Description
This field guide is for anybody who is interested in the geology and landscape of Alice Springs and along the Larapinta Trail. It covers a variety of topics including rocks and minerals, structures that have shaped rock and influenced the landscape as well as processes that happened deep in the Earth’s crust and can be seen on the surface today.
The geology is described at 60 stops along the Larapinta Trail and in Alice Springs and also includes additional information on culture, history and ecology, helping you to connect with this extraordinary part of the Central Ranges in Australia’s arid zone.
The Tjoritja / West MacDonnell National Park crosses the West MacDonnell and Chewings Ranges of central Australia and exhibit stunning landscape of steep gorges with secluded waterholes, long ridges and parallel valleys, bluffs and mountain massifs. Behind that landscape lie geological and geomorphological features that are exceptionally well exposed and accessible during day- and multi day-walks. Rocks along the Larapinta Trail feature a variety of types, minerals and structures, and vary in age between the Quaternary (a few thousand years) and the Palaeoproterozoic (thousand million years).
This region is rich in biodiversity, Aboriginal culture and local history, all intimately connected to the landscape described in this guide.
SPECIFICATIONS
Dimensions (cm): 21 x 16 x 0.8
Weight (g): 305
