Project Name:	SOIL STRUCTURE & MANAGEMENT             
	Project Code:	SSM	Site ID:	SSM15	Observation ID:	1
	Agency Name:	CSIRO Division of Soils (ACT)
	Site Information
	Desc. By:	B. Murphy	Locality:
	Date Desc.:	12/02/91	Elevation:	370 metres
	Map Ref.:	Sheet No. : 8531   	Rainfall:	No Data
	Northing/Long.:	6347500 AMG zone: 55	Runoff:	Slow
	Easting/Lat.:	618800  Datum: AGD66	Drainage:	Moderately well drained
	Geology
	ExposureType:	Undisturbed soil core	Conf. Sub. is Parent. Mat.:	No Data
	Geol. Ref.:	QrOs	Substrate Material:	No Data
	Land Form
	Rel/Slope Class: 	No Data	Pattern Type:	Rises
	Morph. Type:	Lower-slope	Relief:	No Data
	Elem. Type:	Footslope	Slope Category:	No Data
	Slope:	2 % 	Aspect:	135 degrees
	Surface Soil Condition (dry):	Hardsetting
	Erosion:
	Soil Classification
	Australian Soil Classification:	Mapping Unit:	N/A
	Eutrophic Red Dermosol     	Principal Profile Form:	Gn4.12
	ASC Confidence:	Great Soil Group:	Red earth
	Confidence level not specified
	Site Disturbance:	Extensive clearing, for example poisoning, ringbarking, Cultivation. Rainfed, 
	Vegetation:
	Surface Coarse Fragments:	0-2%, , subrounded, ; No surface coarse fragments; No surface coarse fragments
	Profile Morphology
	A11	0 - 0.12 m	Red (2.5YR4/6-Moist); ; Clay loam; Weak grade of structure, 20-50 mm, Subangular blocky; 
	Earthy fabric; Fine, (0 - 5) mm crack; Medium, (5 - 10) mm crack; Common (1-5 per 100mm2) 
	Very fine (0.075-1mm) macropores, Few (<1 per 100mm2) Fine (1-2mm) macropores, Dry; Firm 
	consistence; 0-2%, fine gravelly, 2-6mm, subrounded, dispersed, coarse fragments; 0-2%, fine
	 gravelly, 2-6mm, subrounded, dispersed, Quartz, coarse fragments; Common, very fine (0-
	1mm) roots; Clear change to - 
	B1	0.12 - 0.21 m	Dark reddish brown (2.5YR3/4-Moist); Yellowish red (5YR5/8-Dry); ; Light clay; Weak grade of 
	structure, 20-50 mm, Subangular blocky; Earthy fabric; Fine, (0 - 5) mm crack; Medium, (5 - 10) 
	mm crack; Common (1-5 per 100mm2) Very fine (0.075-1mm) macropores, Few (<1 per 
	100mm2) Fine (1-2mm) macropores, Dry; Strong consistence; 0-2%, fine gravelly, 2-6mm, 
	subrounded, dispersed, coarse fragments; 0-2%, fine gravelly, 2-6mm, subrounded, dispersed,
	 Quartz, coarse fragments; Few cutans, <10% of ped faces or walls coated, distinct; Common, 
	very fine (0-1mm) roots; Clear change to - 
	B21	0.21 - 0.51 m	Red (2.5YR4/6-Moist); ; Light medium clay; Moderate grade of structure, 50-100 mm, Prismatic; 
	50-100 mm, Angular blocky; Rough-ped fabric; Fine, (0 - 5) mm crack; Medium, (5 - 10) mm 
	crack; Few (<1 per 100mm2) Very fine (0.075-1mm) macropores, Few (<1 per 100mm2) Fine 
	(1-2mm) macropores, Dry; Very firm consistence; 0-2%, fine gravelly, 2-6mm, subrounded, 
	dispersed, coarse fragments; 0-2%, fine gravelly, 2-6mm, subrounded, dispersed, Quartz, 
	coarse fragments; Many cutans, >50% of ped faces or walls coated, distinct; Few, very fine 
	(0-1mm) roots; Gradual change to - 
	B22	0.51 - 0.8 m	Red (2.5YR4/6-Moist); ; Light medium clay; Strong grade of structure, 50-100 mm, Prismatic; 50-
	100 mm, Angular blocky; Smooth-ped fabric; Fine, (0 - 5) mm crack; Medium, (5 - 10) mm crack; 
	Few (<1 per 100mm2) Very fine (0.075-1mm) macropores, Few (<1 per 100mm2) Fine (1-2mm) 
	macropores, Dry; Weak consistence; 0-2%, fine gravelly, 2-6mm, subrounded, dispersed, 
	coarse fragments; 0-2%, fine gravelly, 2-6mm, subrounded, dispersed, Quartz, coarse 
	fragments; Many cutans, >50% of ped faces or walls coated, prominent; Few, very fine (0-
	1mm) roots; Gradual change to - 

	Project Name:	SOIL STRUCTURE & MANAGEMENT             
	Project Code:	SSM	Site ID:	SSM15	Observation ID:	1
	Agency Name:	CSIRO Division of Soils (ACT)
	B23	0.8 - 0.9 m	Red (2.5YR5/8-Moist); ; Light medium clay; Moderate grade of structure, 50-100 mm, Prismatic; 
	50-100 mm, Angular blocky; Rough-ped fabric; Fine, (0 - 5) mm crack; Medium, (5 - 10) mm 
	crack; Few (<1 per 100mm2) Very fine (0.075-1mm) macropores, Dry; Firm consistence; 0-2%, 
	fine gravelly, 2-6mm, subrounded, dispersed, coarse fragments; 0-2%, fine gravelly, 2-6mm, 
	subrounded, dispersed, Quartz, coarse fragments; Many cutans, >50% of ped faces or walls 
	coated, distinct; Very few (0 - 2 %), Manganiferous, Medium (2 -6 mm), Soft segregations, 
	weak, segregations;
	Morphological Notes
	B21	Sub-Dominant peds also smaller (5-10 mm)also polyhedral ped shape.                              
	                                                                                                        
