Publication Date

2004

Series Number

20

Abstract

This land resource survey of the Corrigin area covers some 1.8 million hectares of the central wheatbelt over the shires of Beverley, Brookton, Bruce Rock, Corrigin, Cuballing, Cunderdin, Dumbleyung, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Narembeen, Narrogin, Pingelly, Quairading, Tammin, Wandering and Wickepin. The survey is part of a regional scale soil-landscape mapping program designed to deliver seamless soil information for the agricultural area of south western Australia. The information provided will assist planners, researchers and land managers make decisions affecting sustainable land use and is designed for use at regional and catchment scales. This report and accompanying CD-ROM summarizes primary and interpreted information on the soil-landscapes of the Corrigin area. The report outlines the main degradation issues and supplies background information on climate, native vegetation and geology. An important additional outcome of the survey is a new theory on soil formation that has wide-ranging ramifications for agriculture, soil science, botany and geomorphology. Thirty-six soil-landscape systems, together with their component sub-systems and phases were recognised, mapped and described during the survey. This information, together with unmapped soil types and land qualities, is provided in the CD-ROM. The CD also showcases the main soils, provides geo-referenced soil pit and auger descriptions, maps of soil-landscapes and maps of selected degradation hazards.

Keywords

Land use planning, Land capability, Soil, Soil surveys, Soil types, Profiles, Maps, Western Australia, Corrigin region (WA)

Comments

Additional CD information will be included later as part of the individual parts list below.

Maps

Maps are not included as part of the complete document download. If this report contains a map, it will be available in the individual parts list below.

LRS_No20_cor_major_soils_map.pdf (6867 kB)
Major Soils of the Corrigin survey area Map

LRS_No20_cor_major_soils_map_1.pdf (2445 kB)
Major Soils of the Corrigin survey area Map 1 of 6

LRS_No20_cor_major_soils_map_2.pdf (1470 kB)
Major Soils of the Corrigin survey area Map 2 of 6

LRS_No20_cor_major_soils_map_3.pdf (1656 kB)
Major Soils of the Corrigin survey area Map 3 of 6

LRS_No20_cor_major_soils_map_4.pdf (2972 kB)
Major Soils of the Corrigin survey area Map 4 of 6

LRS_No20_cor_major_soils_map_5.pdf (2984 kB)
Major Soils of the Corrigin survey area Map 5 of 6

LRS_No20_cor_major_soils_map_6.pdf (1963 kB)
Major Soils of the Corrigin survey area Map 6 of 6

LRS_No20_cor_soil_landscape_map_1.pdf (10227 kB)
Soil-Landscape map of the Corrigin area Map 1 of 6

LRS_No20_cor_soil_landscape_map_2.pdf (7896 kB)
Soil-Landscape map of the Corrigin area Map 2 of 6

LRS_No20_cor_soil_landscape_map_3.pdf (5092 kB)
Soil-Landscape map of the Corrigin area Map 3 of 6

LRS_No20_cor_soil_landscape_map_4.pdf (10223 kB)
Soil-Landscape map of the Corrigin area Map 4 of 6

LRS_No20_cor_soil_landscape_map_5.pdf (8381 kB)
Soil-Landscape map of the Corrigin area Map 5 of 6

LRS_No20_cor_soil_landscape_map_6.pdf (7629 kB)
Soil-Landscape map of the Corrigin area Map 6 of 6

LRS_No20_niche_construction.pdf (1488 kB)
Additional reading - Can Darwinian principles explain the 'species' of regolith under some of Australia's native flora

LRS_No20_geomorph_zigzag_YilgarnBlock.pdf (299 kB)
Additional reading - Salinity in the Central Wheatbelt: Some Geomorphic and Climatic Influences

LRS_No20_Landscapeinversion5.pdf (168 kB)
Additional reading - Landscape inversion: West Kokeby System and adjacent sediments to the west and east.

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