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The geology of Australia / David Johnson.
Author
Johnson, David, 1947 May 11-
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English
Εdition
2nd ed.
Published/Created
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Description
xii, 347 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
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Lewis Library - Stacks
QE340 .J64 2009
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Subject(s)
Geology
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Australia
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Geology, Stratigraphic
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Paleogeography
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Australia
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Paleontology
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Australia
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Physical geography
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Australia
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Summary note
Provides a vivid and informative account of the evolution of the Australian continent over the last 4400 million years. 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.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p.317-334) and index.
Contents
1.An Australian perspective
2.An Australian perspective
3.Building the core of Precambrian rocks
4.Warm times: Tropical corals and arid lands
5.Icehouse: Carboniferous and Permian glaciation
6.Mesozoic warming: The great inland plains and seas
7.Birth of modern Australia: Flowering plants, mammals and deserts
8.The history and evolution of life on Earth
9.Eastern highlands and volcanoes barely extinct
10.Building the continental shelf and coastlines
11.Great Barrier Reef
12.Planets, moons, meteorites and impact craters
13.A geological perspective on climate change
14.Cycles in a continental journey.
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ISBN
9780521767415 ((pbk.))
0521767415 ((pbk.))
LCCN
2010286535
OCLC
317470694
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