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Sandstone and Sandstone Ridge Paddocks Regolith-LandformsFOWLERS GAP
Scale 1:12,500
Field Site Locations
Drainage line
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SECOND EDITIONSubject to revision
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Red-brown, rounded to angular lithic and quartzose sands, gravels and silts. Low relief (< 9 m) landforms containing a mixture of incised channels and overbank deposits, typically associated with local depocentres and floodouts of alluvial channels and drainage depressions. Chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex vesicaria and Myoporum montanum.Rounded and minor angular sands and silts with sparse gravel composed of lithic fragments, quartz and minor silicified sediment clasts. Low-lying depressions holding ephemeral standing water within stream channels. Woodland dominated by Eucalyptus camaldulensis trees.Rounded and minor angular sands and silts with scattered gravel composed of lithic fragments, quartz, and minor silicified sediment clasts. Low-lying depressions forming pools with ephemeral standing water, typically associated with station dams. Sedges and forbs on exposed sediments with dense shrubland around margins dominated by Acacia victoriae and Myoporum montanum.Rounded and angular lithic and quartzose sands, gravels and minor silts. Sandy meandering and braided channels. Riparian woodland dominated by Eucalyptus camaldulensis and minor Grevillea striata trees.Rounded and angular lithic and quartzose sands, gravels and minor silts. Sandy meandering and braided channels. Riparian woodland dominated by Acacia victoriae and Myopo-rum montanum small trees and shrubs.Rounded and angular lithic and quartzose sands, gravels and minor silts. Sandy meandering and braided channels. Riparian woodland dominated by Casuarina pauper trees.
Rounded to minor angular gravels, sands and silts composed of vein quartz and lithic fragments with minor silicified sediment clasts; some weathered bedrock exposures. Incised channels and gullies and flanking valley-sides. Chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex spp. and Maireana spp. with riparian shrubland of Acacia victoriae, Myoporum monta-num, Hakea leucoptera, Xanthium spp. and grasses including Cymbopogon ambiguus.Rounded to minor angular gravels, sands and silts composed of sandstone lithic fragments, minor quartz and silicified sediment clasts; some weathered bedrock exposures. Incised channels and gullies and flanking valley-sides. Chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex spp. and Maireana spp. with riparian shrubland of Acacia victoriae, Myoporum monta-num, Hakea leucoptera and Xanthium spp. and grasses including Cymbopogon ambiguus.Rounded to sub-angular quartzose and silicified sediment clast gravels and sands with muscovite. Minor red-brown quartzose sand and silt. Incised channels and gullies and flanking valley-sides. Chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex spp. and Maireana spp. with riparian shrubland of Acacia victoriae, Myoporum montanum, Hakea leucoptera and Xanthium spp. and grasses including Cymbopogon ambiguus.Rounded and minor angular quartzose sands and gravels with localised accumulations of plant impressions. Indurated by micro-crystalline quartz and minor micro-crystalline anatase and hematite. Low to slight topographic relief (< 9 m), locally shedding sediment into flanking channels and drainage depressions. Sparse chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex vesicaria and Sclerolaena spp.Red-brown sub-rounded to sub-angular quartzose and lithic sands, gravels and silts. Smooth, low relief (< 9 m) landforms typically associated with intersection point floodouts of alluvial channels and drainage depressions. Chenopod shrublands dominated by Maireana spp., Atriplex spp., Sclerolaena spp. and Xanthium spp.
