8423-13 Old Paddock 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:	735950. 3 kilometres north of Bindi.	Taravale Formation outcrop in Old Paddock Creek.
Abstract:	Exposure of Taravale Formation.
Access:	Old Hut Creek Track.
Ownership:	Private land.
Geology:	Taravale Formation, although widespread in the Bindi area, is generally poorly exposed. Typical exposures consist of hillside runs of boulders which contain tabulate corals, stromatoporoids and Receptaculites. The best exposures of Taravle Formation occur in the lower parts of Old Paddock Creek where think interbedded mudstones and nodular limestone outcrop. The exposures are poorly fossiliferous.
Significance:	Local. Clear exposures of Taravale Formation are uncommon in the Bindi area.
Management:	The Taravale Formation is exposed in the creek bed and eroded channel side banks. Erosion prevention measures in this section of the creek bay reduce the exposure.
References:	Vandenberg, Bolger & O’Shea (1980) McAndrew, J. and Marsden, M.A.H. (eds) 1973. Regional Guide to Victorian Geology. Second Edition, School of Geology, University of Melbourne.

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