This information has been developed from one or more of these publications:
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Location: | Flinders – 343477 to 351480. Coast at Merricks. | |
Access: | Merricks Beach Road and Cliff Road. | |
Ownership: | Crown Land. | |
Geomorphology: | The site includes a sequence of coastal slopes that vary from active marine cliffs to degraded coastal bluffs. At Palmer bluff, the slope base is mantled by a vegetated sand dune whose soil profile exhibits a well developed hardpan B horizon. | |
Significance: | Regional. The site displays a weathering erosion sequence of marine cliffs, bluffs, and dune accumulation in close proximity. This is of considerable interest in the analysis of sediment transport and wave energy in the south-western part of the Westernport Bay. | |
Management: | Class 2. Any permits allowing roadworks or construction activities at the bluff top should be conditional on not allowing rock rubble or other rubbish to be strewn down the slope face. |