The Central Pangean Mountains were an extensive northeast–southwest trending mountain range in the central portion of the supercontinent Pangaea during the Carboniferous, Permian and Triassic periods. They were formed as a result of collision between the large landmasses of Euramerica (also known as Laurussia) and Gondwana during the formation of... See more

Geology of the Big Scrub Rainforest (Part 3)

Gondwana

The late Jurassic and

Cretaceous marks a very important geological time. It is the time that the huge

supercontinent of Pangea broke up. This when Gondwana became its own continent

with present day Australia and Antarctica being a large part of a new smaller,

but still impressive super-continent. Our... See more

Sunday, 1 May 2016

Geology of the 'Big Scrub Rainforest' (Part 1)

Later this year it is intended that the

Big Scrub Landcare

group and many other contributors will release a book on people's connection with the

'Big Scrub'

. It will be a multi-faceted book that introduces the emotional connection that people can have with a lovely part of the world.... See more

Saturday, 7 May 2016

Geology of the 'Big Scrub Rainforest' (Part 2)

The story of the 'Big Scrub' s preserved in the rock unit known as the Neranleigh-Fernvale Beds. The first post in this series is about this rock, the foundations of the region. This post deals with the period of big sedimentary basins which corresponds with the age of the... See more