Examining a soil pit face to identify at-risk soil – WA (Video)
In this video, from the Soil Quality Knowledge Base, Rushna Munir explains the features of an alkaline soil as shown in a pit face. For each soil horizon texture, pH, sodicity, alkalinity and dispersive nature is described as well as the accumulation of compounds lower in the profile. While the content focuses on Western Australia, the information is applicable to other Australian regions [2:49].#
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