The Northeast

Most of the higher mountains of northern and eastern Tasmania are remnants of a massive intrusion of molten magma between beds of sedimentary rocks that occurred around the time when dinosaurs roamed and the present island was part of the supercontinent of Gondwana. The softer sediments above this n...

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Main Author: Kirkpatrick, JB
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: Penguin Group (Australia) 2007
Subjects:
300805 Conservation
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://eprints.utas.edu.au/5331/
https://eprints.utas.edu.au/5331/1/5331.pdf
http://www.penguin.com.au/lookinside/spotlight.cfm?SBN=9780670029600
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spelling ftunivtasmania:oai:eprints.utas.edu.au:5331 2023-05-15T13:36:46+02:00 The Northeast Kirkpatrick, JB 2007 application/pdf https://eprints.utas.edu.au/5331/ https://eprints.utas.edu.au/5331/1/5331.pdf http://www.penguin.com.au/lookinside/spotlight.cfm?SBN=9780670029600 en eng Penguin Group (Australia) https://eprints.utas.edu.au/5331/1/5331.pdf Kirkpatrick, JB orcid:0000-0003-2763-2692 2007 , 'The Northeast', in Endangered: Tasmania's wild places , Penguin Group (Australia), Camberwell, Victoria, p. 52. cc_utas 300805 Conservation Book Section NonPeerReviewed 2007 ftunivtasmania 2020-05-30T07:19:12Z Most of the higher mountains of northern and eastern Tasmania are remnants of a massive intrusion of molten magma between beds of sedimentary rocks that occurred around the time when dinosaurs roamed and the present island was part of the supercontinent of Gondwana. The softer sediments above this now-hard dolerite sill have been eroded, leaving plateaux with spectacular escarpments, like the Great Western Tiers. Dolerite occurs almost nowhere else in Australia, but can be found on other parts of Gondwana that drifted in different directions, such as India and Antarctica. Book Part Antarc* Antarctica University of Tasmania: UTas ePrints
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http://www.penguin.com.au/lookinside/spotlight.cfm?SBN=9780670029600
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Kirkpatrick, JB orcid:0000-0003-2763-2692 2007 , 'The Northeast', in Endangered: Tasmania's wild places , Penguin Group (Australia), Camberwell, Victoria, p. 52.
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