Soil Pit Data, Soil Characterisation, Far North Queensland Rainforest SuperSite, Cape Tribulation, 2006

Using the Australian Soil Classification, the soil at the Cape Tribulation soil pit was classified out as an: Acidic, Dystrophic, Brown Dermosol with many (20-50%) cobbles and stones throughout the profile. The soil is developed in colluvium from the metamorphic and granitic mountains to the west. The colluvium appears to have originated in a catastrophic collapse, as it consists of randomly mixed particles ranging in size from micrometres to metres. In the soil pit the volumetric proportion of rock was 32% near the surface and around 44% below 0.2 m depth.