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8823-1 Ring Dyke

This information has been developed from the publications:

    • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in Central Gippsland (1981) by Neville Rosengren, M.S McRae-Williams and S.M Kraemers.
    • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in the Gippsland Lakes Catchment (1984) by Neville Rosengren.
    • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in East Gippsland, Victoria (1981) by Neville Rosengren, M.S McRae-Williams
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Location:

325499. 3.5 kilometres east of Genoa

Abstract:

Doleritic ring dyke

Access:

Yandown Track

Ownership:

Private property

Geology:

A ring dyke of doleritic composition intrudes Ordovician Mallacoota Bed sediments at Yandown, east of Genoa. The dyke rocks are highly weathered and exposures are poor.

Geomorphology:

Differential erosion, of the evidently softer dyke material, by two streams has produced a circular drainage pattern.

Significance:

Regional. This is the only ring dyke that has been recorded in the region.

Management:

Land use which would obscure the ring dyke would degrade the site.

References:

Douglas, J.G. and Ferguson, J.A. (eds) 1976.
Geology of Victoria. Geological Society of Australia, Special Publication No. 5.
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