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Mineral Resources Tasmania

Engineering Geology Maps

Information specifically relating to landslides or land instability is provided on the Landslides page.

Urban Engineering Geology Series

Engineering Geology of the Greater Hobart Area, Map 1 (1990) 1:25 000
Engineering Geology of the Greater Hobart Area, Map 2 (1990) 1:25 000
Engineering Geology - Ulverstone (1991) 1:10 000

Associated reports are available for these maps:

Engineering Geology of the Greater Hobart Area (1991)
Ulverstone Engineering Geology Project (1994)

Launceston Urban Mapping Project (1996)

This was a joint project between local government and Mineral Resources Tasmania.

Three 1:25 000 scale compilation maps have been produced to cover the 145 km2 project area. The themes available are:

Geology, 1:25 000 scale compilation
Engineering Geology, 1:25 000 scale compilation
Advisory Landslide Zoning, 1:25 000 scale compilation (see Note 2)

Larger scale maps, at 1:10 000 scale, have been produced to cover six sub-areas (see index map below). The three themes (geology, engineering geology and advisory landslide zoning) are also available for each of the 1:10 000 scale areas.

Launceston Urban Mapping Project - Geology (6 Maps) (1996)
Launceston Urban Mapping Project - Engineering Geology (6 Maps) (1996)
Launceston Urban Mapping Project - Advisory Landslide Zoning (6 Maps) (1996) (see note 2)

Note 1: The legend for the Launceston Engineering Geology maps is provided on a separate sheet including a table of typical engineering properties for each mapped unit.
Note 2: The Advisory Landslide Zoning maps in this series (except the Hadspen area) have now been superseded by the Tasmanian Landslide Map Series - Launceston, 2005