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

Faulty Gold - The Enmore Goldfields

Tharz gold in them hills!

Antimony and the Macleay River

Drake mining: managing a muddy mess

Some musings on coal seam methane

In the hills of Valla and Nambucca Heads

The New England tablelands seem to be upside down

Walloon Coal Measures of the Southern Clarence-Morton Basin

A big pluton cut by the Clarence River

Mining and the Bible?!

From deep within the earth lies Baryulgil

Radioactive paradise (slightly)