Rodney's Geology and Environmental Science

Since July 2001

How much of a geologist are you?

Hello and welcome. Here you should find all you need to know about Geology, Palaeontology, Mining, and Mining & the Environment... Well, as much as I can put on here anyway You can also visit my personal home pages Interested in Geology? Learn about...

This is Mt Tarawera in north island New Zealand taken by me (Rodney Holland) in Feb 2001. Mt Tarawera erupted in 1886 rifting the mountain in two and killing many people in a nearby town

Topics: Ottery Mine, NSW: Pollution and Rehabilitation Glen Eden, NSW: Molybdenite Mineralisation Active New Zealand Volcanoes Mobile Phones, Coltan and War in DR Congo Nyiragongo Volcano and Goma, DR Congo Comming Soon: Effects of Igneous Intrusions on Coal and Coal Bearing Sediments Dryland Salinity Outbreak Processes in the New England, NSW.

Photo Aug 2001 by Rodney Holland. Acid Mine Drainage from the Ottery Arsenic Mine. The red colour is due to arsenic minerals... note the lack of vegetation

Photo Feb 2000?. Flute Casts in Sandstone. This is actually the underside of a bed. The Flute Casts are impressions of the underlying beds.

WARNING! site undergoing reconstruction. Some links may be dead!

Australasian Institute of Metallurgy and Mining Commonwealth Science and Industry Research Organisation Geological Links Geoscience Australia The Grape Vine-Links The Home of Rodney Holland Mineral and Gem Kingdom Mining Australia Museum of Palaeontology, Berkeley

NSW Environmental Protection Authority NSW Dept of Infrastructure, Planning & Natural Resources NSW Department of Mineral Resources Qld Environmental Protection Authority Qld Department of Natural Resources and Mines Rockware-Geology Software University of New England University of Berkeley, California Volcano World

Rodney's Recomended Reading

Simon Winchester The Map that Changed the World The tale of William Smith and the birth of the geological sciences. William Smith was the first person to produce an accurate geological map. This excellent book tells William Smith's story.

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