Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Colophon
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Maps
- Units of measurement and abbreviations
- 1 Geology: An Australian perspective
- 2 The Earth: A geology primer
- 3 Telling geological time: The great canvas
- 4 The cratons: Building the core of Precambrian rocks
- 5 Mountain building: Paleozoic orogenic rock systems
- 6 Warm times: Tropical corals and arid lands
- 7 Icehouse: Carboniferous and Permian glaciation
- 8 Mesozoic warming: The great inland plains and seas
- 9 The birth of modern Australia: Flowering plants, mammals and deserts
- 10 Fossils: The Australian record of past life in context
- 11 The land stirs: Volcanoes and the eastern highlands
- 12 The outline and submerged terrace: Building the continental shelf and coastlines
- 13 The coral reefs: Unique parts of the continental shelf
- 14 Patterns of change: Cycles in Australia's journey
- Epilogue
- Sources and references
- Index
Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Colophon
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Maps
- Units of measurement and abbreviations
- 1 Geology: An Australian perspective
- 2 The Earth: A geology primer
- 3 Telling geological time: The great canvas
- 4 The cratons: Building the core of Precambrian rocks
- 5 Mountain building: Paleozoic orogenic rock systems
- 6 Warm times: Tropical corals and arid lands
- 7 Icehouse: Carboniferous and Permian glaciation
- 8 Mesozoic warming: The great inland plains and seas
- 9 The birth of modern Australia: Flowering plants, mammals and deserts
- 10 Fossils: The Australian record of past life in context
- 11 The land stirs: Volcanoes and the eastern highlands
- 12 The outline and submerged terrace: Building the continental shelf and coastlines
- 13 The coral reefs: Unique parts of the continental shelf
- 14 Patterns of change: Cycles in Australia's journey
- Epilogue
- Sources and references
- Index
Summary
![Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'](https://static.cambridge.org/content/id/urn%3Acambridge.org%3Aid%3Abook%3A9781139923866/resource/name/firstPage-9781139923866ind_p369-375_CBO.jpg)
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Geology of Australia , pp. 369 - 375Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016