Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	527	Observation ID:	1
	Agency Name:	CSIRO Division of Soils (ACT)
	Site Information
	Desc. By:	N.J. McKenzie	Locality:
	Date Desc.:	07/12/85	Elevation:	No Data
	Map Ref.:	Sheet No. : 8434   1:10000	Rainfall:	No Data
	Northing/Long.:	6479000 AMG zone: 55	Runoff:	Slow
	Easting/Lat.:	579200  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, Surface crust
	Erosion:
	Soil Classification
	Australian Soil Classification:	Mapping Unit:	OLD ALLUVIUM 
	 N/A    	MEANDER PLAIN
	Principal Profile Form:	Gn4.12
	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 - Tussock grass, 0.26-0.5m, Sparse. *Species includes - None Recorded
	Surface Coarse Fragments:
	Profile Morphology
	A1	0 - 0.28 m	Dark reddish brown (2.5YR3/4-Moist); ; Sandy clay; Weak grade of structure, 10-20 mm, 
	Subangular blocky; Many (>5 per 100mm2) Very fine (0.075-1mm) macropores, Many (>5 per 
	100mm2) Fine (1-2mm) macropores, Few (<1 per 0.01m2) Medium (2-5mm) macropores, Moist; 
	Weak consistence; Field pH 7 (Raupach); Many, very fine (0-1mm) roots; Many, fine (1-2mm) 
	roots; Gradual, Smooth change to - 
	B1	0.28 - 0.85 m	Dark red (10R3/6-Moist); ; Sandy clay; Weak grade of structure, 10-20 mm, Polyhedral; Many 
	(>5 per 100mm2) Very fine (0.075-1mm) macropores, Many (>5 per 100mm2) Fine (1-2mm) 
	macropores, Moist; Weak consistence; Common cutans, 10-50% of ped faces or walls coated; 
	Common cutans, 10-50% of ped faces or walls coated; Field pH 7.5 (Raupach); Many, very fine
	 (0-1mm) roots; Many, fine (1-2mm) roots; Diffuse, Smooth change to - 
	B2	0.85 - 1.4 m	Dark red (10R3/6-Moist); ; Medium clay; Moderate grade of structure, 10-20 mm, Polyhedral; 
	Common (1-5 per 100mm2) Very fine (0.075-1mm) macropores, Moderately moist; Firm 
	consistence; Many cutans, >50% of ped faces or walls coated; Many cutans, >50% of ped 
	faces or walls coated; Field pH 8 (Raupach); Common, very fine (0-1mm) roots; Common, fine 
	(1-2mm) roots; 
	Morphological Notes
	A1	A very uniform looking profile, very well drained and very red.  Difficult to be sure on 
	texture - feels light but ribbons to about 70-90cm.
	Observation Notes
	Mitchell Soil Profile Class, Well Drained Phase, Compacted by sheep.  Very low infiltration at surface.
	Site Notes

	Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	527	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	6.9A	0.049A	3.5E	0.7	1	0.4	5.6D
	0.3 - 0.35	6.7A	0.027A
	0.7 - 0.75	7.9A	0.035A	6.5E	2.7	0.5	0.3	10D
	1.3 - 1.35	8.2A	0.068A
	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	1.40	23A	32.9	14.6	29.4
	0.3 - 0.35	1.32
	0.7 - 0.75	1.55	22.8A	24.7	9.3	43.2
	1.3 - 1.35	1.61
	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	0.043A	0.18G	0.09D
	0.3 - 0.35	0.047A	0.17G	0.1D
	0.7 - 0.75	0.044A	0.17G	0.13D
	1.3 - 1.35	0.065A	0.15G	0.15D

	Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	527	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)