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LOCATION
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Address MASLIN BEACH
Locality
Accuracy L - low level confidence
Council Area Onkaparinga Council
Polygon Type D - item has been digitised (generally because it doesn't exist in a DCDB parcel, eg. bridge
DESCRIPTION
Details (Known As) Maslin Bay to Aldinga Bay Coastal Cliff Section Geological Site
Registered Name Geological Monument - Coastal Cliff
Significance The strikingly coloured fossil-bearing rock strata revealed in the coastal cliffs at Maslin and Aldinga Bays provide excellent and rare exposures of the Tertiary sediments of the St Vincent Basin, ranging in age from Eocene (c. 50 million years) to Late Pliocene (c. 2-3 million years). This classic area in Australian Cainozoic stratigraphy has long been designated the type locality for these sediments, which inland are largely obscured by younger sediments and soils. It constitutes an invaluable reference site for teaching and continuing scientific research into the geology and palaeontology of the Tertiary Period. (HB Assessment Report)
Subject Index Landscape area - Geological Site; Landscape area - Natural Landscape
Class State
STATUS
Status Code REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register
Status Date 27-SEP-1990
REFERENCE
LGA Onkaparinga
State Heritage ID 14040
Heritage Number 5237
SECTION 16 INFORMATION
Section 16
PLAN PARCEL & TITLE
As listed in the SA Heritage Register
Plan Parcel & Title Information CR 5752/694 H106000 S799, 801, 802,CR 5291/866 D40554 A2,CR 5291/865 D40554 A1,CT 5875/933 D56399 A1,CT 6238/138 D122861 A11,CR 6238/817 D122861 A10

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