The geology of Australia
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The geology of Australia
Cambridge University Press, 2004
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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The Geology of Australia provides a vivid and informative account of the evolution of the Australian continent over the past 4400 million years. Starting with the Precambrian rocks which hold clues to the origins of life and the development of an oxygenated atmosphere, it then covers the warms seas, volcanism and multiple orogenies of the Palaeozoic, which built the eastern third of the Australian continent. This illuminating history then details the breakup of Gondwana and the development of the continental shelves and coastlines. Separate chapters cover the origin of the Great Barrier Reef, the basalts in Eastern Australia and the geology of the Solar System. From Uluru to the Great Dividing Range, from sapphires to the stars, The Geology of Australia is a comprehensive exploration of the timeless forces that have shaped this continent and that continue to do so.
Table of Contents
- 1. An Australian perspective
- 2. The earth - a geology primer
- 3. Building the core of precambrian rocks
- 4. Warm times - tropical corals and arid lands
- 5. Icehouse - carboniferous and permian glaciation
- 6. Mesozoic warming - inland plains of the triassic and jurassic
- 7. Birth of modern Australia - flowering plants, mammals and deserts
- 8. Eastern highlands and volcanoes barely extinct
- 9. Building the continental shelf and coastlines
- 10. Great barrier reef
- 11. Planets, moons, meteorites and impact craters
- 12. Cycles in a continental journey.
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