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The Geology of Australia » (2nd Edition)

Authors: David Johnson
ISBN-13: 9780521767415, ISBN-10: 0521767415
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: November 2009
Edition: 2nd Edition

David Johnson holds an adjunct position as a Senior Principal Research Fellow in the School of Earth Sciences, James Cook University.

The Geology of Australia provides an introduction to geology, set within the Australian context.

1	An Australian perspective	1
2	The earth : a geology primer	19
3	Building the core of precambrian rocks	52
4	Warm times : tropical corals and arid lands	79
5	Icehouse : carboniferous and permian glaciation	99
6	Mesozoic warming : the great inland plains and seas	118
7	Birth of modern Australia : flowering plants, mammals and deserts	139
8	Eastern highlands and volcanoes barely extinct	164
9	Building the continental shelf and coastlines	182
10	Great barrier reef	213
11	Planets, moons, meteorites and impact craters	232
12	Cycles in a continental journey	252