Gambier Karst Region - South Australia & Victoria

Coastal features

Selected photographs and diagrams

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The Bridgewater Lakes (behind a dune barrier) and distant Cape Bridgewater (dune limestone over volcanics), Victoria
Taken from an old sea cave in an uplifted sea cliff.
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Springs at the limestone - volcanic contact have formed tufa ponds
The Springs, near Cape Brdgewater, Victoria C9402-14.TheSprings.jpg

Sea stacks (dune limestone) at Canunda National Park, SA
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Phytokarst in the spray zone. Note marine notch in background. Wooley Rock, SA
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Coastal phytokarst on dune limestone. Notebook is 20 cm high. Stereopair. View using crossed-eyes. C9201-22.CoastLapies.L.jpg