Guidelines, Publications, and Maps (QASSIT)
- Queensland Acid Sulfate Soil Technical Manual
- State policies, strategies and checklists
- Conference and course notes
- Fact sheets
- Reports and maps
- Case studies
- Contacts
Queensland Acid Sulfate Soil Technical Manual
The following documents are non-statutory best practice guidelines for acid sulfate soils in Queensland, and form the Queensland Acid Sulfate Soils Technical Manual in aggregate.
- Legislation and Policy Guideline (PDF, 278K)* (Dear SE, Moore NG, Watling KM, Fahl D and Dobos SK, 2004)
- Acid Sulfate Soils Laboratory Methods Guidelines (Ahern CR, McElnea AE and Sullivan LA, 2004)
- Soil Management Guidelines (PDF, 383K)* (Dear SE, Moore NG, Dobos SK, Watling KM and Ahern CR, 2002)
- Guidelines for Sampling and Analysis of Lowland Acid Sulfate Soils (ASS) in Queensland 1998 (PDF, 189K)* (Ahern CR, Ahern MR and Powell B, 1998)
State policies, strategies and checklists
- State Planning Policy 2/02: Planning and Managing Development Involving Acid Sulfate Soils (Queensland Government, 2002) (PDF)*
- State Planning Policy 2/02 Guideline: Acid Sulfate Soils (Queensland Government, 2002) (PDF)*
- SPP 2/02 Checklist Form for Acid Sulfate Soils (PDF, 30K)*
- General Information Request List (information required to assist assessment of development proposals involving acid sulfate soils (PDF, 47K)*)
- QASSMAC Acid Sulfate Soils Management Strategy for Queensland (PDF, 277K)*
Conference and course notes
- Acid Sulfate Soils: Environmental Issues, Assessment and Management, Technical Papers (Ahern CR, Hey KM, Watling KM and Eldershaw VJ (eds), 2000)
- Acid Sulfate Soils Technical Short Course and Wet Tropics Issues, Cairns, Short Papers (Watling KM, Hey KM, Eldershaw VJ, Ahern CR and Anorov JM (eds), 2000)
- Acid Sulfate Soils: Short Course and Central Queensland Issues, Mackay, Short Papers (Hey KM, Watling KM, Ahern CR and Anorov JM (eds), 1999)
- Acid Sulfate Soils and their Management in Coastal Queensland: Forum and Technical Papers (Hey KM, Ahern CR, Anorov JM and Watling KM (eds), 1999)
- Acid Sulfate Soils Workshop Papers, 6th International Symposium on Soil and Plant Analysis (Ahern CR, Eldershaw VJ, Watling KM and Anorov JM (eds), 1999)
- Acid Sulfate Soils: Short Course and North Queensland Issues, Townsville, Abstracts (Ahern CR, Hey KM, Eldershaw VJ and Anorov JM (eds), 1999)
- Understanding and Managing Acid Sulfate Soils in Canelands: Canegrowers Sugar Environment Forum (Canegrowers, Queensland Department of Natural Resources, CRC for Sustainable Sugar Production, 1998)
Fact sheets
- Acid sulfate soil fact sheets are available from the resource centre
Reports and maps
South-East Queensland
- An Investigation of Acid Sulfate Soils in the Logan-Coomera Area, Volumes 1–3 (Manders JA, Smith CD, Watling KM, Adams JJ and Ahern CR, 2002) & Map of Logan–Coomera Area 1:25 000
- Maroochy-Caloundra Acid Sulfate Soil Sustainable Land Management Project, Volumes 1–3 (Malcolm DT, Hall IR, Barry EV And Ahern CR, 2002) & 2 Maps - Maroochy River to Caloundra (Map 1: Northern, Maroochy River to Lake Weyba, & Map 2: Southern, Caloundra Headland to Maroochy River) 1:25 000
- Caboolture Shire Acid Sulfate Soils - Beachmere area, Southern Bribie Island, Toorbul-Meldale-Donnybrook. 1:50 000 scale
- Moreton Bay Regional Council Acid Sulfate Soils - Pine Rivers Area, Volumes 1-3 (Walton, J. S., Manders, J. A., and Goulding, K. E, 2011) & Map 1:25 000.
Northern and Central Queensland
- Acid Sulfate Soils Airlie Beach Area, Cannonvale to Funnel Bay, North Queensland (Muller PG, 2007) & Map 1:50 000
- Acid Sulfate Soils Bajool - Port Alma Area, Central Queensland Coast (Ross DJ, 2007) & Map 1:50 000
- Acid Sulfate Soils Bowen, Queensland (Muller PG, 2006) & Map 1:50 000
- Acid Sulfate Soils of Cairns, North Queensland (Manders JA, O'Brien LE and Morrison DW, 2009) & Map 1:50 000
- Acid Sulfate Soils Corio Bay Area, Central Queensland Coast (Ross DJ, 2008) & Map 1:50 000
- Acid Sulfate Soils of Halifax, North Queensland (Manders JA and O'Brien LE, 2009) & Map 1:50 000
- Acid Sulfate Soils Keppel Sands—Yeppoon Area, Central Queensland (Ross DJ, 2003) & Map 1:50 000
- Acid Sulfate Soils and Estuarine Water Quality of the Mackay District, Queensland (Muller PG, & Coutts A, 2005) & Map 1:50 000
- Acid Sulfate Soils Narrows Area, Central Queensland Coast (Ross DJ, 2005) & Map 1:50 000
- Acid Sulfate Soils Tannum Sands—Gladstone Area, Central Queensland Coast (Ross DJ, 2004) & Map 1:50 000
- Acid Sulfate Soils Proserpine River Floodplain, North Queensland (Muller PG, 2007) & Map 1:50 000
- Acid Sulfate Soils Sarina Beaches, Hay Point to Armstrong Beach, Queensland (Muller PG, 2008) & Map 1:50 000
Report Only
- Acid Sulfate Soils Tannum Sands to St Lawrence, Central Queensland Coast (Ross DJ, 2002) (No Map)
Map Only
- Tweed Heads to Redcliffe (Map 1) (Smith CD, Malcolm DT, Adams JJ and Manders JA, 2003) 1:100 000
- Redcliffe to Teewah (Map 2) (Malcolm DT, Adams JJ, Loi JK, Barry EV and Hall IR, 2002) 1:100 000
- Tweed Heads to Nerang River (Smith CD, Malcolm DT, Adams JJ, Manders JA and Hall IR, 2003) 1:25 000
- Maryborough Area (Wilson PR, Anderson HM and Brown DM, 2002) 1:50 000
Case studies
Acid Sulfate Soil case study
Contacts
Reports, maps and digital data are available for selected coverages.
Reports and maps are available for browsing and download through the DERM library catalogue.
For digital data requests, including sample site descriptions and laboratory data, please contact Environment and Resource Sciences' Product Delivery.
If you have any enquiries regarding the contents of our publications and maps, please contact QASSIT.
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Last reviewed 16 December 2011
Last updated 17 October 2011