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The Queensland Geotechnical Database website (‘this website’) is owned and operated by the University of Queensland - Sustainable Infrastructure Research Hub ‘UQ SIRH’. The UQ SIRH does not own, takes no responsibility for, and makes no representations as to the accuracy or otherwise of the materials on this website that are owned by other parties. Materials owned by other parties are the subject of licences or terms of service that have been selected by their owners. Please see below for further information.

Copyright in this Website and its Contents

1. The source code for this website is licensed under the Lesser GPL Licence (LGPL). You may reuse the website's code, which is available on request, under the terms of the LGPL licence.
2. The map platform incorporated into this website is owned by Mapbox. Consequently, the Mapbox Terms of Service also apply to your use of the map feature.
3. With the exception of the UQ logo, the content owned by the UQ SIRH (predominantly the text on the website’s menu pages) is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Licence. Please give attribution to: © University of Queensland 2024.
4. Content owned by other parties (predominantly borehole logs and associated materials) is provided under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Licence. You can locate the license particulars relating to each borehole log within the pdf document. You must observe the licence requirements when reusing this material, including attribution requirements, any supplementary notices, and the Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability contained within the Licence terms.
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Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

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