Land Resources of Auvergne Station
A supplement to the Land Resources of the Victoria River District
Napier, Diane; Edmeades, Bart; Lynch, Brian; McGregor, Robert; Northern Territory. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Hill, J.V.
E-Publications; E-Books; PublicationNT; Jul-18
2018-06-30
Auvergne Station; NT Portion 2676; Victoria River Downs; Victoria River District
This report for Auvergne Station is a supplement to Land Resources of the Victoria River District (2012) and completes the land resource assessment of the district which covers 24 properties and approximately 78 760 km² of pastoral land. Land unit mapping at 1:100 000 describes the landforms, soils and vegetation in the district.
Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT)
Table of contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Previous mapping; 3. Survey methodology and data collection; 4. Lithology; 5. Landform; 6. Soil; 7. Soil physical and chemical characteristics; 8. Vegetation; 9. Land evaluation; 10. Soil erosion; 11. Land unit descriptions; 12. References; Appendices 1 - 12.
English
Soils -- Northern Territory -- Auvergne Station; Land use -- Northern Territory -- Auvergne Station; Geology -- Northern Territory -- Auvergne Station; land resource assessment; land units; soil landscapes; vegetation communities
Northern Territory Government
Palmerston
Jul-18
204 pages ; colour photographs, maps, figures, tables ; 30 cm.
application/pdf
9781743501498
Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)
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http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/metadata/export_data?type=html&metadata_id=E3F20A909A8123ADE040CD9B21446CC0; http://hdl.handle.net/10070/245323 [Land resources of the Victoria River District]
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/300258
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/378762
Land Resources of Auvergne Station A supplement to the Land Resources of the Victoria River District 157 Site: AUV15 64 Element: Plain Pattern: Plain Substrate: Not present Australian Soil Classification: Hypocalcic Brown Dermosol (1DEABCVEXAHMOX) Site Description: Very deep, imperfectly drained, Brown Dermosol with Melaleuca minutifolia and M. sericea low open woodland Soil Profile Description Depth m Horizon Description Surface - Hard setting, cryptogam surface, cracking; 15% 10-30mm angular sandstone and 20% 5mm ironstone surface gravels 0-0.07 A1 Brown (10YR 4/3) (10YR 6/3 dry); 5% 2mm faint orange mottles; clay loam, medium sandy; massive, earthy; dry, firm, slightly sticky; 30% 5mm rounded ironstone, 10% 10mm subangular sandstone gravels; field pH 6 0.07-0.30 B21 Yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 15% 5mm faint orange mottles, 1% 2mm distinct red mottles; light medium clay; moderate angular blocky structure; dry, strong, slightly sticky; 20% 4mm subrounded ironstone; 5% 5mm manganiferous soft segregations; field pH 6 0.30-1.10 B22 Yellowish brown (10YR5/6); 15% 5mm faint orange mottles, 1% 2mm distinct red mottles; light medium clay; moderate angular blocky structure; dry, strong; 20% 4mm subrounded ironstone; 5% 5mm manganiferous soft segregations; field pH 6.2 1.10-1.50 B23 Dark yellowish brown (10YR4/6); 5% 5mm orange mottles, 1% 2mm red mottles; light medium clay; moderate angular blocky structure; moderately moist, strong, slightly sticky; 10% 4mm subrounded ironstone gravels; 5% 5mm manganiferous soft segregations, 1% 5mm calcareous soft segregations; slightly calcareous; field pH 8.5 Analytical Data Depth Total Available P mg/kg Ext. K Ext. S Extr. Micronutrients mg/kg m N % Bicarb Acid mg/kg mg/kg Cu Zn Mn Fe 0-0.07 0.06 7.0 16.0 258 2.0 0.6 0.2 18.1 19.4 Depth Coarse Fine Silt Clay CEC/clay OC m Sand % Sand % % % ratio % 0-0.07 11 52 16 27 0.5 0.74 0.10-0.20 8 43 15 40 0.5 0.38 0.20-0.30 7 37 14 41 0.5 0.37 0.50-0.60 9 44 13 37 0.4 0.22 0.80-0.90 10 43 13 32 0.4 0.17 1.10-1.20 9 40 11 37 0.4 0.12 1.40-1.50 10 41 11 36 0.4 0.14 Depth pH1:5 EC1:5 H2O Cl1:5 NO3-N ADMC Exchangeable Cations Cmol/kg CEC ESP Ca/Mg 15 Bar 1/3 Bar R1 Disp. m H2O dS/m mg/kg mg/kg % Ca Mg Na K Cmol/kg % Ratio % % Ratio 0-0.07 7.3 0.03 <20 <1.0 2.3 5.48 6.07 0.26 0.69 13 2 0.9 10 18 0.79 0.10-0.20 7.9 0.04 <20 <1.0 3.6 9.71 8.10 0.90 0.38 19 4.7 1.2 13 21 0.83 0.20-0.30 8.9 0.22 148 <1.0 1.9 8.93 8.20 1.93 0.26 19 10.3 1.1 13 22 0.87 0.50-0.60 9.5 0.70 646 <1.0 2.3 4.16 7.57 5.31 0.27 16 33.8 0.5 13 25 0.97 0.80-0.90 9.7 0.82 682 <1.0 2.1 1.71 6.70 7.73 0.28 14 53.3 0.3 13 26 1.00 1.10-1.20 9.7 0.84 647 <1.0 2.4 1.98 6.28 8.77 0.31 15 57.9 0.3 14 26 1.00 1.40-1.50 9.8 0.86 627 <1.0 2.4 2.29 5.94 8.19 0.30 14 56.6 0.4 13 25 1.00