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Australia : evolution of a continent
This book describes the evolution of the Australian continent over the last 600 million years. In particular, it focuses on the palaeogeography of Australia. This book is the... -
Plate tectonics : teacher notes and student activities
The Plate Tectonics education resource comprises; 56 page booklet including the concepts behind plate tectonics, the internal structure of Earth, three types of plate... -
Seismicity and earthquake studies in the Australian plate and its margins
This record is a compilation of the abstracts of oral and poster papers presented at a symposium held at the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra 13-16 February 1989. The... -
Lithosphere Delamination with Foundering of Lower Crust and Mantle Caused...
We use seismic-reflection and rock-sample data to propose that the first-order physiography of New Caledonia Trough and Norfolk Ridge formed in Eocene to Miocene time, and was... -
Origin of the Naturaliste Plateau
Lying off the south-west coast of Australia some 2,500 m below sea level is the broad, rectangular Naturaliste Plateau, which forms a relatively flat ledge half way between sea... -
Analysis of earthquakes using real map and data sets
Students can access and analyse real world earthquake data using online portals created by Geoscience Australia (GA) (Geoscience Australia data portal and Earthquakes@GA). The... -
Basement Architecture and Formation of an Ocean-continent Transform Boundary...
Basement architecture off western Tasmania is a legacy of late Neoproterozoic-Cambrian subduction-related processes, ocean basin closure and multiple accretionary events,... -
A Crustal Transect between Precambrian Australia and the Timor Trough across...
Wide-angle seismic data from ocean bottom seismographs, together with gravity and deep marine reflection profiling data along the Vulcan transect in northern Australia, define... -
Geodynamic and Metallogenic Evolution of Proterozoic Australia from 1870 -...
This record outlines models for the tectonic evolution of Australian Proterozoic terranes, and the mineral systems that are likely to have operated in particular regions at... -
Volcanoes : Teacher notes and student activities
This Volcanoes education resource comprises; - 50 page colour booklet including causes of volcanic eruptions, volcano types, where volcanoes are found and why, Australia's hot... -
Geological Framework of the Kerguelen Plateau and Adjacent Ocean Basins
As part of its program to define the extents of the Australian Legal Continental Shelf on the Kerguelen Plateau AGSO acquired over 5500 km of new seismic data including the... -
Plate Tectonic Reconstructions of Australia's Southern Margins
This report documents a study into the Late Jurassic to Recent breakup and drift history of southern Australia, Antarctica and New Zealand , and the relationship between these... -
Tectonic and Stratigraphic History of the Perth Basin
The tectono-stratigraphic development of the southwestern corner of Australia is illustrated in a plate reconstructed setting with a series of palaeogeographic maps based on a...
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