Robson Creek Rainforest Soil Characteristic Data 2011 - 2014
This data contains soil physico-chemical characteristics collected at the Robson Creek Rainforest site between 2011 - 2014.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2011-09-14
- Date (Publication)
- 2024-08-14
- Date (Revision)
- 2025-12-15
- Edition
- 1.0
Identifier
Publisher
Author
James Cook University - Liddell, Michael (Associate Professor)
14-88 McGregor Road, Smithfield, 4878, Queensland, Australia
Smithfield
Queensland
4878
Australia
- Website
- https://www.tern.org.au/
- Credit
- We at TERN acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Australia, New Zealand and all nations. We honour their profound connections to land, water, biodiversity and culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
- Status
- Completed
Point of contact
James Cook University - Liddell, Michael (Associate Professor)
14-88 McGregor Road, Smithfield, 4878, Queensland, Australia
14-88 McGregor Road
Smithfield
Queensland
4878
Australia
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Environment
Extent
- Description
- The Robson Creek 25-ha rainforest site is located in the Danbulla National Park within the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area in the Atherton Tablelands in Far North Queensland.
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2011-09-14 2014-06-28
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
- GCMD Science Keywords
- ANZSRC Fields of Research
- TERN Platform Vocabulary
- TERN Instrument Vocabulary
- TERN Parameter Vocabulary
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- soil depth
- Metre
- soil volumetric water content
- Cubic Centimetre per Cubic Centimetre
- soil potassium
- Milligram per Kilogram
- soil electrical conductivity
- Decisiemens per Metre
- soil pH
- Unitless
- soil copper content
- Milligram per Kilogram
- soil iron content
- Milligram per Kilogram
- soil manganese content
- Milligram per Kilogram
- soil zinc content
- Milligram per Kilogram
- soil total nitrogen content
- Percent
- soil carbon content
- Percent
- soil temperature
- Degree Celsius
- soil phosphorus content
- Milligram per Kilogram
- QUDT Units of Measure
- GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
- GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
- Keywords (Discipline)
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- Soil physico-chemical
- Soil pit
- Far North Queensland
- FNQ Rainforest
- Soil classification
- Robson Creek
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- The Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license allows others to copy, distribute, display, and create derivative works provided that they credit the original source and any other nominated parties. Details are provided at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
- Alternate title
- CC-BY
- Edition
- 4.0
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- License
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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- Other constraints
- Please cite this dataset as {Author} ({PublicationYear}). {Title}. {Version, as appropriate}. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. {Identifier}.
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
- Environment description
- Soil in pit was loamy on the southern and sandy/gravel on the northern side; excavation was restricted to a smaller area by this, work needed to be done fast also as sandy walls didn't stay in place if there was water in the pit or dry out. Because of small impact and sand in the soil, a triangular pattern for sensor-columns were chosen. One big root of a fig (diameter around 10cm) and several smaller roots had to be cut in the northern area of the pit.
Distribution Information
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- NetCDF
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- Robson_Creek_soil_characteristics_data
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- NetCDF
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- Robson_Creek_soil_data_dictionary
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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Distributor
Distributor
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd, Indooroopilly, QLD, Australia, 4068
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
- OnLine resource
- ro-crate-metadata.json
Resource lineage
- Statement
- The collection of physico-chemical characteristics of soil from the Robson Creek Rainforest site was conducted between 2011 and 2014. The soil physico-chemical characteristics was described in 6 backhoe pits (each 2 m deep) over an area of about 8 x 8m, dug to assess the site for flux tower foundation. Soil samples were collected from the face of the pit for each layer :0.2 m, 0.5 m, 0.75 m, 1 m, 1.5 m, 2 m. Samples were air-dried to constant mass, sieved to 2 mm, roots and rocks removed and weighed. The samples were homogenised and sent off for analysis within 5 days. Sieved (<2mm) samples were analysed, using methods described by Rayment and Higginson (1992) for exchangeable Ca, Mg, K and Na (Method 15A1), exchangeable acidity and Al (Method 15G1), Colwell extractible P (Method 9B2), total C (Method 6B4), total N (Method 7A7), electrical conductivity (EC) and pH (both in 1:5 soil:water extract) and particle size distribution. As the soil has a high content of stones, the volumetric proportion of soil and rock was determined at several depths. The total volume of each depth increment was determined by pouring measured volumes of sand into a pit as it was excavated. The excavated soil was sieved (2 mm); and material passing through the sieve was called soil. Material that was retained on the sieve was mechanically tumbled for 45 minutes in order to break apart aggregates of soil and to separate soil from the rocks. The tumbled material was sieved again through a 2mm sieve and the material retained was separated into roots and rocks. All materials were weighed and the water content of the soil was determined. Using a calibrated 20L bucket, the volume of rocks (pre-wet to prevent loss of water by absorption) was measured. The volume of soil in each layer was calculated by subtracting rock volume from the volume of the excavated hole. To measure soil temperature and water content, 3 types of soil monitoring probes were installed, 8x CS229 probes to measure water tension, 9x CS616 TDR probes to measure volumetric water content, 1x TCAV probe to measure average soil temperature the probes were deployed in the loamy area of the pit (SW corner, S corner and SE wall). Four depths were reached: -100 mm, -750 mm, -1500 mm and -2000 mm. Per depth 3x TDR and 2x CS229 were deployed in a triangular pattern; vertically in columns 1m apart and numbered as I (SW corner), II (S corner) and III (SE wall, TDR only); the TCAV probe was deployed at -750mm between the columns. The TDR probes were pushed horizontally into the loamy soil (TDR III@-750mm had to be pushed into a mix of loam/coarse sand). The CS229 probes were laid down horizontally in close proximity (5-10cm) to the TDR probes in column I and II and buried in fine loam scraped from the walls at the spots; the probes weren't saturated with water before deployment. The TCAV probes were pushed into the soil horizontally (pairs 5cm vertically apart) in the SE wall and SW wall, half way between the columns I/II and II/III.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Title
- Rayment, G.E. and Higginson, F.R. (1992) Australian Laboratory Handbook of Soil and Water Chemical Method. Reed International Books Australia P/L, Trading as Inkata Press, Port Melbourne, 330 p.
- Website
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https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/685915
Method documentation
Reference System Information
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG/EPSG:4326
- Reference system type
- Geodetic Geographic 2D
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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urn:uuid/66648cf1-9e47-410b-a7cf-e07d24f30bb1
- Title
- TERN GeoNetwork UUID
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/66648cf1-9e47-410b-a7cf-e07d24f30bb1
Point-of-truth metadata URL
- Date info (Creation)
- 2023-03-29T00:00:00.000000+00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2025-12-15T04:58:10.890709+00:00
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-1:2014/AMD 1:2018 Geographic information - Metadata - Fundamentals
- Edition
- 1
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO/TS 19115-3:2016
- Edition
- 1.0
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO/TS 19157-2:2016
- Edition
- 1.0
- Title
- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-3:2016 and ISO 19157-2:2016
- Date (published)
- 2021
- Edition
- 1.0
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