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The Sydney Basin
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/the-sydney-basin/The Sydney Basin is a major structural basin containing a thick Permian-Triassic (290 Ma - 200 Ma (million years old)) sedimentary sequence that is part of the much larger Sydney-Gunnedah-Bowen Basin.
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Types of metamorphism
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/types-of-metamorphism/There are several different types of metamorphism, including dynamic, contact, regional, and retrogressive metamorphism, that form and shape rocks.
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Shaping the Earth
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/What makes the Earth unique? Where does it fit in the Solar System and, ultimately, the universe? Take a look inside the Earth and find out what it is made from and how it is structured. Look at the processes that shape the Earth.
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Geological deposits and resources
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/geological-deposits/Geology is an important part of our economy and industry.
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The Molong Meteorite – a visitor from outer space.
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/the-molong-meteorite-a-visitor-from-outer-space/A story about a meteorite from the central west of NSW that has been part of the Australian Museum collection for 83 years.
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Oliver Chalmers – Curator of Minerals
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/oliver-chalmers-curator-of-minerals/The promising lad who became a highly regarded geologist.
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Radioactive dating
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/radioactive-dating/Radioactive dating is a method of dating rocks and minerals using radioactive isotopes. This method is useful for igneous and metamorphic rocks, which cannot be dated by the stratigraphic correlation method used for sedimentary rocks.
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Glossary of geoscience terms
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/glossary-geoscience-terms/Geoscience (also known as earth sciences and geology) is the study of the Earth and includes all non-living parts of our environment, and everything below the Earth's surface. Here are some common geoscience terms explained.
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Sedimentary processes
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/sedimentary-processes/Sediments are formed by the breakdown (both physical and chemical) of pre-existing rocks, which may be of igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary origin.
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Water and sedimentary transport
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/water-and-sedimentary-processes/Water plays a vital role in most sedimentary processes. Pure water itself has little effect on rocks. It is the dissolved gases in water, particularly carbon dioxide, that cause the chemical decay of minerals and mineral dissolution.
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