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geology

Meet the Fresh Scientists of 2010

26 May 2010

Come along to hear the Fresh Scientists of 2010 talk about their discoveries at one of our public events.
You will be able to hear them at the following venues:

Monday 7 June, 7pm at the Duke of Kent for Fresh Science at the pub.
Thursday 10 June 11-12 or 12:30-1:30 at the Melbourne Museum at the free [...]

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The big rip: Antarctica split in two

7 May 2000

A new geological study in the Antarctic has shown that the coldest continent split in two about 30 million years ago, and solved a long-standing mystery among geoscientists.
Geoscientists try to understand the evolution of the land masses which form countries and continents in today’s world, by reconstructing the movements of tectonic plates.

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Making Mountains: the Wonderful World of Plate Collision

6 May 1999

Searching for oil and gas on Australia’s North West Shelf using a perspex tank full of honey, putty, sand and cake sprinkles may seem a little bizarre, but University of WA geologist Dr. Myra Keep believes it may help us locate where oil fields may or may not be.

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Antarctica on the Gold Coast

6 May 1999

Australia’s rivers could not have supplied the sand on our beaches. Keith has shown that the sand probably originated in Antarctica over 550 million years ago.
Ever wondered where all the sand on Queensland beaches comes from?

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Voyage to the Centre of the Earth – by Computer

10 May 1998

Geologists fascinated by the scum of the earth: giant computer models have replaced Jules Verne’s fevered imagination in producing images of the centre of the Earth.

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Time rolled back on an alien landscape

10 May 1998

How does the Earth’s surface evolve? A geologist is using 3D animated reconstructions to explore ancient landscapes.

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Soil development at a snails’ pace

10 May 1998

Soil development at snails’ pace: a pioneering study of soil formation in north Queensland shows that it takes 3000 years to form barely a millimetre of soil from the rocks beneath – too little, too long….. Too late!

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