Categorical variables

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Date modified: 2020-04-27

Hierarchy

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Basal Point
- Centre
- East
- East 1
- East 2
- East 3
- East 4
- East 5
- North
- North 1
- North 2
- North 3
- North 4
- North 5
- North East Corner
- North West Corner
- Photopoint 1
- Photopoint 2
- Photopoint 3
- South
- South 1
- South 2
- South 3
- South 4
- South 5
- South East Corner
- South West Corner
- West
- West 1
- West 2
- West 3
- West 4
- West 5
Coarse Fragment Abundance
- Extremely or abundant (> 90%)
- Moderately or many (20 - 50%)
- No coarse fragments
- No qualifier or common (10 - 20%)
- Not Collected
- Slightly or few (2-10%)
- Very or abundant (50 - 90%)
- Very slightly or very few (< 2%)
Coarse Fragment Shape
- Angular
- Angular platy
- Angular tabular
- N/A
- Not Collected
- Rounded
- Rounded platy
- Rounded tabular
- Subangular
- Subangular platy
- Subangular tabular
- Subrounded
- Subrounded platy
- Subrounded tabular
Coarse Fragment Size
- Bouldery or boulders (600-2000mm)
- Coarse gravelly or large pebbles (20-60mm)
- Cobbly or cobbles (60-200mm)
- Fine gravelly or small pebbles (2-6mm)
- Large Boulders (>2000mm)
- Medium gravelly or medium pebbles (6-20mm)
- N/A
- Not Collected
- Stony or stones (200-600mm)
Datum
- AGD66
- AGD84
- GDA94
- WGS84
Disturbance
- Complete clearing; pasture; but never cultivated
- Complete clearing; pasture; cultivated at some stage
- Cultivated; rain fed
- Cultivation; irrigated; past or present
- Extensive clearing
- Highly disturbed; e.g. Mining; urban
- Limited clearing
- No effective disturbance
- No effective disturbance except HEAVY grazing by hoofed animals
- No effective disturbance except LIGHT grazing by hoofed animals
- No effective disturbance except MEDIUM grazing by hoofed animals
- Not Collected
Drainage
- Imperfect
- Moderately well
- Not recorded
- Poor
- Rapid
- Very poor
- Well
Effervescence
- Highly calcareous
- Moderately calcareous
- Non-calcareous
- Not Collected
- Slightly calcareous
- Very highly calcareous
Erosion Abundance
- Minor or present
- Moderate
- No erosion
- Not Collected
- Not apparent
- Severe
- Very severe
Erosion State
- Absent
- Active
- N/A
- Not Collected
- Partially stabilised
- Stabilised
Erosion Type
- Gully
- Mass movement
- N/A
- None
- Not Collected
- Other (see site notes)
- Rill
- Scald
- Sheet
- Stream bank
- Tunnel
- Undefined
- Wave
- Wind
Growth Form
- Aquatic
- Bryophyte
- Chenopod
- Cycad
- Epiphyte
- Fern
- Forb
- Fungus
- Grass-tree
- Heath-shrub
- Hummock grass
- Not Collected
- Rush
- Sedge
- Shrub
- Shrub Mallee
- Tree Mallee
- Tree-fern
- Tree/Palm
- Tussock grass
- Vine
Landform Element
- Alcove
- Backplain
- Bank (stream bank)
- Bar (stream bar)
- Barchan dune
- Beach
- Beach ridge
- Bench
- Berm
- Blow-out
- Breakaway
- Channel bench
- Cirque
- Clay plain
- Cliff
- Cliff-footslope
- Closed depression
- Collapse doline
- Cone (volcanic)
- Crater
- Cut face
- Cut-over surface
- Dam
- Deflation basin
- Drainage depression
- Dune
- Dune crest
- Dune footslope
- Dune slope
- Embankment
- Estuary
- Fan
- Fill-top
- Flat
- Floodout
- Footslope
- Foredune
- Gorge
- Gully
- Hill footslope
- Hillcrest
- Hillslope
- Hummocky (weakly oriented dune)
- Inselberg
- Interdune corridor
- Intertidal flat
