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Densipan

Densipans are formed due to the tight packing of the fine sand particles, not due to a cementing agent like silica, iron or carbonate. This earthy pan is known to occur in bleached A2 horizons of Podosols in south-east Queensland and Tasmania (Isbell et al. 1997) but are likely to occur in similar soils elsewhere in Australia. See photo example below.

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Photo credit: tba

Other earthy pans have been recently found in South Australia in horizons that a not bleached A2s. These appear below a bleached A2 horizon and are brown in colour. See photos below.

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Photo credit: Rob Fitzpatrick