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

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Blog Update #11 - More rocks in our region

A Rock of Gibraltar Range National Park - Part 2

Cooking the rocks at Emerald Beach

Rocks in the Rocky River

The Great Dividing Ranges and Stonehenge

The right age for Mount Warning

In the hills of Valla and Nambucca Heads

The Dummy you'll find north of Armidale

A big pluton cut by the Clarence River

Who has heard of the Belmore Volcano?

A magma chamber under Cabarita Beach