The Queensland Branch of the Australian Society of Soil Science Inc selected a Vertosol as the State soil.
Vertosols are clay soils with shrink-swell properties that cause deep and wide cracking on drying. More than half of Australia’s Vertosols are found in Queensland, where they occupy 28% of the State’s total area. 58% of the State’s cropping area is located on Vertosols. They occur on mainly on alluvial plains, weathered sedimentary rocks (e.g. shales mudstones) and weathered basalt. Vegetation associations include grassland (e.g. Mitchell grass), open eucalypt woodland (e.g. Queensland blue gum) and brigalow/gidgee forests.
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November 2012 Newsletter
Howard Briggs 2011 University presentation What's the problem,
can't coal and coal seam gas mining and agriculture live together?
Download the Queensland State Soil poster