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Location: | Grantville - 765428. Valley of Tennent Creek three kilometres south-east of Almurta. | |
Access: | Glen Alvie Road. | |
Ownership: | Crown Land (Water Production Reserve) and private land. | |
Geomorphology: | A broad area of alluvium lies upstream of a constriction in the valley Tennant Creek. Below the constriction the valley is narrow and the gradient is steep. Jenkin (1962) explained the development of alluvium as a result of blocking of the stream by a landslide and the accumulation of lake sediments. The site of the landslide and much of the alluvial material is now submerged by the waters of Candowie Reservoir. | |
Significance: | Regional. This is an unusual process of valley alluvium accumulation in the study area. It illustrates the potential for large scale slope failure in the Mesozoic sediments. | |
Management: | Class 3. Changes in land use are unlikely to reduce the significance of features of the site. |