Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	206	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.:	6459767 AMG zone: 55	Runoff:	Slow
	Easting/Lat.:	596967  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:	Lower-slope	Relief:	No Data
	Elem. Type:	No Data	Slope Category:	No Data
	Slope:	 % 	Aspect:	No Data
	Surface Soil Condition (dry):	Soft
	Erosion:	Stable, Minor or present (wind); 
	Soil Classification
	Australian Soil Classification:	Mapping Unit:	GIN GIN 
	 N/A    	AEOLIAN 
	DEPOSITS
	Principal Profile Form:	Gn4.13
	ASC Confidence:	Great Soil Group:	N/A
	Confidence level not specified
	Site Disturbance:	Cultivation. Rainfed
	Vegetation:
	Tall Strata - Tussock grass, 0.26-0.5m, Sparse. *Species includes - None Recorded
	Surface Coarse Fragments:
	Profile Morphology
	A11	0 - 0.3 m	Dark reddish brown (5YR3/3-Moist); ; Light clay; Moderate grade of structure, 50-100 mm, 
	Subangular blocky; Earthy fabric; Many (>5 per 100mm2) Very fine (0.075-1mm) macropores, 
	Many (>5 per 100mm2) Fine (1-2mm) macropores, Weak consistence; Field pH 7 (Raupach); 
	Many, very fine (0-1mm) roots; Many, fine (1-2mm) roots; Clear, Smooth change to - 
	A12	0.3 - 0.4 m	Yellowish red (5YR3/6-Moist); ; Sandy clay; Strong grade of structure, 20-50 mm, Polyhedral; 
	Rough-ped fabric; Few (<1 per 100mm2) Very fine (0.075-1mm) macropores, Firm consistence;
	 Field pH 7 (Raupach); Few, very fine (0-1mm) roots; Diffuse, Smooth change to - 
	B21	0.4 - 1.1 m	Yellowish red (5YR3/6-Moist); ; Medium clay; Strong grade of structure, 20-50 mm, Polyhedral; 
	Rough-ped fabric; Few (<1 per 100mm2) Very fine (0.075-1mm) macropores, Firm consistence;
	 Field pH 7.5 (Raupach); Few, very fine (0-1mm) roots; 
	B22	1.1 - 1.5 m	Yellowish red (5YR4/6-Moist); ; Light clay; Field pH 8.5 (Raupach); 
	Morphological Notes
	A11	Very uniform looking profile
	Observation Notes
	Mitchell Soil Profile Class, Moderately Drained Phase, Wheat - fallow.  This side of valley appears to have the deep soil.
	Site Notes

	Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	206	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	6.2A	0.038A	4.4E	0.2	0.6	0	5.2D
	0.3 - 0.35	6.7A	0.025A
	0.7 - 0.75	8.5A	0.039A	6.5E	6.8	0.3	1.7	15.3D
	1.3 - 1.35	9.2A	0.24A
	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	1.62	20.2A	38.9	14	27
	0.3 - 0.35	1.59
	0.7 - 0.75	1.52	14.1A	26.4	10.4	49.2
	1.3 - 1.35	1.52
	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	0.024A	0.15G	0.09D
	0.3 - 0.35	0.043A	0.17G	0.09D
	0.7 - 0.75	0.042A	0.2G	0.17D
	1.3 - 1.35	0.053A	0.21G	0.2D

	Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	206	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)