Agency Code: 501 Project Code: SAPZS Site Code: WU06
Described by: Trevor Stoneman Date: 28/08/1999

Observation type: auger boring Category: full description
Lab Analyses: Limited chemical or physical analyses.

Location: MGA94 Zone: 50  469034 mE  6674809 mN 
Location notes: Wubin Rocks Reserve, 7.5 km NE of Wubin
Site notes: 
Disturbance: Natural.

Landform
Landform pattern:	Slope:  1 %
Relief/modal slope: gently undulating rises
Landform element: hillslope
Morphological type:
Pattern Relief: 

Surface and Hydrological Properties
Rock outcrop:  No rock outcrop.  
Surface coarse fragments: many subangular gravel sized ironstone; no stone sized
Physical properties: Hardsetting; ; firm; ; moderately deep soil

Geology/parent material
Soil parent material:
Czl

Vegetation
Notes: Tammar Scrub, Allcasuarina acutivalvis, Allocasuarina campestris, Melaleuca caudata, Calothamnus ?  oldfieldii, Grevillea paradoxa

Species List
Allocasuarina acutivalvis, Allocasuarina campestris, Grevillea paradoxa, Melaleuca cordata

Land use
Site: Not used. Surrounds: Not used.

Visible erosion, assessed flooding and salinity
no wind erosion, no scald erosion, no sheet erosion, no rill erosion, no gully erosion, no tunnel erosion, no stbank erosion, no wave erosion, no mass movement, no flooding, no ponding, no salinity.

Current Classification
WA Soil Group: (1999) Shallow gravel, on dc
Australian Soil Classification: (2002) Basic Petroferric Sesqui-Nodular Tenosol
ASC confidence: low
Map Unit: 258Bd_3

Soil Profile Description

Horizon	Depth (cm)	Description	
A11	0-10	Brown (10YR 4/3 moist) loamy sand; no mottles; loose moist consistence, non-sticky, non-plastic; apedal,; few coarse ferruginous concretions; no coarse fragments; pH 6; clear boundary.	
A12	10-30	Yellowish brown (10YR 5/6 moist) loamy sand; no mottles; loose moist consistence, non-sticky, non-plastic; apedal,; many very coarse ferruginous concretions; no coarse fragments; pH 6; abrupt boundary.	
B2c	30+	Strongly cemented, ferricrete pan; notes: sheet laterite.	

Lab Results (501 SAPZS WU06)

Basic Chemistry

Sample	Horizon	Match	Depth	pH_w	pH_CaCl2	EC	
C97	2	B	20-30	4.89	4.43	2.5