03 Soil Characterisation Using a Soil Pit (NSW)

Abigail Jenkins, formerly with NSW Department of Primary Industries (now Soil Science Australia) guides viewers through:
- how to characterise a soil pit, including planning, supporting resources
- techniques for characterising different soil horizons
- the use of monoliths and other existing sites as alternatives to traditional pits
- how to access online soil data for New South Wales. 
More information
- Soil CRC website (soilcrc.com.au/) - search for Project 2.3.001 - Visualising Australasia’s Soils
- Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook, CSIRO Publishing 
- Soils Near Me, NSW Department of Planning and Environment app 
- ESpade, NSW Department of Planning and Environment 
- Australian National Soil Information System, CSIRO 
This webinar was recorded in 2021 as part of the ‘Building technical capacity for improved soil management’ webinar series. It was produced by the Soil CRC and jointly funded through the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program.