	B22	Sub-Dominant peds also smaller (5-10 mm)also polyhedral peds.                                       
	                                                                                                    
	B23	Sub-Dominant peds also smaller (5-10 mm)also polyhedral peds.                                       
	                                                                                                    
	Observation Notes
	Site Notes
	Telescope cropping - Simpson          

	Project Name:	SOIL STRUCTURE & MANAGEMENT             
	Project Code:	SSM	Site ID:	SSM15	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 - 0.02	5.19B	0.152A	5.39J	1.77	1.69	0.02	9.69I	0.21
	0.01 - 0.085
	0.02 - 0.05	4.99B	0.116A	4.43J	1.55	1.24	0.02	8.66I	0.23
	0.05 - 0.1	4.74B	0.076A	4.97J	1.46	1.14	0.02	10.75I	0.19
	0.1 - 0.2	5.52B	0.035A	7.24J	2.45	0.9	11.15I
	0.2 - 0.3	5.84B	0.036A	7.79J	2.53	0.72	0.01	10.91I	0.09
	0.2 - 0.285
	0.7 - 0.8	6.64B	0.048A	8.38J	3.8	0.55	0.05	12.8I	0.39
	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 - 0.02	1.63C	19	20
	0.01 - 0.085	1.41
	0.02 - 0.05	1.53C	19	21
	0.05 - 0.1	1.46C	19	21
	0.1 - 0.2	0.78C	19	33
	0.2 - 0.3	0.6C	15	37
	0.2 - 0.285	1.43
	0.7 - 0.8	0.31C	9	60
	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 - 0.02
	0.01 - 0.085
	0.02 - 0.05
	0.05 - 0.1
	0.1 - 0.2
	0.2 - 0.3
	0.2 - 0.285	0.22D	0.19G
	0.7 - 0.8

	Project Name:	SOIL STRUCTURE & MANAGEMENT             
	Project Code:	SSM	Site ID:	SSM15	Observation ID:	1
	Agency Name:	CSIRO Division of Soils (ACT)
	Laboratory Analyses Completed for this profile
	13A1_AL	Oxalate-extractable aluminium
	13A1_FE	Oxalate-extractable iron
	13A1_MN	Oxalate-extractable manganese
	13A1_SI	Oxalate-extractable silicon
	13C1_AL	Citrate/dithionite-extractable iron, aluminium, Manganese and Silicon
	13C1_FE	Citrate/dithionite-extractable iron, aluminium, Manganese and Silicon
	13C1_MN	Citrate/dithionite-extractable iron, aluminium, Manganese and Silicon
	13C1_SI	Citrate/dithionite-extractable iron, aluminium, Manganese and Silicon
	14H1_CA	Soluble bases/SE (Ca,Mg,K,Na)
	14H1_K	Soluble bases/SE (Ca,Mg,K,Na)
	14H1_MG	Soluble bases/SE (Ca,Mg,K,Na)
	14H1_NA	Soluble bases/SE (Ca,Mg,K,Na)
	15F1_CA	Exchangeable bases by 0.01M silver-thiourea (AgTU)+, no pretreatment for soluble salts
	15F1_K	Exchangeable bases by 0.01m (AgTU)+, no pretreatment for soluble salts
	15F1_MG	Exchangeable bases by 0.01m (AgTU)+, no pretreatment for soluble salts
	15F1_NA	Exchangeable bases by 0.01m (AgTU)+, no pretreatment for soluble salts
	15F3	CEC by 0.01M silver-thiourea (AgTU)+
	15N1	Exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP)
	3A1	EC of 1:5 soil/water extract
	4B1	pH of 1:5 soil/0.01M calcium chloride extract - direct
	6B3	Total organic carbon - high frequency induction furnace, infrared
	P10_CF_C	Clay (%) - Coventry and Fett pipette method
	P10_CF_Z	Silt (%) - Coventry and Fett pipette method
	P3A1	Bulk density - g/cm3
	P3B3VLd06	0.6 BAR Moisture m3/m3 - Volumetric using undisturbed 48mm diameter and 15mm height core on 
	pressure plate
	P3B3VLd15	15 BAR Moisture m3/m3 - Volumetric using undisturbed 48mm diameter and 15mm height core on 
	pressure plate
	P3B3VLd3	3 BAR Moisture m3/m3 - Volumetric using undisturbed 48mm diameter and 15mm height core on 
	pressure plate
	P3B3VLd5	5 BAR Moisture m3/m3 - Volumetric using undisturbed 48mm diameter and 15mm height core on 
	pressure plate
	P6_LP	Dispersion Index (Loveday and Pyle, 1973)
	PWS1-2mm	1000-2000 micron fraction (%) - Wet Sieving after chemical dispersion
	PWS20-63	20-63 micron fraction (%) - Wet Sieving after chemical dispersion
	PWS212-425	212-425 micron fraction (%) - Wet Sieving after chemical dispersion
	PWS425-1mm	425-1000  micron fraction (%) - Wet Sieving after chemical dispersion
	PWS63-212	63-212 micron fraction (%) - Wet Sieving after chemical dispersion