Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	327	Observation ID:	1
	Agency Name:	CSIRO Division of Soils (ACT)
	Site Information
	Desc. By:	N.J. McKenzie	Locality:
	Date Desc.:	03/08/85	Elevation:	No Data
	Map Ref.:	Sheet No. : 8434   1:10000	Rainfall:	No Data
	Northing/Long.:	6468333 AMG zone: 55	Runoff:	Slow
	Easting/Lat.:	590167  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):	Cracking, Surface crust
	Erosion:
	Soil Classification
	Australian Soil Classification:	Mapping Unit:	OLD ALLUVIUM 
	 N/A    	BACKPLAIN
	Principal Profile Form:	Ug5.34
	ASC Confidence:	Great Soil Group:	N/A
	Confidence level not specified
	Site Disturbance:	Cultivation. Rainfed
	Vegetation:
	Surface Coarse Fragments:
	Profile Morphology
	A11	0 - 0.01 m	Brown (10YR5/3-Moist); ; Medium clay; Weak grade of structure, 5-10 mm, Platy; Rough-ped 
	fabric; Fine, (0 - 5) mm crack; Few (<1 per 100mm2) Very fine (0.075-1mm) macropores, Few 
	(<1 per 100mm2) Fine (1-2mm) macropores, Moist; Weak consistence; Field pH 7 (Raupach); 
	Common, very fine (0-1mm) roots; Common, fine (1-2mm) roots; Sharp, Smooth change to - 
	A12	0.01 - 0.22 m	Brown (7.5YR4/3-Moist); ; Medium clay; Strong grade of structure, 20-50 mm, Subangular 
	blocky; Smooth-ped fabric; Fine, (0 - 5) mm crack; 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, Moist; Firm consistence; Common cutans, 10-50% of ped faces 
	or walls coated; Field pH 7.5 (Raupach); Common, very fine (0-1mm) roots; Common, fine (1-
	2mm) roots; Gradual, Smooth change to - 
	B21	0.22 - 0.7 m	Brown (7.5YR4/3-Moist); ; Medium heavy clay; Strong grade of structure, 50-100 mm, 
	Polyhedral; Smooth-ped fabric; Medium, (5 - 10) mm crack; Common (1-5 per 100mm2) Very fine
	 (0.075-1mm) macropores, Common (1-5 per 100mm2) Fine (1-2mm) macropores, Moist; 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 change to - 
	B22	0.7 - 1.35 m	Brown (7.5YR4/4-Moist); , 7.5YR43, 20-50% , 15-30mm, Faint; Medium heavy clay; Moderate 
	grade of structure, 20-50 mm, Polyhedral; Smooth-ped fabric; Fine, (0 - 5) mm crack; Common 
	(1-5 per 100mm2) Very fine (0.075-1mm) macropores, Common (1-5 per 100mm2) Fine (1-2mm)
	 macropores, Moderately moist; Firm consistence; Common cutans, 10-50% of ped faces or 
	walls coated; Very few (0 - 2 %), Calcareous, Medium (2 -6 mm), Nodules; Very few (0 - 2 %),
	 Calcareous, Medium (2 -6 mm), Soft segregations; Field pH 8 (Raupach); Few, very fine (0-
	1mm) roots; Few, fine (1-2mm) roots; 
	Morphological Notes
	A11	Crust
	Observation Notes
	Buddah Soil Profile Class
	Site Notes

	Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	327	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	8A	0.132A	15.5E	7.9	0.9	0.9	25.2D
	0.3 - 0.35	8.9A	0.202A
	0.7 - 0.75	9A	0.378A	11.2E	9.9	0.6	4.9	26.6D
	1.3 - 1.35	8.7A	0.965A
	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	1.33	8.4A	21	17.9	52.7
	0.3 - 0.35	1.35
	0.7 - 0.75	1.53	5.9A	18.2	21.4	54.6
	1.3 - 1.35	1.55
	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	0.111A	0.29G	0.19D
	0.3 - 0.35	0.115A	0.3G	0.19D
	0.7 - 0.75	0.07A	0.23G	0.2D
	1.3 - 1.35	0.043A	0.21G	0.19D

	Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	327	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)