Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	251	Observation ID:	1
	Agency Name:	CSIRO Division of Soils (ACT)
	Site Information
	Desc. By:	N.J. McKenzie	Locality:
	Date Desc.:	14/06/85	Elevation:	No Data
	Map Ref.:	Sheet No. : 8534   1:10000	Rainfall:	No Data
	Northing/Long.:	6463100 AMG zone: 55	Runoff:	Slow
	Easting/Lat.:	597200  Datum: AGD66	Drainage:	Imperfectly 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):	Firm
	Erosion:
	Soil Classification
	Australian Soil Classification:	Mapping Unit:	GIN GIN 
	 N/A    	AEOLIAN 
	DEPOSITS
	Principal Profile Form:	Gn3.12
	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 - Tree, 6.01-12m, Isolated clumps. *Species includes - Callitris species
	Surface Coarse Fragments:
	Profile Morphology
	A1	0 - 0.2 m	Dark reddish brown (2.5YR3/3-Moist); ; Sandy clay; Weak grade of structure, 50-100 mm, 
	Subangular blocky; Rough-ped fabric; Common (1-5 per 100mm2) Very fine (0.075-1mm) 
	macropores, Weak consistence; Field pH 5 (Raupach); Common, very fine (0-1mm) roots; 
	Common, fine (1-2mm) roots; Common, medium (2-5mm) roots; Gradual, Smooth change to - 
	B21	0.2 - 0.65 m	Dark red (2.5YR3/5-Moist); ; Medium clay; Strong grade of structure, 20-50 mm, Angular blocky;
	 Smooth-ped fabric; Common (1-5 per 100mm2) Very fine (0.075-1mm) macropores, Common 
	(1-5 per 100mm2) Fine (1-2mm) macropores, Few (<1 per 0.01m2) Medium (2-5mm) 
	macropores, Firm consistence; Common cutans, 10-50% of ped faces or walls coated; Field pH
	 8 (Raupach); Common, very fine (0-1mm) roots; Common, fine (1-2mm) roots; Diffuse, Smooth 
	B22	0.65 - 1.35 m	Dark reddish brown (2.5YR3/4-Moist); ; Medium clay; Strong grade of structure, 10-20 mm, 
	Angular blocky; Smooth-ped fabric; Common (1-5 per 100mm2) Very fine (0.075-1mm) 
	macropores, Common (1-5 per 100mm2) Fine (1-2mm) macropores, Few (<1 per 0.01m2) 
	Medium (2-5mm) macropores, Firm consistence; Common cutans, 10-50% of ped faces or walls
	 coated; Field pH 8 (Raupach); Few, very fine (0-1mm) roots; 
	Morphological Notes
	A1	B hor slakes and wets up easily - subplastic.  A hor ploughed
	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:	251	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	0.169A	2.9E	0.9	1.5	0	5.3D
	0.3 - 0.35	7.7A	0.042A
	0.7 - 0.75	8.3A	0.086A	9.3E	2	0.9	0.2	12.4D
	1.3 - 1.35	8.3A	0.042A
	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	1.32	15A	36.5	17.9	30.6
	0.3 - 0.35	1.49
	0.7 - 0.75	1.55	14.4A	28.8	11.7	45.2
	1.3 - 1.35	1.72
	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	0.026A	0.17G	0.1D
	0.3 - 0.35	0.019A	0.17G	0.1D
	0.7 - 0.75	0.044A	0.18G	0.13D
	1.3 - 1.35	0.046A	0.17G	0.14D

	Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	251	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