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 ...

Alpine-Type Fissures, fissures filled often with large and beautiful crystals of Quartz, Plagioclase, Rutile , Amphibole and even Gold, are – according to Alpine folklore the treasure chambers of ...

FOLLOWING the example of Mr. Chapman's Australian fossils—an outline of palaeonto logy based on Australian examples for Australian students—Mr. Howchin, of the University of Adelaide, has prepared a ...

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 ...

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 ...