Northern Rivers Geology

A view of the geology of the Northern Rivers of New England, New South Wales. Includes thoughts on the formation of the regions volcanoes (Mount Warning, Ebor and others), groundwater, the Clarence Moreton Basin, recent sedimentation, gas (including coal seam gas), mineralization in the eastern part of the southern New England Orogen and more. What is the geological influence in the Northern Rivers and New England areas of Australia that provide us with the beauty and diversity we see today?

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Rod: I have tertiary qualifications in earth science and I have worked in areas of exploration geology, water quality management, environmental engineering, bushland management, groundwater resource studies, contaminated land and mapping programs. This has been done in private industry, local government and state government.

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Northern Rivers Geology

Pages

Crystals or No Crystals?

Armidale submerged

A non textbook example

More climate clues on the Northern Tablelands

Into the Parrots Nest

Softer sediments in the Wilsons River Valley

How to emigrate from the Northern Rivers

The New England tablelands seem to be upside down

Who has heard of the Belmore Volcano?

A magma chamber under Cabarita Beach

Geological diversity of the Toonumbar Dam area

Mythical geology at the mouth of the Tweed River

Rocks and Landscapes of the Gold Coast Hinterland

A warning about Mount Warning

A special volcano on the edge of the Northern Rivers

The hiding peak at Glenugie forest

Lindesay and the volcano

Old lakes between lava

The backward Clarence River