About: Geology of Tasmania

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The geology of Tasmania is complex, with the world's biggest exposure of diabase, or dolerite. The rock record contains representatives of each period of the Neoproterozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras. It is one of the few southern hemisphere areas that were glaciated during the Pleistocene with glacial landforms in the higher parts. The west coast region hosts significant mineralisation and numerous active and historic mines.

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  • The geology of Tasmania is complex, with the world's biggest exposure of diabase, or dolerite. The rock record contains representatives of each period of the Neoproterozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras. It is one of the few southern hemisphere areas that were glaciated during the Pleistocene with glacial landforms in the higher parts. The west coast region hosts significant mineralisation and numerous active and historic mines. (en)
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  • in the Geological history of Tasmania. Axis scale is in millions of years ago. (en)
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  • Lyell Highway (en)
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  • Massive dolerite (en)
  • Oldest Tasmanian (en)
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  • Strathgordon (en)
  • Sturtian glaciation (en)
  • Tyennan Orogeny (en)
  • arc–continent (en)
  • intrusion (en)
  • metamorphosed (en)
  • phyllite (en)
  • rock on King Island (en)
  • siltstone (en)
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  • Tasmanian Geological Timeline (en)
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  • The geology of Tasmania is complex, with the world's biggest exposure of diabase, or dolerite. The rock record contains representatives of each period of the Neoproterozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras. It is one of the few southern hemisphere areas that were glaciated during the Pleistocene with glacial landforms in the higher parts. The west coast region hosts significant mineralisation and numerous active and historic mines. (en)
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