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Soil/Landform MappingMornington Peninsula Shire

1:100 000 soil/landforn mapping by Ian Sargeant.For further information visit Victorian Resources Online

(www.depi.vic.gov.au/vro)

MapunitType A Rolling low hills Early Tertiary sediments gravelly Brown and Yellow ChromosolsArthurs Seat Rolling low hills Devonian granite Yellow and Grey ChromosolsArthurs Seat, steep Steep hills Devonian granite stony Tenosols with some Yellow and Brown DermosolsBittern Undulating plains to Tertiary sediments Brown and Yellow Chromosols with some Sodosols

undulating low hillsBoneo Dunefield Early Pleistocene aeolian sediments Sandy TenosolsCerberus Dunefield Late Pleistocene aeolian sediments Sandy TenosolsCups Dunefield Pleistocene aeolian sediments Shelly CalcarosolsCranbourne Dunefield Early Pleistocene aeolian sediments Aeric PodosolsDunns Creek Alluvial plain Quaternary alluvial sediments Aquic VertosolsDromana Alluvial fan Quaternary alluvial sediments Yellow and Grey SodosolsFlinders Rolling low hills Teriary basalts Brown Chromosols with some FerrosolsGunnamatta Dunefield Recent aeolian sediments Shelly CalcarosolsHastings Alluvial plain Quaternary alluvial sediments Grey DermosolsLangwarrin Rolling low hills Paleozoic sediments Yellow and Brown Chromosols with some SodosolsMerricks Alluvial plain Quaternary alluvial sediments Yellow and Grey Dermosols with some

Hydrosols and Aquic VertosolsPearcedale Alluvial plain Quaternary alluvial sediments Yellow and Grey SodosolsRedhill Rolling low hills Tertiary basalts Red Ferrosols with Brown and Red ChromosolsRosebud Dunefield Early Pleistocene aeolian sediments Aeric PodosolsTootgarook Swamp Recent swamp deposits Fibric OrganosolsToomuc Dunefield Aeolian sediments over Tertiary sediments Yellow and Grey Chromosols and SodosolsDrainage line, variable Recent alluvial deposits Narrow floodplain Hydrosolsswamp Recent alluvial deposits Narrow floodplain Hydrosols

Name Geology Landform Dominant SoilsAAsAs,stBi

BoCeCpCrDcDrFlGuHaLwMe

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Dunns Creek and sand duneFlinders and Flinders clayFlinders and Red Hill

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Arthers Seat, sand overlayBittern, sand surfaceBittern with Bittern sandy clayFlinders, sand overlayLangwarrin, sand overlayMerricks, clay

Other unitsBi/Bi,slBi/FlBi/LwFl/RhLw/BiRo/SwTo/Cr

Bittern with Bittern sandy loamBittern with FlindersBittern with LangwarrenFlinders with Red HillLangwarrin with BitternRosebud with swampToomuc with Cranbourne

Complexes (subdominant)