation:	No Data
	Map Ref.:	1:10000	Rainfall:	No Data
	Northing/Long.:	6459100 AMG zone: 55	Runoff:	Rapid
	Easting/Lat.:	596100  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:	Upper-slope	Relief:	No Data
	Elem. Type:	No Data	Slope Category:	No Data
	Slope:	 % 	Aspect:	No Data
	Surface Soil Condition (dry):	Hardsetting
	Erosion:	Partial, Minor or present (wind); Partial, Minor 
	(sheet) 
	Soil Classification
	Australian Soil Classification:	Mapping Unit:	GIN GIN 
	 N/A    	AEOLIAN 
	DEPOSITS
	Principal Profile Form:	Gn3.13
	ASC Confidence:	Great Soil Group:	N/A
	Confidence level not specified
	Site Disturbance:	Complete clearing. Pasture, native or improved, but never cultivated
	Vegetation:
	Tall Strata - Tussock grass, 0.26-0.5m, Sparse. *Species includes - None Recorded
	Surface Coarse Fragments:
	Profile Morphology
	A1	0 - 0.29 m	Dark reddish brown (5YR3/3-Moist); ; Sandy clay; Weak grade of structure, 20-50 mm, 
	Subangular blocky; Rough-ped fabric; Common (1-5 per 100mm2) Very fine (0.075-1mm) 
	macropores, Weak consistence; 10-20%, medium gravelly, 6-20mm, rounded, dispersed, 
	coarse fragments; 10-20%, coarse gravelly, 20-60mm, rounded, dispersed, coarse fragments; 
	Field pH 6.5 (Raupach); Many, very fine (0-1mm) roots; Many, fine (1-2mm) roots; Clear, Smooth
	 change to - 
	B21	0.29 - 0.7 m	Reddish brown (5YR4/4-Moist); , 10-20% , 5-15mm, Faint; Medium clay; Weak grade of 
	structure, 20-50 mm, Polyhedral; Smooth-ped fabric; Common (1-5 per 100mm2) Very fine 
	(0.075-1mm) macropores, Firm consistence; 10-20%, coarse gravelly, 20-60mm, rounded, 
	dispersed, coarse fragments; Field pH 8 (Raupach); Common, very fine (0-1mm) roots; Clear, 
	2B22	0.7 - 0.95 m	Brown (7.5YR5/4-Moist); ; Heavy clay; Strong grade of structure, 20-50 mm, Prismatic; Smooth-
	ped fabric; Medium, (5 - 10) mm crack; Firm consistence; Many (20 - 50 %), Calcareous, Very 
	coarse (20 - 60 mm), Soft segregations; Field pH 8.5 (Raupach); Few, very fine (0-1mm) roots; 
	Clear, Smooth change to - 
	C	0.95 - 1.5 m	; 
	Morphological Notes
	B21	Remarkable Site - "solution pipes" of CaCO3 run down along vertical cracks in B22K.  
	This may be a layered soil (A1 and B21 and B22).
	Observation Notes
	Hillside Soil Profile Class
	Site Notes

	Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	204	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	7A	0.038A	2.7E	1.5	0.8	0.1	5.1D
	0.3 - 0.35	8.4A	0.148A
	0.7 - 0.75	8.8A	0.414A	7.4E	10	0.6	1.6	19.6D
	1.3 - 1.35
	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	1.63	22.5A	39.8	9.6	28.1
	0.3 - 0.35	1.52
	0.7 - 0.75	1.58	10.3A	17.9	6.2	65.6
	1.3 - 1.35
	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	0.017A	0.14G	0.09D
	0.3 - 0.35	0.05A	0.22G	0.15D
	0.7 - 0.75	0.065A	0.22G	0.21D
	1.3 - 1.35

	Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	204	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)