Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	539	Observation ID:	1
	Agency Name:	CSIRO Division of Soils (ACT)
	Site Information
	Desc. By:	N.J. McKenzie	Locality:
	Date Desc.:	09/12/85	Elevation:	No Data
	Map Ref.:	Sheet No. : 8434   1:10000	Rainfall:	No Data
	Northing/Long.:	6482067 AMG zone: 55	Runoff:	Moderately rapid
	Easting/Lat.:	582583  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:	Flat	Relief:	No Data
	Elem. Type:	No Data	Slope Category:	No Data
	Slope:	 % 	Aspect:	No Data
	Surface Soil Condition (dry):	Hardsetting, Recently cultivated
	Erosion:
	Soil Classification
	Australian Soil Classification:	Mapping Unit:	TRANGIE 
	 N/A    	COWAL ALLUVIUM
	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
	A11p	0 - 0.08 m	Dark brown (7.5YR3/4-Moist); ; Medium clay; Weak grade of structure, 20-50 mm, Subangular 
	blocky; Earthy fabric; Common (1-5 per 100mm2) Very fine (0.075-1mm) macropores, Common 
	(1-5 per 100mm2) Fine (1-2mm) macropores, Moist; Weak consistence; Field pH 7 (Raupach); 
	Many, very fine (0-1mm) roots; Many, fine (1-2mm) roots; Abrupt, Smooth change to - 
	A12	0.08 - 0.26 m	Dark reddish brown (5YR3/2-Moist); ; Medium clay; Moderate grade of structure, 20-50 mm, 
	Subangular blocky; Earthy fabric; 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; Few cutans, <10% of ped faces or walls coated; Field 
	pH 7.5 (Raupach); Common, very fine (0-1mm) roots; Common, fine (1-2mm) roots; Clear, 
	Smooth change to - 
	B21	0.26 - 0.56 m	Reddish brown (5YR4/4-Moist); ; Medium clay; Moderate grade of structure, 20-50 mm, 
	Polyhedral; Rough-ped fabric; 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, Moderately moist; Weak consistence; Many cutans, >50% of ped faces or walls 
	coated; Field pH 7.5 (Raupach); Common, very fine (0-1mm) roots; Clear, Smooth change to - 
	B22	0.56 - 1.4 m	Brown (7.5YR4/4-Moist); ; Light medium clay; Weak grade of structure, 10-20 mm, Polyhedral; 
	Rough-ped fabric; Many (>5 per 100mm2) Very fine (0.075-1mm) macropores, Many (>5 per 
	100mm2) Fine (1-2mm) macropores, Common (1-5 per 0.01m2) Medium (2-5mm) macropores, 
	Wet; Weak consistence; Few cutans, <10% of ped faces or walls coated; Common (10 - 20 
	%), Calcareous, Medium (2 -6 mm), Soft segregations; Common (10 - 20 %), Calcareous, 
	Coarse (6 - 20 mm), Soft segregations; Field pH 8 (Raupach); Common, very fine (0-1mm) roots; 
	Morphological Notes
	A11p	Like 538, many infilled channels @ depth.
	Observation Notes
	Wilga Soil Profile Class, Calcic Phase
	Site Notes

	Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	539	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	6.6A	0.052A	6E	1.2	1.3	0.1	8.6D
	0.3 - 0.35	7.6A	0.033A
	0.7 - 0.75	8.8A	0.086A	14.6E	4	0.3	0.1	19D
	1.3 - 1.35	9.3A	0.174A
	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	1.47	6.5A	32.9	35.1	25.5
	0.3 - 0.35	1.50
	0.7 - 0.75	1.39	1A	33.1	37.5	28.4
	1.3 - 1.35	1.47
	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	0.042A	0.19G	0.12D
	0.3 - 0.35	0.061A	0.23G	0.19D
	0.7 - 0.75	0.047A	0.24G	0.14D
	1.3 - 1.35	0.02A	0.25G	0.17D

	Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	539	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)