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Authors
Kavanagh, Janine L.
Chamberlain, Katy J.
Hrintchuk, Jade A.
Mariani, Elisabetta
Boyce, Julie
Urbani, Stefano
Havard, Tegan A.
Williams, Kate M.
Cas, Ray A. F.
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
UK Research and Innovation (MR/S035141/1)
Monash University (Margaret Clayton Women in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship)
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Article History
Received: 21 November 2025
Accepted: 21 March 2026
First Online: 31 March 2026
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: The Budj Bim Cultural Landscape obtained UNESCO World Heritage status (2019), and the northern component of the inscribed property includes Lake Surprise and some of the scoria cones and spatter cones of the BBVC. The research within this publication adhered to the stipulations of Access Agreement AA-0000792 awarded to Monash University for the collection of photographs and recording of geomorphological and geological descriptions with no disruption to soil or rock. Sample collection outside of quarries was limited and conducted only in 2012, prior to the establishment of the UNESCO world heritage status and when the area was known as the Mount Eccles National Park. All detailed sedimentary logging and rock/sediment sampling included in this paper was completed in areas of private land, comprising active farmland and disused quarries, with all permissions from landowners obtained. The geochemical samples analysed were collected in 2012 or earlier, prior to the establishment of the 2014 Budj Bim (Tourism) Master Plan and the creation of the UNESCO World Heritage site. The authors gratefully acknowledge permission from Parks Victoria to continue to work on this small number of archive samples given their educational and research significance.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
