geoscience education
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This education resource comprises; - 10 page booklet with background information and descriptions of each image - includes world plate boundaries and earthquake distribution, distribution of earthquakes in Australia and examples of earthquake events, Australia's Seismological Network managed by Geoscience Australia, how earthquakes are measured, a case study of Tennant Creek and a map depicting Australia's earthquake hazard. - 15 slides Suitable for primary level Years 5-6 and secondary level Years 7-12.
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Poster showing significant meteor impact sites in Australia
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Animation demonstrating how fraccing is used in Coal Seam Gas (CSG) extraction.
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Serendipaceratops (sair-en-dip-a-sair-a-tops). The full name of this dinosaur is Serendipaceratops arthurcclarkei. It is named for Arthur C. Clarke, author of books such as '2001 - A Space Odyssey' and 'Rendezvous with Rama'. Did you know that Clarke first became interested in science as a child because he was interested in dinosaurs? Ceratopsian (sair-a-top-see-an) dinosaurs first appeared in the Early Cretaceous, the period of time immediately after the Jurassic. Ceratopsian dinosaurs had horns and beak-like jaws. A very well-known example was Triceratops, a North American dinosaur with three horns on its head and a large, bony neck frill. Serendipaceratops was one of the earliest known ceratopsian dinosaurs. It was actually a protoceratopsian - proto means first or original. The first known bone from Serendipaceratops was discovered in Australia near Kilcunda, on Victoria's south-east coast. It is a forearm bone (ulna) about 115 million years old. This fossil could be an important clue that ceratopsian dinosaurs evolved in, or near, Australia and not Asia as previously thought. Another ceratopsian arm bone was also found at Dinosaur Cove, in south-west Victoria. It is a little younger at 106 million years old. As an early ceratopsian dinosaur, Serendipaceratops probably had beak-like jaws, only a very small neck frill and no horns. The beak-like jaw suggests it was a herbivore; a plant eater. This dinosaur was only about 2 metres long.
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The recording of continuous waveform data presents different challenges to the recording of event triggered segmented data or to the recording of semi-continuous yet offline data. Many formats in use today derive their origins from the earlier imperatives of such systems. This article will briefly classify such formats so as to better appreciate continuous format requirements. Following this a comparison will be made of continuous formats and the format adopted for use in the Australian National Seismic Network (ANSN). The CD 1 format in detail, its use and adaptation within the ANSN will come after this. Some contextual background on networking will be provided and this will then be wrapped up by a section on where the ANSN may go in the future with CD 1. An appendix is provided to explain data conversion on the GDAS system.
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Part-page article on matters relating to Australian stratigraphy. This column discusses what constitutes a publication for the purpose of establishing and formalising stratigrphic units. ISSN: 0312 4711
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This black and white education resource is a 58 page booklet which contains information on geological time, fossilisation, characteristics of major groups of vertebrate and invertebrates, micropaleontology (e.g.. spores and pollen), trace fossils and the uses of fossils. It includes student activities. Suitable for secondary Years 7-10
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This report describes the ornamental stones used in the ground floor foyer of the Geoscience Australia building. There are three ornamental stones used. The flooring tiles are basalt. The 'fault' line through this is a polished norite and the blade walls are covered by a Persian red Travertine. Investigations have established that the basalt and norite are from Australian quarries and the travertine is from an unknown source overseas possibly Italy.
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The Volcanoes education resource comprises; - 60 page booklet including causes of volcanic eruptions, volcano types, where volcanoes are found and why, Australia's hot spot volcanoes and the hazards and benefits of volcanoes - 3 reproducible student activities This booklet covers a wide range of issues concerning volcanoes. Activities cover the science of eruptions and their impact on people & students can form a team to monitor a hazardous volcano! Suitable for primary level Years 5-6 and secondary level Years 7-10