New research near Uluru in Australia's arid center shows that rock structures formed deep within the ancient Gondwana supercontinent controlled the rupture pathways of one of Australia's largest ...

The Australian coastline is at risk of facing destructive tsunamis predicts Australian geology and emergency services. Simulations show 9.0 earthquake in Indonesia could devastate Christmas Island and ...

Two recent announcements hint at a seismic shift about to hit Australia’s coal industry. Australian tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes and Canada’s Brookfield put forward an extraordinary joint bid ...

FOLLOWING the example of Mr. Chapman's Australian fossils—an outline of palaeonto logy based on Australian examples for Australian students—Mr. Howchin, of the University of Adelaide, has prepared a ...

It might be somewhat premature for Premier Peter Beattie to start thinking about annexing South Australia, but a new study has revealed it was once part of Queensland. At least until a major ...

Australia's geological agency has published in-depth minerals mapping data that it hopes will drive fresh investment in mining and agriculture across the country's southeast, the agency and resources ...

A map produced by the South Australian Geological Survey shows for the first time the geological make-up of Kangaroo Island. Launched yesterday by the State Government, the map shows the island's ...

Resources Minister Madeleine King says Australia's geology is a "great gift" and should be used to the country's "best advantage". Labor is set to introduce a production tax credits bill for critical ...

In a groundbreaking study, scientists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have ...

The undersea mapping of the main search area for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has found small parts of the ocean floor that are harder than the surrounding rock, but the objects detected are unlikely ...

Seismological and geological studies led by University of Melbourne researchers show the 2016 magnitude 6.0 Petermann earthquake produced a landscape-shifting 21 km surface rupture. The dimensions and ...