Historical Atlas of Australian Resources Series -
Geology and Minerals

This atlas volume summarises Australia's historic geographical knowledge and widespread mineral resources and complements the other environmental and resource topics in the Atlas of Australia Resource Series.

Historical Atlas of Australian Resources - Geology and Minerals (1988 edition)

Volume 1: Historical Atlas of Australian Resources - Soils and Land Use (1980 edition) Volume 2: Historical Atlas of Australian Resources - Population (1980 edition) - NOT YET AVAILABLE Volume 3: Historical Atlas of Australian Resources - Agriculture (1982 edition) Volume 4: Historical Atlas of Australian Resources - Climate (1986 edition) - NOT YET AVAILABLE Volume 5: Historical Atlas of Australian Resources - Geology & Minerals (1988 edition) Volume 6: Historical Atlas of Australian Resources - Vegetation (1990 edition)

Chapter	Maps and page numbers	[Printable]
Introduction	Title page, preface, contents and general introduction (pages 1,2,3)	2.9MB
Geology	Geological rock formation (photo only) (pages 4,5)	5.8MB
Four billion years of rock information	(pages 6,7)	3.4MB
A wandering continent	(pages 8,9)	3.5MB
The building blocks of a continent	Map: Major structural elements (pages 10,11)	3.7MB
Surface rocks	Map: Surface rocks (pages 12,13)	6MB
Geology from space	(page 14)	2.6MB
Archaean and Proterozoic	(page 15)	2.3MB
Palaeozoic	(pages 16,17,18,19)	7.1MB
Mesozoic	(pages 20,21)	3.6MB
Cainozoic	(pages 22,23)	4.3MB
Minerals	(pages 24,25)	5.7MB
Mineral resources	Map: Major mineral resources (pages 26,27,28)	6MB
The age of metals	(pages 29,30,31)	6.3MB
The age of fossil fuels	(pages 32,33)	4.2MB
Recent mineralisation	(page 34)	2.1MB
Mineral industry	(page 35)	2.3MB
Historical development	Map: Major mineral discoveries (pages 36,37)	3.8MB
Contribution to Australia's economy	(pages 38,39)	3.4MB
Major metals	(pages 40,41)	3.8MB
Copper	(page 42)	2MB
Lead and Zinc	(page 43)	2.1MB
Iron and steel	(page 44)	1.6MB
Nickel and Tin	(page 45)	2.6MB
Gold	(pages 46,47)	3.7MB
Other metals	(pages 48,49)	4.9MB
Fuels	(pages 50,51)	3.6MB
Petroleum	(pages 52,53)	3.9MB
Oil Shale	(page 54)	2.2MB
Gemstones	(page 55)	1.9MB
Building and construction materials & Chemical and fertiliser minerals	(page 56)	1.9MB
Other minerals	(pages 57,58)	3.8MB
Reference and further reading	Photo and diagram acknowledgements (pages 59,60)	4.5MB
1:5 million scale maps	Map - Fuels [PDF, 10.5MB] Map - Geology [PDF, 13.5MB] Map - Minerals other than fuels [PDF, 10.6MB]

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