This information has been developed from one or more of these publications:
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Location: | Tarago - 027853. Three kilometres west of Rokeby on the Main Neerim Road. | Tertiary sands and gravels (A) unconformably overlying Palaeozoic sediments (B). |
Access: | Main Neerim Road. | |
Ownership: | Crown Land. | |
Geomorphology: | The road cutting exposes a clear section that displays the angular unconformity between the sandstones and mudstones of the Walhalla Group (Silurian), and the overlying Tertiary sands and gravels. The gravels are most abundant at the base of the Tertiary and are succeeded by cross-bedded ferruginous sands. | |
Significance: | Regional. The site is one of the most accessible sections that displays the unconformity between the Palaeozoic bedrock and the Tertiary sediments in the catchment of Westernport Bay. | |
Management: | Class 2. Slope stabilisation works should not be carried out on the south side of the road as this would obscure the best aspect of the section. |