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Sulfuric, Lithosolic, Spolic, Anthroposol soil profile at the Saraji colliery in the Bowen Basin, Queensland

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The picture on the right shows a Sulfuric, Lithosolic, Spolic, Anthroposol soil profile at the Saraji colliery in the Bowen Basin, Queensland, showing thin acidic surface precipitates of yellow iron oxides formed from oxidation of primary pyrite in coal spoil on the batters of waste-rock.

On the left is a typical constructed landscape showing waste-rock dumps at the Saraji colliery in the Bowen Basin, Queensland.

For more information see McKenzie, N. J., Jacquier, D. W., Isbell, R. F. and Brown, K. L. (2004). Australian Soils and Landscapes: an illustrated compendium. 416pp (CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne).

Photographer : Rob Fitzpatrick on January 01 1993.

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Sulfuric, Lithosolic, Spolic, Anthroposol soil profile at the Saraji colliery in the Bowen Basin, Queensland
Sulfuric, Lithosolic, Spolic, Anthroposol soil profile at the Saraji colliery in the Bowen Basin, Queensland
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