MySoil: Deep sandy duplexes (Southern Wheatbelt)

Grey, brown and yellow sands over sandy clay or reticulite (mottled loamy sand) at 30–80 centimetres (cm) depth.

Broad scale map (1:250 000) of the Southern Wheatbelt Agzone showing the distribution of deep sandy duplexes. Distribution is mainly 25–50%, with scattered areas of 10–25% and 3–10% deep sandy duplexes from Cranbrook to Hyden and Hyden to Lake King.
A stylised diagram of the soil profile showing the topsoil and subsoil layers for reticulite deep sandy duplex. The soil profile is grey to yellow sand over (reticulite) mottled loamy sand to sandy clay loam at 30–80cm.
Soil pit showing the profile of reticulite deep sandy duplex in the Southern Wheatbelt region. Grey to yellow sand over mottled loamy subsoil at 80cm.

Further information

Soils [1]

Links
[1] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/climate-land-water/soils

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The original document was last revised at Wed, 18/11/2015 - 9:29am

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