THIS is, strictly speaking, an elementary manual of geology, written and illustrated with especial reference to the geology of Sydney. The general plan of the work is good; the book is well printed ...

The proposed Berryessa-Snow Mountain National Monument region provides unparalleled access to geologic features associated with an ancient tectonic system where one plate descended beneath another.

Australia has often been unfairly portrayed as an old and idle continent with little geological activity, but new research suggests that we remain geologically active and that some of our mountains ...

New research near Uluru in Australia's arid center shows that rock structures formed deep within the ancient Gondwana supercontinent controlled the rupture pathways of one of Australia's largest ...

Salt is an essential nutrient for the human body. But hundreds of millions of years before the first humans, salt minerals once shaped entire landscapes. They even determined where early life on Earth ...

Alan Collins receives funding from a diverse range of industry, state and federal government sources. Bo Yang receives funding from a diverse range of industry, state and federal government sources.

The Blue Mountains lie at Sydney’s doorstep, towards its west, extending about 60 to 180 km from the city. Comprising seven national parks and one Conservation reserve, the Greater Blue Mountains Area ...

Research shows Buchan Caves to be about 3.5 million years old and that Victoria's East Gippsland has remained tectonically active for long times, even into the present-day, which is why residents ...

Seismological and geological studies led by University of Melbourne researchers show the 2016 magnitude 6.0 Petermann earthquake produced a landscape-shifting 21 km surface rupture. The dimensions and ...