Soil Pit Data, Soil Characterisation, Far North Queensland Rainforest SuperSite, Daintree Rainforest Observatory, 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.

依据澳大利亚土壤分类系统（Australian Soil Classification），苦难角（Cape Tribulation）土壤剖面坑中的土壤被划分为：全剖面含20%~50%砾石与石块的酸性贫营养型棕色雏形土（Dermosol）。该土壤发育于源自西侧变质岩与花岗岩质山地的坡积物（colluvium）中。该坡积物疑似由一场灾难性崩塌形成，其组成颗粒粒径范围从微米级至米级，且呈无序混杂状态。在该土壤剖面坑内，表层附近岩石的体积占比为32%，0.2米深度以下则约为44%。