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Pendulum measurements of gravity in Australia, 1950-51
During 1950-51 pendulum gravity observations were made at 59 stations throughout Australia using invar pendulums on loan from the Department of Geodesy at Cambridge University.... -
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Notes of the occurrence of piezo-electric quartz in Australia with special...
For a time during the war it appeared that there would be an acute shortage of piezo-electric quartz in Australia. Accordingly it was necessary to investigate all known deposits... -
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The 1951 eruption of Mount Lamington, Papua: Second Edition
The Pelean type of volcanic eruption, with its swift and deadly cloud of hot, gas-charged particles, was first brought to the attention of a horrified world in 1902, when 29,000... -
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The geology of the Canberra City district
This Bulletin is a summary of the geological history of the Canberra City District and serves as an explanation to the accompanying geological and tectonic maps. The original... -
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Piezo-electric quartz
Brazil and Madagascar are the principal sources of the world supply of quartz crystal. During the early years of the war it appeared that the greatly increased demand for... -
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Upper Palaeozoic rocks, Bonaparte Gulf Basin of northwestern Australia
The Bonaparte Gulf Basin is a north-pitching syncline of Phanerozoic sediments, which are bounded to the south by Precambrian rocks and extend northward beneath the Timor Sea... -
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Magnetic survey of the Savage River and Long Plains iron deposits, northwest Tasmania
This Bulletin describes magnetic surveys of the Savage River and Long Plains iron deposits in northwest Tasmania made by the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics... -
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Correlation chart for the Carboniferous system of Australia
A brief synopsis of the evidence from the Carboniferous marine faunas of Australia has been used to draw a correlation chart for the Carboniferous System in the continent. The... -
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Metamorphic and igneous rocks of the 'Lamboo' Complex, East Kimberley...
This Bulletin describes the geology of the igneous and metamorphic rocks of the Lamboo Complex in the eastern part of the Kimberley Division of Western Australia (Fig. 1). The... -
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Earth science abstracts, Papua New Guinea, to 1971
Since the first visits by European explorers nearly five hundred years ago, the islands of New Guinea have been visited by explorers and scientists from many nations, including... -
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Geology of the Duchess-Urandangi region, Mount Isa Inlier, Queensland
The Duchess-Urandangi region covers the southern part of the Precambrian Mount Isa Inlier and small parts of the early Palaeozoic Georgina and Mesozoic Eromanga Basins. The... -
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Palynology of the Cenomanian of Bathurst Island, Northern Territory, Australia
Bathurst Island lies north of Darwin, Northern Territory; it measures 2050 km2 Cenomanian marine argillaceous sediments are exposed in cliffs at the south coast, and were first... -
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Palynological studies in the Lower Cretaceous of the Surat Basin, Australia
This study deals with palynological work in Aptian and lower to middle Albian sediments of marine and terrestrial origin in the Surat Basin of southeastern Queensland and... -
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Oryctocephalidae (Trilobita: Middle Cambrian) of Australia
This Bulletin describes the morphology and relationships of trilobites of the family Oryctocephalidae from the following areas in Australia: northeastern Northern Territory and... -
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Geology and hydrology, Alice Springs Town and Inner Farm Basins, Northern Territory
The Alice Springs Town Basin is a small basin filled with Quaternary alluvium, which has provided the town with water. The Inner Farm Basin is more complex, with aquifers in... -
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Hydrogeology of Norfolk Island, South Pacific Ocean
Norfolk Island in the southwest Pacific Ocean has an area of 35 k m2 and rises to an altitude of just over 300 m. It is an erosional remnant of a volcanic complex consisting of... -
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The Queensland Plateau
The Queensland Plateau, a large fragment of Australian continental crust lying more than 1000m below sea level off northern Queensland, was covered by extensive marine... -
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Mesozoic Mollusca from Australia and New Guinea
Lower Cretaceous Mollusca Of The Great Artesian Basin Type In The Gibson Desert, Central Western Australia. Mesozoic Fossils From Eastern New Guinea, (a) First Upper Triassic... -
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Geology of The Granites-Tanami region, Northern Territory and Western Australia
The Granites-Tanami region is an area of mainly Precambrian rocks largely covered by superficial Cainozoic sediments in the northwest of central Australia. It lies between the...