RB 2008/00008 Northern Curnamona Province, Regolith Exposures, Tour Guide.
Published: 01 Sep 2008 Created: 25 Nov 2024 Revised: 27 Nov 2024

The northern Curnamona Province includes the northern Flinders Ranges, comprising the Mounts Babbage and Painter Inliers (Palaeoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic crystalline basement) and overlying metasediments of the Adelaide Geosyncline...

The northern Curnamona Province includes the northern Flinders Ranges, comprising the Mounts Babbage and Painter Inliers (Palaeoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic crystalline basement) and overlying metasediments of the Adelaide Geosyncline (Neoproterozoic). Onlapping these are sediments of the Eromanga Basin (Mesozoic) and the Callabonna Sub-basin of the Eyre Basin (Cenozoic). Weathering profiles have developed in most of the above mentioned rocks, some encompass multiple weathering cycles while others represent only a single weathering cycle. Tectonic uplift during the Cenozoic, repeated episodes of erosion and on-going deposition have together generated a plethora of rock and regolith exposures in this region. These provide excellent opportunities to study key regolith relationships and materials in profile and provide reference sites for comparisons elsewhere. Regional mapping and regolith study in this region since the 1950s have provided much of the information contained herein. Six sites of significance, at five localities, are presented in this Tour Guide; each provides key profile exposures and reference materials. These are useful in establishing provenance and landscape position (regolith architecture) of potential sample media (especially for lags, duricrusts and colluvium). Sites are described as stand-alone features but can also be visited in a general west to east, or reverse, tour. Regional access for this Tour is via the Strzelecki Track and/or the Arkaroola to Mt Hopeless Road. Pastoral station tracks and the Dog Fence maintenance track provide local access. The specific regolith profiles are situated on these pastoral stations: Murnpeowie-Mount Hopeless and Moolawatana. Permission to visit these sites prior to entering them should be sought from the respective pastoral lease holders and/or their on-site managers.

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Record No d20010042
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    Geographic Locality: South Australia;Reedy Springs Gorge;Prospect Hill;Bopeechee Regolith;Moolawatana Station;Mulligan Dam Regolith;Parabarana Ramp
    Doc No: RB 2008/00008

    Geographic Locality: South Australia;Reedy Springs Gorge;Prospect Hill;Bopeechee Regolith;Moolawatana Station;Mulligan Dam Regolith;Parabarana Ramp Doc No: RB 2008/00008

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    Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/d20010042
    Citation Sheard, M.J. 2008. RB 2008/00008 Northern Curnamona Province, Regolith Exposures, Tour Guide. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
    https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/d20010042

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