El1 - Moorabool River - Ballark Conglomerate

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Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in the Western Region of Melbourne (1986) by Neville Rosengren

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Location:	Elaine - 455165. Shire of Ballan. Left bank of Moorabool River (East branch), 2 km north of Morrisons.	Moorabool River - Ballark Conglomerate
Access:	Ballan-Meredith Road.
Ownership:	Private land.
Site Description:	Outcropping on the left bank of the Moorabool River (East branch) is a 5 m high section of a litho facies of the Ballark Conglomerate. The basal beds of the deposit here include large clasts of rounded sandstone and more angular slates, the deposit fining upwards to smaller gravels and coarse, cross-bedded sands. Other section occur along the river upstream. The valley here has not developed a floodplain and the channel undercuts the valley slope exposing the Tertiary sections. This profile contrasts strongly with the wide floodplain developed by the Moorabool in similar geological materials south of Steiglitz Plateau.
Significance:	Regional. The site is a clear example of a litho facies in the Ballard Conglomerate.
Management:	Class 2. The section should not be regraded, stabilized or covered by fill.
References:	Bolger P (1981)

Site - El1

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