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38. Muddy Creek - Inactive Landslip

This information has been developed from one or more of these publications:

  • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in the Westernport Bay Catchment (1984) by Neville Rosengren.
  • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in the Western Region of Melbourne (1986) by Neville Rosengren
  • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance on the Coast of Port Phillip Bay (1988) by Neville Rosengren.
  • Sites of Environmental Significance in the Flood Plain of the Upper Yarra Valley Region (1983) by Neville Rosengren, Douglas Frood and Kim Lowe (as part of a study of Sites of Environmental Significance by the University of Melbourne for the then Upper Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges Authority).
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Location:

Tarago - 064843. Two kilometres north of Buln Buln.


Access:

Brandy Creek Road.

Ownership:

Private land.

Geology/Geomorphology:

A bowl-shaped rotational landslip with a distinct headwall scarp and hummocky terrain below occurs on the northern valley slope of Muddy Creek. The slip is inactive but probably post-dates European settlement of the area. It occurs on a hillslope at the weathered contact between Older Volcanics basalt and the underlying Devonian sedimentary rocks.

Significance:

Regional. Landslips of this dimension are not common on the lithology in the study area.

Management:

Class 3. Any change in land use would not reduce the significance of the site.
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