LEEUWIN NATURALISTE REGION -- ITS GEOLOGY AND LANDFORMS

Geology is one of two fundamental environmental sciences; the other is climate

Both are inextricably linked to their history

ALL OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ATTRIBUTES IN THE NATURAL WORLD DEPEND ON THESE TWO

• All living animals depend on plants (or other animals).

• Plants depend on the soils and the water.

• The soils and water depend on the rocks, the rainfall and what has happened to those things through geological time.

NO ONE CAN TRULY APPRECIATE THE ENORMITY OF GEOLOGICAL TIME!               

Michael Freeman BSc, MAIG, DFGSAus