Agency Code: 501 Project Code: COR Site Code: 1399
Described by: Paul Galloway Date: 29/07/1998

Observation type: auger boring Category: brief description

Location: MGA94 Zone: 50  536008 mE  6457343 mN Map sheet:  Brookton 100K
Location notes: 
Site notes: 

Landform
Landform pattern: peneplain	Slope:  1.5 %
Relief/modal slope:
Landform element: hillslope
Morphological type:	Slope curvature: uniform slope
Pattern Relief:  peneplain

Surface and Hydrological Properties
Rock outcrop:   
Surface coarse fragments: 
Physical properties: 

Vegetation
Surrounded by:  shrubland

Species List
Borya nitida, Allocasuarina campestris, Acacia acuminata, Eucalyptus wandoo

Current Classification
WA Soil Group: (1999) Reticulite deep sandy duplex, reticulite @ 55 cm
Map Unit: 258Wy_1

Soil Profile Description

Horizon	Depth (cm)	Description	
A1	0-15	Dark greyish brown (2.5Y 4/3 moist) sand.	
A2e	15-40	Light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4 moist) sand.	
B21c	40-55	Brownish yellow (10YR 6/6 moist) sandy gravel texture; 80% rounded ferruginous ironstone medium gravel sized coarse fragments 30 % gravel abundance above 45 cm; pH 5.8 (1:5 water); EC 16 (mS/m (1:5)); notes: Clayey sandy gravel---pH @ 40 cm.	
B22cw	55+	Gravel texture; ferruginous ferricrete coarse fragments ?Gravel/?reticulite; vesicular, pan; notes: ?Gravel/?reticulite.