Soil Quality
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Effective Cation Exchange Capacity
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Cation exchange capacity indicates the ability of a soil to “hold” onto positively charged ions including plant nutrients such as potassium, calcium, magnesium and ammonium. The CEC is largely determined by clay content and organic matter.
On this website, the data is presented as “effective” cation exchange capacity (ECEC). This is calculated by adding all the base cations (Ca++, Mg++, Na+, K+), plus exchangeable Al+++ and H+.
Choose a Soil Quality indicator from one of the three boxes below to examine grouped data.
Chemical
Chemical
- pH
- 0 - 10 cm
- 10 - 20 cm
- 20 - 30 cm
- Electrical Conductivity
- 0 - 10 cm
- 10 - 20 cm
- 20 - 30 cm
- Cation Exchange Capacity
- Water Repellency
- Major Nutrients
- Mineral Nitrogen
- Colwell Phosphorus
- Colwell Potassium
Wheatbelt NRM Soil pH Survey
In addition to the soil quality data available in the tabs above, you can examine a large pH data set sampled within this area.
