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Geology of Australia

 

 

Australia

• AusIMM - The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
• Australian Geological Survey Organisation
• Cenozoic deformation in the Otway Basin, southern Australian margin: implications for the origin and nature of post-breakup compression at rifted margins
• Department of Mineral Resources New South Wales Government
• Dynamic subsidence of Eastern Australia during the Cretaceous
• Early India-Australia spreading history revealed by newly detected Mesozoic magnetic anomalies in the Perth Abyssal Plain
• Field Adventures - Australia
• Full-fit reconstructions of the southern Australian margin and Antarctica – implications for correlating geology between Australia and Antarctica
• Geology of Victoria
• Integrating deep Earth dynamics in paleogeographic reconstructions of Australia
• Mines and Energy South Australia (MESA)
• Newly-recognised Continental Fragments Rifted from the West Australian Margin
• Palaeozoic Palaeomagnetism of South-Eastern Australia: Implications for the APW path of Gondwana
• Petroleum Systems Modelling of the Perth Basin, Western Australia
• Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Department of Civil & Geological Engineering
• Riversleigh Society Australian Palaeontology
• Structural Architecture of Australia's Southwest Continental Margin and Implications for Early Cretaceous Basin Evolution
• Tectonic Evolution and Continental Fragmentation of the Southern West Australian Margin

Fiji

• Mineral Resources Department

New Zealand

• Basin Screening for Seal-rock Quality, New Zealand Region
• Cretaceous and Cenozoic Basin Evolution Based on Decompacted Sediment Thickness from Petroleum Wells around New Zealand
• Department of Geology, University of Otago, New Zealand
• Early Jurassic of New Zealand: Refinements of the Ammonite Biostratigraphy and Palaeobiogeography
• Geology of Basement Rocks in the Southeastern Tararua Range, North Island, New Zealand
• Geology of the Torlesse Supergroup, Southern Tararua Range, North Island, New Zealand
• New Zealand Prehistory and Biogeography
• New Zealand plate tectonic
• Vegetation and climate of the New Zealand Jurassic

 

Papua New Guinea

• Papua New Guinea Geology
• Predicted velocity and density structure of the exhuming Papua New Guinea ultrahigh pressure terrane

 

Books about Australian geology

The Geology of Australia The Geology of Australia provides a vivid and informative account of the evolution of the Australian continent over the last 4400 million years. Starting with the Precambrian rocks that hold clues to the origins of life and the development of an oxygenated atmosphere, it goes on to cover the warm seas, volcanism and episodes of mountain building, which formed the eastern third of the Australian continent. This illuminating history details the breakup of the supercontinents Rodinia and Gondwana, the times of previous glaciations, the development of climates and landscapes in modern Australia, and the creation 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. This second edition features two new chapters, covering the evolution of life on Earth while emphasising the fossil record in Australia, and providing a geological perspective on climate change. From Uluru to the Great Dividing Range, from earthquakes to dinosaurs, from sapphires to the stars The Geology of Australia is a comprehensive exploration of the timeless forces that have shaped this continent.

Australia's Fossil Heritage: A Catalogue of Important Australian Fossil Sites The National Heritage List was created in January 2004 to recognize, celebrate and protect places of outstanding heritage value to the nation. One aspect of natural heritage that has been little explored is Australia’s wealth of exceptional fossil sites. While a small number of fossil sites have risen to public prominence, there are many lesser-known sites that have important heritage values. The Australian Heritage Council engaged palaeontologists from state museums and the Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery to compile lists of outstanding fossil sites and to document their characteristics and relative importance against a range of categories, with a view to further understanding about Australia’s important fossil heritage. Sites that were listed for National or World Heritage values were not included in the places for consideration, with the focus being on lesser-known but still important sites. This book is an account of the palaeontologists’ findings. Australia’s Fossil Heritage provides a useful reference to the outstanding fossil sites it catalogs, and gives a clearer understanding of the heritage values of such sites. More generally, it contributes to a greater appreciation of Australia’s geological and fossil diversity and enables readers to learn more about Australia’s prehistory.