Site and Soil Characterisation and Chemistry, Far North Queensland Rainforest SuperSite, Daintree Rainforest Observatory, Cape Tribulation, Core 1 ha, 2014

Using the Australian Soil Classification, the soil at Cape Tribulation was classified 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.