Changing the way you look at the world
Recently, a friend asked if I knew about Windjana Gorge in the north of Western Australia. He said, “It is on the Gibb River road in the Kimberley and the information there said the cliffs were a reef. It was … Continued
I’ve had some good feedback on this DVD of a talk I presented when I was in the UK. I like the title, which was suggested by the organizer of the event. The DVD deals with a few iconic geological … Continued
The landscapes of Central Australia provide amazing insights into the way the waters of Noah’s Flood drained from the continent. Figure 1 from Google Earth shows the area immediately south of the mission station of Hermannsburg. The course of the … Continued
I’m frequently asked if there is a creation explanation for the geology of such-and-such a place, and that keeps me exploring locations all over the world. The latest request was for the Canary Islands. While I have ‘your ear’, a … Continued
A lecture by Prof Marco Fiorentini hosted by the University of Western Australia’s Centre for Exploration Targeting caught my attention. It’s entitled “Sulfur dioxide degassing during Archean and the genesis of komatiite-hosted nickel-sulfide mineralisation”. Before I describe why I noticed … Continued
The spectacular geology and landforms of the MacDonnell Ranges in Central Australia are graphically revealed in Ormiston Gorge, which cuts some 300 metres deep through a high ridge, around 135 km west of Alice Springs. The gorge exposes thick strata … Continued
This geological map (figure 1) of the Gold Coast area in Queensland has each geological unit marked in a different colour. The legend on the map signifies what each colour refers to, and is arranged with the youngest rocks at … Continued
Mount Warning (figure 1) with its distinctive bulbous flank rises 1156 metres above sea level in northern New South Wales. Lieutenant James Cook named the mountain on 17 May 1770 as he sailed up the east coast of Australia. The … Continued
In January 2014, I visited Bendigo in Victoria, one of the towns made famous when gold was discovered in 1851. During the ensuing gold rush to the region, the Australian population tripled in just ten years. The gold in the … Continued
Reader Paul G asks: On your thread about the GSA and evidence for the Flood in the Appalachians, I was intrigued by a couple of sentences: “When they speak of 200 million years it’s getting toward the middle of the … Continued