- Lagoon
- Lake
- Landslide
- Levee
- Limestone plain
- Linear or longitudinal (seif) dune
- Lunette
- Maar
- Mound
- Not Collected
- Open depression
- Ox-bow
- Parabolic dune
- Pediment
- Pit
- Plain
- Playa/pan
- Prior stream
- Reef flat
- Residual rise
- Ridge
- Risecrest
- Riseslope
- Rock flat
- Rock outcrop (on hill)
- Rock outcrop (on plain)
- Rock platform
- Saltlake
- Sandy plain
- Scald
- Scarp
- Scarp-footslope
- Scroll
- Scroll plain
- Solution doline
- Stony plain
- Stream bed
- Stream channel
- Summit surface
- Supratidal flat
- Swale
- Swamp
- Talus
- Terrace Flat
- Terrace plain
- Tidal creek
- Tidal flat
- Tor
- Trench
- Tumulus
- Valley flat
Landform Pattern
- Aluvial fan
- Aluvial plain
- Anastomotic plain
- Badlands
- Bar Plain
- Beach ridge plain
- Caldera
- Chenier plain
- Coral reef
- Covered plain
- Delta
- Dunefield
- Escarpment
- Floodplain
- Hills
- Karst
- Laclustrine plain
- Lava plain
- Longitudinal dunefield
- Low hills
- Made land
- Marine plain
- Meander plain
- Meteor crator
- Mountains
- Not Collected
- Parabolic dunefield
- Pediment
- Pediplain
- Peneplain
- Plain
- Plateau
- Playa plain
- Rises
- Sandplain
- Sheet-flood fan
- Stagnant alluvial plain
- Terrace (alluvial)
- Terraced land (alluvial)
- Tidal Flat
- Volcano
Lithology
- Adamellite
- Agglomerate
- Alcrete (bauxite)
- Amphibolite
- Andesite
- Anhydrite
- Aplite
- Arkose
- Ash (fine)
- Ash (sandy)
- Basalt
- Bombs (volcanic)
- Breccia
- Calcarenite
- Calcareous mudstone
- Calcareous sand
- Calcilutite
- Calcirudite
- Calcrete
- Charcoal
- Chert
- Clay
- Coal
- Conglomerate
- Consolidated rock (unidentified)
- Detrital sedimentary rock (unidentified)
- Diorite
- Dolerite
- Dolomite
- Ferricrete
- Gabbro
- Gneiss
- Granite
- Granodiorite
- Granulite
- Gravel
- Graywacke
- Greenstone
- Gypsum
- Halite
- Hornfels
- Igneous rock (unidentified)
- Ironstone (where not considered of pedogenic origin)
- Jasper
- Limestone
- Marble
- Marl
- Metamorphic rock (unidentified)
- Microdiorite
- Microgranite
- Microsyenite
- Migmatite
- Mudstone
- Mylonite
- N/A
- None Apparent
- Not Applicable
- Not Collected
- Opalised Wood
- Pegmatite
- Peridotite
- Phonolite
- Phyllite
- Porcellanite
- Porphyry
- Pumice
- Pyroxenite
- Quartz
- Quartz porphyry
- Quartz sandstone
- Quartzite
- Red-brown hardpan
- Rhyolite
- Same as Substrate Lithology
- Sand
- Sandstone
- Schist
- Scoria
- Serpentinite
- Shale
- Shells
- Silcrete
- Silt
- Siltstone
- Slate
- Syenite
- Trachyte
- Tuff
- Unconsolidated material (unidentified)
- Volcanic breccia
- Volcanic glass
MGA Zone
- datum: GDA94, projection: Transverse Mercator, eastern_boundary: 102Â°E, western_boundary: 108Â°E
- datum: GDA94, projection: Transverse Mercator, eastern_boundary: 108Â°E, western_boundary: 114Â°E
- datum: GDA94, projection: Transverse Mercator, eastern_boundary: 114Â°E, western_boundary: 120Â°E
- datum: GDA94, projection: Transverse Mercator, eastern_boundary: 120Â°E, western_boundary: 126Â°E
- datum: GDA94, projection: Transverse Mercator, eastern_boundary: 126Â°E, western_boundary: 132Â°E
- datum: GDA94, projection: Transverse Mercator, eastern_boundary: 132Â°E, western_boundary: 138Â°E
- datum: GDA94, projection: Transverse Mercator, eastern_boundary: 138Â°E, western_boundary: 144Â°E
- datum: GDA94, projection: Transverse Mercator, eastern_boundary: 144Â°E, western_boundary: 150Â°E
