Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	513	Observation ID:	1
	Agency Name:	CSIRO Division of Soils (ACT)
	Site Information
	Desc. By:	N.J. McKenzie	Locality:
	Date Desc.:	03/12/85	Elevation:	No Data
	Map Ref.:	Sheet No. : 8434   1:10000	Rainfall:	No Data
	Northing/Long.:	6474600 AMG zone: 55	Runoff:	Slow
	Easting/Lat.:	577800  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:	Flat	Relief:	No Data
	Elem. Type:	No Data	Slope Category:	No Data
	Slope:	 % 	Aspect:	No Data
	Surface Soil Condition (dry):	Cracking, Self-mulching
	Erosion:
	Soil Classification
	Australian Soil Classification:	Mapping Unit:	OLD ALLUVIUM 
	 N/A    	BACKPLAIN
	Principal Profile Form:	Ug5.25
	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 - Tussock grass, 0.51-1m, Sparse. *Species includes - None Recorded
	Surface Coarse Fragments:
	Profile Morphology
	A1	0 - 0.18 m	Dark greyish brown (10YR4/2-Moist); ; Medium heavy clay; Moderate grade of structure, 10-20 
	mm, Subangular blocky; Rough-ped fabric; Few (<1 per 100mm2) Very fine (0.075-1mm) 
	macropores, Moist; Firm consistence; Field pH 8.5 (Raupach); Common, very fine (0-1mm) 
	roots; Common, fine (1-2mm) roots; Clear, Smooth change to - 
	B21	0.18 - 0.45 m	Dark grey (10YR4/1-Moist); ; Heavy clay; Strong grade of structure, 50-100 mm, Polyhedral; 
	Smooth-ped fabric; Medium, (5 - 10) mm crack; Few (<1 per 100mm2) Very fine (0.075-1mm) 
	macropores, Moist; Very firm consistence; Common cutans, 10-50% of ped faces or walls 
	coated; Very few (0 - 2 %), Calcareous, Medium (2 -6 mm), Nodules; Field pH 8.5 (Raupach); 
	Common, very fine (0-1mm) roots; Common, fine (1-2mm) roots; Diffuse, Smooth change to - 
	B22	0.45 - 0.95 m	Brown (7.5YR4/3-Moist); ; Heavy clay; Strong grade of structure, 50-100 mm, Polyhedral; 
	Smooth-ped fabric; Fine, (0 - 5) mm crack; Few (<1 per 100mm2) Very fine (0.075-1mm) 
	macropores, Moderately moist; Very firm consistence; Many cutans, >50% of ped faces or 
	walls coated; Few (2 - 10 %), Calcareous, Medium (2 -6 mm), Nodules; Few (2 - 10 %), 
	Calcareous, Coarse (6 - 20 mm), Soft segregations; Field pH 8.5 (Raupach); Few, very fine (0-
	1mm) roots; Diffuse, Irregular change to - 
	B3	0.95 - 1.35 m	Yellowish red (5YR5/6-Moist); ; Heavy clay; Moderate grade of structure, 20-50 mm, 
	Polyhedral; Smooth-ped fabric; Fine, (0 - 5) mm crack; Few (<1 per 100mm2) Very fine (0.075-
	1mm) macropores, Moderately moist; Very firm consistence; Many cutans, >50% of ped faces 
	or walls coated; Few (2 - 10 %), Calcareous, Medium (2 -6 mm), Nodules; Field pH 9 (Raupach);
	 Few, very fine (0-1mm) roots; 
	Morphological Notes
	Observation Notes
	Mullah Soil Profile Class, Grey Phase, Oats
	Site Notes

	Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	513	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	8.9A	0.144A	28E	6	0.8	0.7	35.5D
	0.3 - 0.35	9.1A	0.197A
	0.7 - 0.75	9.3A	0.492A	14.6E	10.8	0.6	6.8	32.8D
	1.3 - 1.35	8.9A	1.008A
	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	9.2A	29.2	11.7	49.9
	0.3 - 0.35	1.47
	0.7 - 0.75	1.35	11.3A	24.7	17	46.9
	1.3 - 1.35	1.42
	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	0.089A	0.27G	0.2D
	0.3 - 0.35	0.098A	0.28G	0.21D
	0.7 - 0.75	0.13A	0.33G	0.23D
	1.3 - 1.35	0.107A	0.32G	0.23D

	Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	513	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
	XRD_C_St	Smectite - X-Ray Diffraction