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GL9 (8422) Maringa Creek

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:824076. Two kilometres west of Kalima.
Image:  East Gippsland Sites of Significance
Road cutting exposing Jemmys Point Formation - Maringa Creek

Abstract:

Exposure of Jemmys Point Formation.

Access:

Kalima - Nungurner Road.

Ownership:

Private land.

Geology:

A road cutting along Maringa Creek exposes five to eight metres of cross-bedded sands and sandy clays included coloured horizons and beds with well-preserved molluscan fauna of the Jemmys Point Formation.

Geomorphology:

The mouth of Maringa Creek is constricted by a sand pit, behind which a broad salt marsh has developed.

Significance:

Local. The site currently provides a relatively clear exposure of Jemmys Point Formation.

Management:

Road cuttings in the Tertiary sediments deteriorate rapidly due to slope wash and gullying, and this site would be enhanced by occasional grading.


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