- datum: GDA94, projection: Transverse Mercator, eastern_boundary: 150Â°E, western_boundary: 156Â°E
- datum: GDA94, projection: Transverse Mercator, eastern_boundary: 156Â°E, western_boundary: 150Â°E
Microrelief
- Animal depression
- Animal hole
- Ant mounds
- Ant mounds
- Contour gilgai
- Contour trench
- Crabhole gilgai
- Debil-debil
- Holes
- Karst microrelief
- Lattice gilgai
- Linear gilgai
- Mass movement microrelief
- Melonhole gilgai
- Mound/depression microrelief
- Normal gilgai
- Not Collected
- Other (see site notes)
- Pig rooting
- Rabbit warrens
- Sinkhole
- Spring mound
- Springs hollow
- Swamp hummock
- Termitaria
- Termite mounds
- Terracettes
- Vegetation mounds
- Wallows
- Zero or no microrelief
Miscellaneous
- N/A
- Not Collected
Mottle abundance
- Common (10-20%)
- Few (2-10%)
- Many (20-50%)
- No mottles or other colour patterns
- Not Collected
- Very few (<2%)
Mottle colour
- Brown
- Dark
- Gley
- Grey
- N/A
- Not Collected
- Orange
- Pale
- Red
- Yellow
Mottle size
- Coarse (15-30mm)
- Fine (<5mm)
- Medium (5-15mm)
- N/A
- Not Collected
- Very coarse (>30mm)
Pedality Fabric
- Earthy
- Not Collected
- Rough-ped
- Sandy
- Smooth-ped
Pedality Grade
- Massive
- Moderate
- Not Collected
- Single Grain
- Strong
- Weak
Pedality Type
- Angular blocky
- Cast
- Columnar
- Granular
- Lenticular
- N/A
- Not Collected
- Platy
- Polyhedral
- Prismatic
- Subangular blocky
Segregations Abundance
- Common (10-20%)
- Few (2-10%)
- Many (20-50%)
- No segregations
- Not Collected
- Very few (<2%)
- Very many (>50%)
Segregations Form
- Concretions
- Crystals
- Fragments
- Laminae
- N/A
- Nodules
- Not Collected
- Root linings
- Soft segregations
- Tubules
- Veins
Segregations Nature
- Aluminous (aluminium)
- Argillaceous (clayey)
- Calcareous (carbonate)
- Earthy (dominantly non-clayey)
- Ferromanganiferous (iron-manganese)
- Ferruginous (iron)
- Ferruginous-organic (iron-organic matter)
- Gypseous (gypsum)
- Manganiferous (manganese)
- N/A
- Not Collected
- Organic (humified; well-decomposed organic matter)
- Other
- Saline (visible salt)
- Sulfurous (sulfur)
- Unidentified
Segregations Size
- Coarse (6-20mm)
- Extremely coarse (>60mm)
- Fine (<2mm)
- Medium (2-6mm)
- N/A
- Not Collected
- Very coarse (20-60mm)
Soil Texture Grade
- Clay loam
- Clay loam sandy
- Clayey sand
- Heavy clay
- Light clay
- Light medium clay
- Loam
- Loamy sand
- Medium clay
- Medium heavy clay
- Not Collected
- Sand
- Sandy clay loam
- Sandy loam
- Silty clay loam
- Silty loam
Soil Texture Modifier
- Coarse sandy
- Fine sandy
- Medium sandy
- N/A
- Not Collected
- Silty
Soil Texture Qualification
- Fibric
- Heavy
- Light
- N/A
- Not Collected
- Sapric
Structure Size
- 10-20mm
- 100-200mm
- 2-5mm
- 20-50mm
- 200-500mm
- 5-10mm
- 50-100mm
- <2mm
- >500mm
- N/A
- Not Collected
Substrate
- Bare
- CWD
- Crypto
- Gravel
- Litter
- Not Collected
- Outcrop
- Rock
- Unkwn
Surface Soil Condition
- Cracking
- Cryptogam surface
- Firm
- Hard setting
- Loose
- Other (see site notes)
- Poached
- Recently cultivated
- Saline
- Sandy veneer
- Self-mulching
- Soft
- Surface crust
- Surface flake
- Trampled
- Unknown
Surface Strew Size
- Boulder (250mm +)
- Cobble (51-250mm)
- None Apparent
- Not Collected
- Pebble (5-50mm)

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