Category: Natural environment

  • Geology of South Australia. Volume 1: The Precambrian

    Geology of South Australia. Volume 1: The Precambrian

    The Precambrian geological record of South Australia spans a period from late Archaean (~2700 Ma) to the end of the Neoproterozoic (540 Ma). Major Precambrian geologi­cal provinces are the Gawler Craton in the centre of the State, Musgrave Block and part of the Officer Basin in the northwest, Coompana Block in the southwest, Curnamona Craton…

  • Dune is a four-letter word

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    Dune is a Four-letter Word tells the story of Griselda and Reg Sprigg’s pioneering desert adventures – not only in the Simpson Desert but all over the vast Australian outback.

  • Bull 053 The Adelaide Geosyncline: late Proterozoic stratigraphy, sedimentation, palaeontology, and tectonics

    Bull 053 The Adelaide Geosyncline: late Proterozoic stratigraphy, sedimentation, palaeontology, and tectonics

    The Adelaidian Geosyncline is a geological formation which stretches from Kangaroo Island across the Mount Lofty ranges up to the Flinders ranges.

  • Sandmines within the Mount Compass area

    Sandmines within the Mount Compass area

    The Mount Compass area resides in a geological region defined as the Cape Jervis Formation. The South Australian Resources Information Gateway (SARIG) provides digital access to the South Australian geological information through the use of mapping tools and an online catalogue of reports.

  • Physical Geology 2nd Ed.

    Physical Geology 2nd Ed.

    Physical Geology 2nd Ed. is an excellent introduction into Geology, with a specific interest in Western Canadian geology.

  • The Geology of Australia 3rd Ed.

    The Geology of Australia 3rd Ed.

    The Geology of Australia 3rd Ed. is a primer introducing the important elements of Geology in an Australian context.

  • Geology of the Fleurieu Peninsula

    Geology of the Fleurieu Peninsula

    The geology of the Fleurieu is a complex composition of very ancient rock formations amidst that formed in the earliest geological times. Thanks to the Digital Atlas of Australia, this geology is illustrated graphically.

  • Digital Atlas of Australia

    Digital Atlas of Australia

    The Digital Atlas of Australia is a mapping tool provided by the Australian Government to view a wide range of datasets in a graphical format. One such use is to view the geological regions of Australia using layers which reveal the types of surface geology, timescale, and rock type.

  • Australian Orchids

    Australian Orchids

    Noel Lothian, former Director of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, provides the text for the illustrated works of Rosa Fiveashes creating a textual and visual description of orchids found across Australia.

  • Plants of the Adelaide Plains and Hills

    Plants of the Adelaide Plains and Hills

    This is an identification guide to the plants of the Adelaide district, an area which extends from Goolwa to Gawler and including the coastline. It contains colour illustrations and descriptions of about 1200 species and is the result of over three and a half years of collecting, identifying and illustrating the species.