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Near the end of the Eocene the rate of northward movement of the Australian Plate increased two- to threefold, and it continued at that rate until the leading, northern edge collided with the island arcs of the Sundra Plate in the Middle- to Late Miocene (Galloway and Kemp, 1981~. Tectonic activity was minimal across most of the plate during this isolated rafting period, with the uplift of the eastern highlands likely occurring at an early stage of the Miocene (Oilier, 19861.
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176 FIGURE 10.2 Simplified vegetation map of Australia. (Modified from Christophel and Greenwood, 1989.)
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CLIMATIC CHANGES ON DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRALIAN FLORA FIGURE 10.3 Illustrations of major Australian vegetation types shown in Figure 10.2: (A) tropical rain forest near Noah Creek in northern Queensland; (B)
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