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Australia's Volcanoes

By Russell Ferrett

Volcanoes In Every State

Australia's volcanoes takes you on a journey of discovery through Australia's volcanic landscapes. Every state contains evidence of past cataclysmic volcanic upheavel. Features such as Mount Warning in NSW, Tower Hill in Victoria, Cradle Mountain in Tasmania, the Undara Lava Tubes in Queensland, the diamond deposits in Western Australia's Kimberley region, and Mount Gambier's crater lakes in South Australia are the results of volcanic activity from thousands of years ago.

The book explains what happened all those years ago to create the volcanic landforms that you see today. Most of the sites featured are accessible by car or foot and maps are provided to help you find and explore them. Early chapters describe how volcanoes form, the different types of eruptions, what sorts of rocks they create and how to recognise them. Explanations are simple and the text is well illustrated with diagrams and colour photographs.

210mm X 148mm. 160 pages. Out of Print