Soil Pit Data, Soil Characterisation, Far North Queensland Rainforest SuperSite, Robson Creek, 2012

Using the Australian Soil Classification, the soil at the Robson Creek site (pit for proposed pad) classified out as an: Acidic, Dystrophic, Brown Dermosol; medium, non-gravelly, clayey/clayey, moderate; which can be abbreviated to: Acidic, Dystrophic, Brown Dermosol or Dystrophic, Brown Dermosol or Brown Dermosol or Dermosol The Robson Creek soil is developed in alluvium (probably mixed granitic and metamorphic, although this was not assessed) and below the solum (A-B horizons) it has thick sandy or gravelly (2-10 mm sub-rounded) horizons. Soil analyses were done by the Qld Department of Natural Resources and Water Lab, Indooroopilly.