East Meets West

The Royal Society of Tasmania: Launceston Lecture Series 12 September 2021
Associate Professor Sebastien Meffre
"East Meets West"
www.rst.org.au
Abstract:
Western and eastern Tasmania not only have contrasting rainfall and vegetation, but also have dramatically different geology. Each of the two parts of the island formed in different places at different times and came together in the Tabberabberan Orogeny, 400 million years ago. This lecture explores the contrasting geological events that have shaped the island.
Bio:
Associate Professor Meffre is the head of Earth Sciences at the University of Tasmania. His current research interests include improving techniques for dating rocks, analysing gold from ore deposits, investigating contamination in Tasmanian rivers, and understanding the plate tectonic processes that have shaped the SW Pacific SE Australia and SE Asia.

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I know a spot where the joining may have occurred. I've found sea fossils in sandstone and mudstone well above sea level out in Magra in the Derwent Valley.