Guidelines Publications and Maps (QASSIT)

Guidelines

Legislation and Policy Guide (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)

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, 6^th 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)

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, draft status only.

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 Corio Bay Area, Central Queensland Coast (Ross DJ, 2008) & Map 1:50 000
Acid Sulfate Soils Tannum Sands—Gladstone Area, Central Queensland Coast (Ross DJ, 2004) & 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 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

Acid Sulfate Soils Tannum Sands to St Lawrence, Central Queensland Coast (Ross DJ, 2002) (No Map)

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

Reports, maps and digital data are available for selected coverages.

Reports and maps are available for browsing and download through the Queensland Digital Exploration Reports (QDEX) system.

for digital data requests, including sample site descriptions and laboratory data, please contact the NRSc Data Coordinator.

If you have any enquiries regarding the contents of our publications and maps, please contact:

Queensland Acid Sulfate Soils Investigation Team (QASSIT)
Phone: 07 3896 9819
Fax: 07 3896 9623
Email QASSIT

Last updated: 14 October 2009