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The Lectures
Geological Time
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Minerals
An Introduction to Minerals
Rocks
An Introduction to Rocks Types
Plate Tectonics
Plate Techtonics: TheoryGuest lectures from Peter BrowneRelated links:
Plate Tectonic animationsThe widening of the Atlantic Ocean
Geology aggregates 1 Geology aggregates 2Guest lectures from Allan RossiterIs there a major tungsten (+tin-molybdenum- gold) province present?
Microscopic indentification of minerals Part 1 Part 2
Rivers and sedimentary structures
Igneous RocksArctic Sink Holes
Western Victoria coast
The Great Ocean Road Field Trip (2023) (Click on an image to see it in full size)
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The Main Players (Links are underlined) :
Abraham Ortelius 1527 - 1598Nicolas Steno 1638 - 1686
Domenico Guglielmini 1655 - 1710
James Hutton 1726 - 1797
Rene Hauy 1743 - 1822
William Smith 1769 - 1839
Antonio Snider-Pelligrini 1802 - 1885
Alfred Wegener 1880 - 1930
Hugo_Benioff 1899 - 1968
Harry Hammond Hess 1906 - 1969
Laurence Morley 1920 - 2013
Drummond Mathews 1931 - 1997
Fred J Vine 1939 -
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Instruments of Measurement (Links are underlined) :
The MagnetometerAlvin the under water robot.
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Interesting Links (Links are underlined)
Siccar PointWhat really happened on Whakaari/White Island?
Meteorite crater discovered while drilling for gold in outback WA estimated to be 100 million years old.
A small peice of Australia on its way to Mars
Footprints reveal giant carnivorous dinosaurs the length of a bus wandered Australia.
Fred Watson's article on Tracking Down a Phantom Crater.
The age of the Earth.
Earliest life found in ancient Aussie rocks.
How the Bungle Bungles got their stripes.
The Smithsonian Institution web page.
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Videos to Listen: (Links are underlined)
In Conversation with Richard FidlerPalaeontologist John Long discusses missing links: How a fish with tiny fingers changed historyPalaeontologist Diego Garcia-Bellid Ancestors like aliens: Clues from the Cambrian explosion
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Videos to Watch: (Links are underlined)
Murray Orr, President of BESS, inc. on our most precious Beaumaris fossil heritage.Australian Alps.
Some extra-terrestrial geology. Look in detail at the surface of another planet; a great film taken by the Mars Rovers.
Read about the making of this film here.The Deniliquin Structure The Largest Impact Crater on the Planet; Hidden in Australia
Continental drift Fred Vine explaining Paleomagnetic reversals
Dating of rocks using the Isochrone Plot
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Useful Links: (Links are underlined)
To download Australian Geological maps:1. Enter the AUSGIN Geoscience Portal.The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
2. Centre the area of interest on your screen
3. Zoom into the area of interest. Use the slider at the top right carefully
4. Click on "add Data" at upper left
5. Select what you want - "Geological Maps" and click
6. Click on "Scanned 250K Geological Maps"
7. Then it gets tricky - you need to know the name of the sheet - try MELBOURNE
8. Click on "Add Data to map"
9. Click on tbe Light Brown area that drops down on the right hand side of the screen
10. Click on MELBOURNE (on the left)
11. Choose the resolution of the map you wish to View/Download
If you have grandchildren or young friends who are looking for a different party idea, how about a Cosmology Party. Look at: Stones, Bones and Stars
The children will get to handle crystals, a meteorite, dinosaur teeth and to see rock from the moon.Artificial Intelligence: Like to try ChatGPT, Here's how
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Interesting Images: (Click on the image for more details)
Kummakivi is in Finland
Kjeragbolten is in Norway
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