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ARVE RIVER
GEOLOGY OF TASMANIA
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GEOLOGY OF ARVE RIVER AREA 1. BIBLIOGRAPHY:
BLAKE, F., 1935- Report on country olong route of Croycroft Track.
Unpublished report of
Mines Dept.
FORD, R. J, 1956 - Geology of the Upper Huon-Arve River Area.
Vol. 90, pp 147-156.
Pap. Proc. Roy. Soc. Tal.,
2. STRATIGRAPHIC TABLE:
SYSTEM
FORMATION
Strong epeirogeny and faulting
Jurassic~
Permian 3.
Knocklofty
{ Ferntree
Woodbridge
Dolerite sills and sheets
Sandstone and sha Ie
Mudstone
Glacial formation
LOCALITIES OF SPECIAL INTEREST:
Thin sill of dolerite
Doleri te sill
Ferntree Mudstone showing presence of strike
fault
Faulted Triassic rocks
4.
THICKNESS
(in feet)
Erosion interva I
Tertiary and
Quaternary
Early Tertiory?
Triassic ROCK TYPE
476500E. 698000N.
477000E. 693800N.
472500E. 693700N.
470300E. 691000N.
PHYSIOGRAPHY:
Note control of Arve River by rock types
Waterfalls in Ferntree Mudstone
Weathered dolerite
473600E. 697500N.
471000E. 696OOON.
800
370
290
GEOLOGY OF TASMANIA
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GEOLOGY OF UPPER HUON AREA 1.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
BLAKE, F, 1935 -
Report on country along route of Craycraft Track.
Unpublished report of
Mines Dept.
FORD, R. J, 1956 - Geology of the Upper Huon-Arve River Area.
Vol. 90, pp. 147-156.
2.
Pap. Proc. Roy. Soc. Tas.,
STRATIGRAPHIC TABLE:
SYSTEM
FORMATION
Quo ternary and
Tertiary
Early Tertiary~
Permian
Strong ·epeirogeny and faulting
Knacklafty
Ferntree
{ Woodbridge
Bemedale
Bundella
Dolerite sills and sheets
Sandstone and shale
Mudstone
Glacial Formation
Limestone
Mudstone
3. LOCALITIES OF SPECIAL INTEREST:
Berrieda Ie Iimestone with fossils
473500E 708000N.
Intrusive contacts af dolerite
473250E. 701250N.
473250E. 7065CON.
Dolerite dyke
475000E. 707800N.
Isolated sedimentary blocks on dolen te
474300E. 701700N.
4788COE. 703800N.
475000E. 701400N.
Weathering of dolerite
THICKNESS
(,n feeti
Erosion intervol
Jurassic~
Triassic
ROCK TYPE
473500E. 701500N.
79500E. 700000N.
300+
800+
370+
290
90
120+