Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	542	Observation ID:	1
	Agency Name:	CSIRO Division of Soils (ACT)
	Site Information
	Desc. By:	N.J. McKenzie	Locality:
	Date Desc.:	10/12/85	Elevation:	No Data
	Map Ref.:	Sheet No. : 8434   1:10000	Rainfall:	No Data
	Northing/Long.:	6482867 AMG zone: 55	Runoff:	Rapid
	Easting/Lat.:	583133  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:	Mid-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:	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, Very sparse. *Species includes - None Recorded
	Surface Coarse Fragments:
	Profile Morphology
	A11	0 - 0.06 m	Dark brown (7.5YR3/4-Moist); ; Silty clay; Weak grade of structure, 20-50 mm, Platy; Earthy 
	fabric; Few (<1 per 100mm2) Very fine (0.075-1mm) macropores, Dry; Weak consistence; Field
	 pH 6.5 (Raupach); Few, very fine (0-1mm) roots; Few, fine (1-2mm) roots; Clear, Smooth 
	change to - 
	A12	0.06 - 0.28 m	Dark brown (7.5YR3/4-Moist); ; Silty clay; Moderate grade of structure, 10-20 mm, Subangular 
	blocky; 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, Moist; Weak consistence; Common cutans, 10-50% of ped faces or walls coated; 
	Field pH 7 (Raupach); Common, very fine (0-1mm) roots; Common, fine (1-2mm) roots; Common,
	 medium (2-5mm) roots; Gradual, Smooth change to - 
	B21	0.28 - 0.65 m	Dark reddish brown (5YR3/3-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; Few cutans, <10% of ped faces or walls 
	coated; Field pH 7 (Raupach); Common, very fine (0-1mm) roots; Common, fine (1-2mm) roots; 
	Diffuse, Smooth change to - 
	B22	0.65 - 1.1 m	Reddish brown (5YR4/4-Moist); ; Medium clay; Moderate 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, Few (<1 per 0.01m2) Medium (2-5mm) 
	macropores, Moderately moist; Weak consistence; Field pH 7.5 (Raupach); Few, very fine (0-
	1mm) roots; Few, fine (1-2mm) roots; Diffuse, Smooth change to - 
	B3	1.1 - 1.4 m	Reddish brown (5YR4/3-Moist); , 5YR44, 2-10% , 15-30mm, Faint; Medium clay; Moderate grade
	 of structure, 10-20 mm, Polyhedral; Rough-ped fabric; Many (>5 per 100mm2) Very fine (0.075-
	1mm) macropores, Few (<1 per 0.01m2) Medium (2-5mm) macropores, Wet; Weak consistence;
	 Field pH 7.5 (Raupach); Few, very fine (0-1mm) roots; 
	Morphological Notes
	A11	The A11 and to a lesser extent the A12 are hydrophobic.
	Observation Notes
	Byron Soil Profile Class, Scald

	Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	542	Observation ID:	1
	Agency Name:	CSIRO Division of Soils (ACT)
	Site Notes

	Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	542	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	6.5A	0.369A	8.4E	3	0.7	0.1	12.2D
	0.3 - 0.35	7.1A	0.053A
	0.7 - 0.75	7.8A	0.024A	18.2E	8.6	0.6	0.2	27.6D
	1.3 - 1.35	8.1A	0.019A
	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	1.27	2.5A	32.4	35.2	29.9
	0.3 - 0.35	1.60
	0.7 - 0.75	1.61	1.5A	25.9	30.5	42.1
	1.3 - 1.35	1.45
	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	0.036A	0.23G	0.16D
	0.3 - 0.35	0.026A	0.2G	0.15D
	0.7 - 0.75	0.065A	0.2G	0.19D
	1.3 - 1.35	0.04A	0.23G	0.19D

	Project Name:	Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales
	Project Code:	Macquarie	Site ID:	542	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)