Changing the way you look at the world
The photo shows ripple marks preserved in a block of Heavitree Quartzite fallen from the east abutment of Heavitree Gap, just south of Alice Springs. The hard, brittle quartzite strata are cracked in multiple directions allowing blocks of quartzite to … Continued
This is the west side Heavitree Gap that cuts a 100-m wide path straight through the Heavitree Range, which runs like a huge wall south of Alice Springs. The road and rail pass through this gap, as does the Todd … Continued
A few weeks ago, I visited Alice Springs in Central Australia where I conducted three geology excursions to three different groups. They went really well. In this photo I’m checking the geology of a road cutting we visited at the … Continued