Geology Field Guides and Regional Data for
Australasia
Virtual field guides and regional geology of Australia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand. Links to the sites with data describing the local geology of areas throughout Australia and New Zealand
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Introduction:
Not only is fieldwork an essential part of the training of any geologist, it can also be fun for the family. The collecting of fossils can easily distract even the youngest of children for several hours. However, the safety aspects must be emphasised as many people get severely injured or killed around our coastlines and cliffs every year. Some particular hazards include:
Unstable cliff tops; Rocks falling from cliffs or mountains
Rising tides; Large waves
It is also important to remember that the locations are not an infinite resource and should be treated in a manner that will allow future generations to have access to them.
The following sites give details regarding safety and fieldwork codes. These are UK guides, the first two of which are relevant worldwide.
Safety during Fieldwork - Including references
An introduction to Field Mapping
General
AGSO, provide data and geological maps of Australia online
USGS, Geology and oil & gas fields of the Asia-Pacific region
Australian geology, inclusive online links
Links, Australian geology
Census of Australian and New Zealand Minerals
Geological Databases, Australian and worldwide links
Geological Links, New Zealand
Teacher resources, Australia, inclusive original material
Mineral localities of Tasmania, mainland Australia, and New Zealand
Australia, Minerals and the mineral industry
New Zealand, Geology
Australia through time, stratigraphic column
Australia, Fossil mammal sites
Australia, Heritage Commission - register and bibliogrpahy can be searched for listed fossil sites
Australia
Brisbane, Field geology
Chalice, gold mine, Western Australia
Canowindra fish fossil, Age of Fishes Museum
Murray River Field Trip, South Australia
Nambung National park, Western Australia, Pinnacles in
The Naracoorte world heritage fossil mammal site project
New South Wales, Poster Papers and other Geological Information
The fossils of Riversleigh
Western Australia, inclusive live geological maps.
Fiji
Fiji geology
New Zealand
Waihi, Martha Mine, geology, mining and rehabilitation
GNS Seismological Observatory
Miocene, New Zealand Prehistory and Biogeography
Ruapehu Volcano, New Zealand
New Zealand, Sedimentary basins, summary
Rotoiti Geology
New Zealand, Volcanoes, active, volcanic fields and geothermal activity with facts and pictures
Papua New Guinea
Rabaul Caldera, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea geology review :
The Sepik complex Suckling-Dayman massif
The stratigraphy of the Papuan basin
New Guinea Islands stratigraphy
Finisterre Collision
Port Moresby Area Geology Collision
Complex of SE Papua Continental Rifting and Seafloor Spreading – Woodlark Basin