Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Acknowledgements
• Part I. Tectonic Impacts:
• 1. Tectonic plates
• 2. Mountain building
• 3. How continents evolve
• 4. Natural disasters and tectonics
• 5. Climate and tectonics
• Part II. Environments through Time:
• 6. The ages of the Earth
• 7. Fossils and evolution
• 8. Important events of the Archaen and Early Proterozoic
• 9. Important events of the Late Proterozoic and Phanerozoic
• 10. Life moves into the terrestrial environment
• 11. Decimation and regeneration of the Earth's life
• Part III. Caring for the Country:
• 12. Weathering and erosion of Australia's land surfaces
• 13. Salinity of soils and water
• 14. Pesticides - effects and alternatives
• 15. Maintaining and protecting surface water
• 16. The impact of the industrial revolution on the atmosphere and hydrosphere
• 17. Waste management and mine-site rehabilitation
• Part IV. Introduced Species and the Australian Environment:
• 18. Survey of introduced species in Australia
• 19. Environmental impacts of introduced species
• 20. Introduced species case studies
• 21. Rehabilitating ecosystems damaged by introduced species
• 22. Modern quarantine methods
• Part V. Organic Geology - A Non-Renewable Resource:
• 23. The properties of fossil fuels
• 24. Environments and processes of fossil fuel formation
• 25. Exploration methods for coal and oil
• 26. The processing and uses of fossil fuels
• 27. The effects of fossil fuels on the environment
• 28. The search for alternative sources of energy
• Part VI. Mining and the Australian Environment:
• 29. Why mineral deposits are not all ore deposits
• 30. Mineral exploration
• 31. From discovery to export, 6.4 Mining society and the law
• 32. Mining and the environment
• Part VII. Oceanography:
• 33. Collecting data about the oceans
• 34. The world's oceans
• 35. Mass motion of the oceans
• 36. Life in the oceans
• 37. Hydrothermal vents and their communities
• 38. Deep-sea sediments
• Resources
• Index.
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