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The effects in Western Australia of a major earthquake in Indonesia on 19 August 1977
The Indonesian earthquake of 19 August 1977, with a magnitude (M), 8 was felt in Western Australia up to distances of 2600 km. The maximum ground intensity felt was MM V in... -
Buried reef structures in the Lennard Shelf, Canning Basin, Western Australia
Buried Upper Devonian reef has been found in Meda No. 1 borehole in the Lennard Shelf, Canning Basin. Frequency analysis made on seismic-record sections across the structure... -
Ferricrete in Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland
In Cape York Peninsula ferricrete is found in a wide variety of locations, including scarp edges, lower valley slopes, around surface depressions, on gently sloping interfluves... -
The Brunhes/Matuyama Polarity Transition (0.78 Ma) as a chronostratigraphic...
The Brunhes/Matuyama (B/M) polarity transition (0.78 Ma) marks the end of the last major period of reversed polarity of the Earth s magnetic field. Weathered regolith materials... -
Volcanic core of Niue Island, southwest Pacific Ocean
The results of a gravity and magnetic survey of Niue Island, a raised atoll in the southwest Pacific Ocean, indicate that volcanic rocks underlie the coral limestone capping at... -
A heavy-mineral survey of the Forsayth area northeast Queensland
A heavy-mineral survey of the Forsayth 1:100 000 Sheet area, north-east Queensland, is described. The suitability of the technique for detecting gold, tin, and probably uranium... -
Outcrop and drill core gamma-ray logging integrated with sequence...
Outcrop and core gamma-ray logs have been successfully used to correlate Proterozoic units in northern Australia. This paper highlights the benefits of integrating gamma-ray... -
The Newcastle, New South Wales, earthquake of 28 December 1989
An earthquake occurred without warning at 10:27 am on 28 December 1989 (local time) causing loss of life in the city of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, the first... -
Book review: Stromatolites. Edited by Walter, M.R.
The book is concerned with a study of all aspects of stromatolites. -
The mantle dynamical repertoire: plates, plumes, overturns and tectonic evolution
In the present mantle, plates and plumes are the main active components. However, calculations of the thermal evolution of the mantle based on purely thermal convection with... -
Major geomorphic features of the Kosciusko-Bega region
Radial drainage centred on Brown Mountain suggests that the Monaro basalts are remains of a former shield volcano, here called the Monaro volcano. At the time of the volcanos... -
Palynology of the Oligocene-Miocene sequence in the Oakvale-1 corehole,...
Palynological analysis of the marine Oligocene-Miocene Geera Clay and Renmark Group in the Oakvale-l corehole in the western Murray Basin has shown diverse and well-preserved... -
Pythonine snakes (Boidae) from the Miocene of Australia
Two new species of pythonine snake (Boidae) are described from middle to late Miocene local faunas at Riversleigh (Queensland) and Bullock Creek (Northern Territory). To date,... -
Organic chemical contamination of groundwater in Australia - an overview to 1993
There are an estimated 7000 contaminated si tes in Australia that involve soil, rock and groundwater influenced by manufactured chemicals. Of the 7000, possibly 2000 petrol... -
A sandstone breccia, formed by quasi-liquid deformation, from the Amadeus...
A prominent sandstone breccia crops out in the Pacoota Sandstone, Western MacDonnell Ranges, Northern Territory. The breccia occurs as discontinuous lenses which grade... -
AGSO Journal vol.17 no. 4 - mineral deposits
Contents: 1. Lambert IB and Perkin DJ. Australia's mineral resources and their global status. 2. Davidson GJ and Large RR. Proterozoic copper-gold deposits. 3. Dorling SL,...