TRANSPORTED REGOLITHAlluvial sediments
Colluvial sedimentsAngular, lithic and quartzose gravel with red-brown quartzose sand and silt. High topographic relief (30-90 m) landforms. Chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex vesicaria and open woodland with Acacia aneura trees.Angular, lithic (mostly quartzite clasts but also variably kaolinised and ferruginised bedrock clasts) and quartzose gravels with red-brown quartzose sands and silts. Slight topographic relief (9-30 m). Chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex vesicaria and Sclerolaena spp.Angular, lithic (mostly sandstone clasts) gravels and boulders with red-brown quartzose sands and silts with minor hardpan regolith carbonate. Slight topographic relief (9-30 m). Chenopod shrubland dominated by Maireana spp. and Atriplex vesicaria.Rounded and minor sub-angular quartzose and silicified sediment clast gravels. Minor red-brown quartzose sand and silt. Slight topographic relief (9-30 m). Chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex vesicaria.Red-brown, subrounded to subangular, quartzose and variable kaolinised and ferruginised lithic sands, gravels and silts. Elongate incised depressions and valleys with irregular ‘contour banding’ surface lag patterns. Circular depressions (‘melonholes’) along the long axis of depressions. Chenopod shrubland dominated by Maireana spp., Atriplex spp.and Sclerolaena spp.Angular lithic (dominantly quartzite clasts) and quartzose gravels and red-brown quartzose sands and silts. Shallow bedrock subcrop. Low-relief (< 9 m), low gradient, locally shedding sediment. Chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex vesicaria, Maireana spp. and grasses.Angular lithic (dominantly sandstone clasts) gravels and red-brown quartzose sands and silts and hardpan regolith carbonates. Low-relief (< 9 m), low gradient, locally shedding sediment. Chenopod shrubland dominated by Maireana spp. and Atriplex vesicaria.Rounded to sub-angular quartzose and silicified sediment clast gravels and sands with muscovite. Minor red-brown quartzose sand and silt. Low-relief (< 9 m), low gradient, locally shedding sediment. Chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex vesicaria, Maireana spp. and scattered Casuarina pauper trees.Rounded and angular, quartzose, silicified sediment and ferruginised sediment and saprolite clast gravels and sands with muscovite. Minor red-brown quartzose sand and silt. Low-relief (< 9 m), low gradient, locally shedding sediment. Chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex vesicaria and Maireana spp.Rounded and minor sub-angular quartzose and silicified sediment clast gravels. Minor red-brown quartzose sand and silt. Low-relief (< 9 m), low gradient, locally shedding sediment. Open chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex vesicaria.Angular lithic (dominantly quartzite clasts) and quartzose gravels and red-brown quartzose sands and silts. Shallow bedrock subcrop. Moderate relief (9-30 m), locally shedding sediment. Chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex vesicaria, Maireana spp. and Sclerolaena spp.Angular lithic (dominantly sandstone clasts) gravels and red-brown quartzose sands and silts and hardpan regolith carbonates. Moderate relief (9-30 m), locally shedding sediment. Chenopod shrubland dominated by Maireana spp., Atriplex vesicaria and Sclerolaena spp.Rounded to sub-angular quartzose and silicified sediment clast gravels and sands with muscovite. Minor red-brown quartzose sand and silt. Moderate relief (9-30 m), locally shedding sediment. Chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex vesicaria, Maireana spp. and scattered Casuarina pauper trees.Rounded and angular, quartzose, silicified sediment and ferruginised sediment and saprolite clast gravels and sands with muscovite. Minor red-brown quartzose sand and silt. Moderate relief (9-30 m), locally shedding sediment. Chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex vesicaria and Maireana spp.Rounded and minor sub-angular quartzose and silicified sediment clast gravels. Minor red-brown quartzose sand and silt. Moderate relief (9-30 m), locally shedding sediment. Open chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex vesicaria and Sclerolaena spp.Angular lithic (dominantly quartzite clasts) and quartzose gravels and red-brown quartzose sands and silts. Shallow bedrock subcrop. Low-relief (< 9 m), with surficial contour band patterns and receiving sediment. Chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex vesicaria, Maireana spp. and Sclerolaena spp.Angular lithic (dominantly sandstone clasts) gravels and red-brown quartzose sands and silts and hardpan regolith carbonates. Low-relief (< 9 m), with surficial contour band patterns and receiving sediment. Chenopod shrubland dominated by Maireana spp., Atriplex vesicaria and Sclerolaena spp.Rounded to sub-angular quartzose and silicified sediment clast gravels and sands with muscovite. Minor red-brown quartzose sand and silt. Low-relief (< 9 m), with surficial contour band patterns and receiving sediment. Chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex vesicaria, Maireana spp. and scattered Casuarina pauper trees.Rounded and angular, quartzose, silicified sediment and ferruginised sediment and saprolite clast gravels and sands with muscovite. Minor red-brown quartzose sand and silt. Low-relief (< 9 m), with surficial contour band patterns and receiving sediment. Chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex vesicaria, Maireana spp. and Sclerolaena spp.Rounded and minor sub-angular quartzose and silicified sediment clast gravels. Minor red-brown quartzose sand and silt. Low-relief (< 9 m), with surficial contour band patterns and receiving sediment. Open chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex vesicaria.
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IN SITU REGOLITHSaprolite
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Rounded and well-sorted red-brown, quartzose sand with minor hardpan regolith carbonates. Low-relief (< 9 m) with small coppice dunes surrounding vegetation. Open woodland, dominated by Acacia aneura and an understorey with Maireana spp.
Regolith disturbed by machinery and construction. Irregular landforms. Sparse vegetation, often introduced weed species, to barren.
