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Byron Flora and Fauna Study 1999 - Byron Shire Council

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A GREENPRINT FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE<br />

Geology Map Description Area (ha)<br />

group<br />

code<br />

Alluvial cr Crabbes Creek - level to gently undulating mid to upper alluvial plains,<br />

draining metasediments 69.46<br />

dp Disputed Plain - basalt derived valley in-fills <strong>and</strong> alluvial fans 318.56<br />

dpa Disputed Plain - fans derived from siliceous areas 125.22<br />

el Eltham - floodplains draining highly weathered basalt 680.63<br />

ela Eltham - narrow, more dissected floodplain 183.84<br />

mu Mullumbimby - alluvial - predom. metamorphic <strong>and</strong> rhyolitic derived 3426.79<br />

my Myocum - drainage plains of Lismore basalts 1299.92<br />

og Ophir Glen - sheet-flood fans, alluvial fans <strong>and</strong> valley in-fills<br />

- derived from metasediments 45.59<br />

te Terania - alluvial, draining basalt, rhyolite <strong>and</strong> s<strong>and</strong>stone - level to<br />

gently undulating plains 17.20<br />

tu Tuckean - Quaternary alluvium - level to gently concave swampy<br />

depress <strong>and</strong> infilled lagoon 50.87<br />

Total alluvial 6218.07<br />

Sediments ba Bagotville - Bundamba Group sediments, low rolling hills 549.52<br />

baa Bagotville - Bundamba Group sediments, cliffs <strong>and</strong> short steep<br />

cliff footslopes 330.40<br />

bab Bagotville - low to gently undulating rises 128.99<br />

ku Kunghur - Bundamba group sediments, undulating rolling hills 62.83<br />

Total sediments 1071.74<br />

Swamp tya Tyagarah - l<strong>and</strong>scape variation of ‘ty’- wet areas that have not<br />

been drained 268.25<br />

Total swamp 268.25<br />

Beach s<strong>and</strong> ab Angel’s Beach - mainl<strong>and</strong>, barrier beaches, associated fore <strong>and</strong><br />

hind dunes on Holocene s<strong>and</strong>s 399.58<br />

Total beach s<strong>and</strong> 399.58<br />

Water 377.13<br />

Total water 377.13<br />

Estuarine bp Burns Point - estuarine 98.30<br />

Total estuarine 98.30<br />

Disturbed xx disturbed - disturbed by human activity to a depth of at least 100cm.<br />

Original soil removed, greatly disturbed or buried. 309.75<br />

Total disturbed 309.75<br />

(blank) 33.29<br />

GRAND TOTAL 56675.52<br />

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