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 163 Site: AUV15 84 Element: Backplain Pattern: Alluvial Plain Substrate: Not present Australian Soil Classification: Epipedal Aquic Vertosol (1VEAMGSGBERR-) Site Description: Deep, poorly drained, Aquic Vertosol with Excoecaria parvifolia low open woodland Soil Profile Description Depth m Horizon Description Surface - Hard setting; non-gravelly 0-0.05 A1 Dark brown (10YR 3/3) (10YR 6/3 dry); loam; massive, earthy; dry, firm; very highly calcareous; field pH 7.4, EC 0.44 dS/m 0.05-0.24 2A1 Very dark brown (10YR 2/2); 40% 2mm distinct orange root stains; medium clay; moderate (60mm) subangular blocky structure; dry, strong; highly calcareous; field pH 7, EC 0.58 dS/m 0.24-0.70 D11 Pale brown (10YR 6/3); loam; massive, earthy; moist, very weak; highly calcareous; field pH 8.4, EC 0.77 dS/m 0.70-1.00 D12 Yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); loam; massive, earthy; moist, very weak; highly calcareous; field pH 8.9, EC 1.77 dS/m 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 0-0.05 0.05 14.0 52.0 266 59.0 1.2 0.4 13.9 35.4 Depth Coarse Fine Silt Clay ECEC/clay OC m Sand % Sand % % % ratio % 0-0.05 <1 71 25 13 0.9* - 0.05-0.10 1 21 34 47 0.7 1.82 0.10-0.20 <1 26 32 49 0.7 0.65 0.50-0.60 <1 88 13 4 1.2* 0.14 0.80-0.90 <1 94 6 3 1.6* 0.09 Depth pH1:5 EC1:5 H2O Cl1:5 NO3-N ADMC Exchangeable Cations Cmol/kg ECEC 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 0-0.05 8.1 0.28 28 46.0 2.0 9.93 3.97 0.11 0.73 12* 0.9 2.5 6 28 0.60 0.05-0.10 6.0 0.14 24 35.0 5.5 15.30 16.40 0.34 1.41 33 1.0 0.9 18 37 0.69 0.10-0.20 6.8 0.06 30 2.0 6.0 13.30 19.30 0.56 0.99 34 1.6 0.7 18 35 0.76 0.50-0.60 9.4 0.79 981 <1.0 2.3 1.12 3.76 1.40 0.29 5* 27.1 0.3 3 16 0.85 0.80-0.90 9.5 1.14 1420 <1.0 <1.5 1.15 2.15 1.85 0.23 4* 46.0 0.5 2 12 0.86 *CEC values measured instead of ECEC where pH1:5>7.0