Kaolinitic and micaceous weathered bedrock with prominent cleavage planes and minor quartz veins. High topographic relief (30-90 m). Chenopod shrublands dominated by Atriplex vesicaria, Sclerolaena spp, with scattered Casuarina pauper trees.Kaolinitic and friable quartzose weathered bedrock. Minor surficial ferruginisation and hardpan regolith carbonates. High topographic relief (30-90 m). Chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex spp., Maireana spp. and Sclerolaena spp. with Acacia aneura and Alectryon oleifolius trees and Acacia tetragonophylla and Eremophila spp. shrubs.Kaolinitic and micaceous weathered bedrock with prominent cleavage planes and minor quartz veins. Minor surficial ferruginisation. Low-relief (< 9 m), low gradient, locally shedding sediment. Chenopod shrublands dominated by Atriplex vesicaria and Sclerolaena spp. with scattered Casuarina pauper trees.Kaolinitic and friable quartzose weathered bedrock. Minor surficial ferruginisation and hardpan regolith carbonates. Low-relief (< 9 m), low gradient, locally shedding sediment. Chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex spp., Maireana spp. and Sclerolaena spp. with Acacia aneura and Alectryon oleifolius trees and Acacia tetragonophylla and Eremophila spp. shrubs.Kaolinitic and micaceous weathered bedrock with prominent cleavage planes and minor quartz veins. Moderate relief (9-30 m), locally shedding sediment. Chenopod shrublands dominated by Atriplex vesicaria and Sclerolaena spp. with scattered Casuarina pauper trees.Kaolinitic and friable quartzose weathered bedrock. Minor surficial ferruginisation and hardpan regolith carbonates. Moderate relief (9-30 m), locally shedding sediment. Chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex spp., Maireana spp. and Sclerolaena spp. with Acacia aneura and Alectryon oleifolius trees and Acacia tetragonophylla and Eremophila spp. shrubs.Variably kaolinitic and ferruginised weathered bedrock with or without prominent cleavage planes. Highly friable when not indurated. Minor regolith carbonates and quartz veins. Moderate relief (9-30 m), locally shedding sediment. Sparse chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex vesicaria and Sclerolaena spp. and rare Casuarina pauper trees.
Hard, quartzose, slightly weathered bedrock with prominent bedding planes. High topographic relief (30-90 m). Chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex spp., Maireana spp. and Sclerolaena spp. with Acacia aneura and Alectryon oleifolius trees and Acacia tetragonophylla and Eremophila spp. shrubs.Hard, quartzose, slightly weathered bedrock with prominent bedding planes. Low topographic relief (< 9 m). Chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex spp., Maireana spp. and Sclerolaena spp. with Acacia aneura and Alectryon oleifolius trees and Acacia tetragonophylla and Eremophila spp. shrubs.Hard, quartzose, slightly weathered bedrock with prominent bedding planes. Low-relief (< 9 m), low gradient, locally shedding sediment. Chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex spp., Maireana spp. and Sclerolaena spp. with Acacia aneura and Alectryon oleifolius trees and Acacia tetragonophylla and Eremophila spp. shrubs.Hard, quartzose, slightly weathered bedrock. Prominent conchoidal fractures and tight joint sets. Moderate relief (9-30 m), locally shedding sediment. Chenopod shrublands dominated by Atriplex vesicaria and Sclerolaena spp. with sparse Acacia aneura trees.Hard, quartzose, slightly weathered bedrock with prominent bedding planes. Moderate relief (9-30 m), locally shedding sediment. Chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex spp., Maireana spp. and Sclerolaena spp. with Acacia aneura and Alectryon oleifolius trees and Acacia tetragonophylla and Eremophila spp. shrubs.
RLU key descriptions for the Sandstone and Sandstone Ridge Regolith-Landform map
The Regolith-Landform Unit (RLU) polygon codes provide a framework to present the regolith materials and associated landforms on the map sheet across the area. They are designed to first list the regolith lithology in capital letter codes, then landform in lower case codes. he modifier number following each RLU code allows for discrimination of variations within broader regolith-landform assemblages (typically due to differences in composition, vegetation assemblages or other attributes). The RLU codes are largely based upon interpretation of the dominant regolith-landform process responsible for their formation (i.e. genetic process), following the scheme of Pain et al. (i2000). Lithological and other RLU attributes are described in the map legend descrip-tions and accompanying map report.
