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Subject(s)

• Geology—Australia [Browse]
• Geology, Stratigraphic [Browse]
• Paleogeography—Australia [Browse]
• Paleontology—Australia [Browse]
• Physical geography—Australia [Browse]

Author

• Johnson, D. P. (David Peter), 1947- [Browse]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-367) and index.

Contents

• Geology : an Australian perspective
• The earth : a geology primer
• Telling geological time : the great canvas
• The cratons : building the core of Precambrian rocks
• Mountain building : Paleozoic orogenic rock systems
• Warm times : tropical corals and arid lands
• Icehouse : carboniferous and Permian glaciation-- Mesozoic warming : the great inland plains and seas
• The birth of modern Australia : flowering plants,mammals and deserts
• Fossils: the Australian record of past life context
• The land stirs : volcanoes and eastern highlands
• The outline and submerged terrace : building the continental shelf and coastlines
• The coral reefs : unique parts of the continental shelf
• Patterns of change : cycles in Australia's journey.

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ISBN

• 9781107432413 ((paperback))
• 1107432413 ((paperback))

OCLC

935307767

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