Brief description
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.Data time period: 2014 to 2014
text: Cape Tribulation
Subjects
CapeTribulation |
DRO |
Daintree Rainforest Observatory |
Environmental Sciences |
FNQ Rainforest |
FNQR |
Far North Queensland |
Soil Sciences |
soil classification |
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- Local : supersite.63