RLU codes for regolith materials used here are: RLU codes for landforms used here are: A Alluvial sediments ah alluvial channel AC Alluvial channel sediments ap alluvial plain C Colluvial sediments aw alluvial swamp CH Sheetflow sediments ed drainage depression F Fill ep erosional plain (0-9 m relief) IS Aeolian sand er erosional rise (9-30 m relief) SM Moderately weathered bedrock (saprolite) el erosional low hill (30-90 m relief) SS Slightly weathered bedrock (saprock) m man-made S Weathered bedrock, grade indeterminate (saprolith) pd depositional plain ps sandplain
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Sandstone and Sandstone Paddocks 1:12,500 Regolith-Landforms map
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CRC LEME acknowledges the support of Dr David Croft, Director, University of New South Wales’ Fowlers Gap Arid Zone Research Station, in the production of this map. Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Digital Elevation Model (SRTM DEM) courtesy of NASA. ASTER image courtesy of LP DAAC, USGS. Geophysical images courtesy of the Geological Survey, NSW Department of Primary Industries.
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Sandstone and Sandstone Ridge Paddocks 1:12,500 Regolith-Landforms map. Grid coordinates shown are of the Australian Map Grid using a Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection Zone 54 and the Australian Geodetic Datum 1966 (AGD66). Ground control is based on the Fowlers Gap Field Station 1:25,000 topographic sheets published by the Central Mapping Authority, Department of Lands, New South Wales, 1971.
Publications related to the this map:Pain C., Chan R., Craig M., Gibson D., Kilgour P. & Wilford J. 2007. RTMAP regolith database field book and users guide. CRC LEME, Canberra, Report No. 231, 101 p. Hill S.M. & Roach I. C. 2003. The regolith-landforms of Sandstone Paddock, Fowlers Gap, western NSW. In: Roach I.C. ed. Advances in Regolith. CRC LEME, pp. 193-200.Hill S.M. & Roach I.C. 2005. Regolith-landforms of northern Lake Paddock, Fowlers Gap Arid Zone Research Station, Western NSW. In: Roach I.C. eds. Regolith 2005 - Ten Years of CRC LEME. CRC LEME pp. 139-145.
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Sep5Rounded to sub-angular quartzose and lithic clast gravel and sand with muscovite. Minor red-brown quartzose sand and silt. Low-relief (< 9 m), low gradient, locally shedding sediment. Chenopod shrubland dominated by Atriplex vesicaria, Maireana spp. and scattered Casuarina pauper trees.
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Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) satel-lite pseudo-colour image of the Sandstone and Sandstone Ridge Paddocks. Bands 3N, 2 and 1 (Visible Near Infra-Red) are displayed as red, green and blue respec-tively. The image highlights different regolith-landforms as a function of their regolith materials, vegetation types and amount of vegetation cover. In this image quartz lag-rich units stand out as white, ferruginised units appear in yellows and browns, depending on the level of ferruginisation and healthy green vegetation as red.
First Vertical Derivative (1VD) aeromagnetics of the Sandstone and Sandstone Ridge Paddocks combined from the BHEI (southern two thirds of image) and Koonenberry (northern one third) datasets from the Geological Survey, NSW Department of Primary Industries. 1VD normally highlights surface and near-surface magnetic features, here fault lines and ferruginised Sturts Meadows Siltstone. The Nundooka Range Fault runs diagonally from top left to bottom centre and a highly ferruginised band of silstone lies sub-parallel to this in the western part of the image.
Gamma ray spectrometric (airborne radiometric) image of the Sandstone and Sand-stone Ridge Paddocks from the Koonenberry dataset of the Geological Survey, NSW Department of Primary Industries, with interpretation. The radioelements potassium (K), Thorium (eTh) and Uranium (eU) are displayed as red, green and blue respec-tively. This image highlights Mesozoic and Neoproterozoic rocks and transported regolith cover in the west and Devonian rocks in the east, separated by the Nundooka Range Fault running diagonally from top left to bottom right. Devonian sandstone in the east has low emissivity and tends to be moderately eTh- and eU-rich. Adelaidean slates in the west have mostly moderate emissivity where saprolite is exposed except for a folded quartzite bed in the central south and eTh-rich ferrugi-nous float in the Sandstone and southwest Sandstone Ridge Paddocks. Cretaceous sediments in the far west and northwest moderate eTh emissivity.
Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of the Sandstone and Sandstone Ridge Paddocks derived from hand-digitised Fowlers Gap Field Station 1:25,000 scale topographic contours at 5 m vertical contour interval and the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) 90 m ground resolution pixel DEM. SRTM heights were used to fill in the 1:25,000 topographic contour heights where gaps of more than 50 m existed horizon-tally between adjacent topographic contours. The image is sunshaded from the north-east with a sun elevation of 30 degrees. The speckled appearance on areas of low relief is due to digital noise and levelling errors in the SRTM data.
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