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Page 87
... greywacke , ranging east and west . On both sides of it the country is overspread with a coarse arenaceous deposit , no natural sections of which are found ; but a quarry four miles from Raymond Terrace shows that it is composed of two ...
... greywacke , ranging east and west . On both sides of it the country is overspread with a coarse arenaceous deposit , no natural sections of which are found ; but a quarry four miles from Raymond Terrace shows that it is composed of two ...
Page 88
... greywacke , which last has greenstone and feldspathic porphyry below . In the immediate vicinity are sandstones and con- glomerates , similar to those of Raymond Terrace , at least in a mineralogical point of view ; for the absence of ...
... greywacke , which last has greenstone and feldspathic porphyry below . In the immediate vicinity are sandstones and con- glomerates , similar to those of Raymond Terrace , at least in a mineralogical point of view ; for the absence of ...
Page 89
... Greywacke . Argillaceous flaggy rock with Icthyodorulite . Sandstone with Conularia . Conglomerate . 2d . At St. Patrick's Plains , Glendon , Harper's Hill , the stratified rocks of this epoch rest upon a siliceous amygdaloid , which ...
... Greywacke . Argillaceous flaggy rock with Icthyodorulite . Sandstone with Conularia . Conglomerate . 2d . At St. Patrick's Plains , Glendon , Harper's Hill , the stratified rocks of this epoch rest upon a siliceous amygdaloid , which ...
Page 90
... greywacke , nearly vertical ; next above is limestone of two varieties , compact , and foliated granular , in which the traces of organic remains are very indis- tinct . The whole is crowned by a great development of pudding - stones ...
... greywacke , nearly vertical ; next above is limestone of two varieties , compact , and foliated granular , in which the traces of organic remains are very indis- tinct . The whole is crowned by a great development of pudding - stones ...
Page 91
... greywacke , which is separated by greenstone and serpentine from the granitic basis . In all cases the superstructure is pudding - stone and conglomerates , all in nearly hori- zontal position ; some much worn away ; some still ...
... greywacke , which is separated by greenstone and serpentine from the granitic basis . In all cases the superstructure is pudding - stone and conglomerates , all in nearly hori- zontal position ; some much worn away ; some still ...
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acids appears argillaceous atmosphere Australian barometer basalt Bass's Straits belonging Ben Lomond breccia Capacity for moisture Cape Portland Captain Carbonate Chemical Character clay slate coal coast colonies colour compact conglomerate contains deposits Diemen's Land dividing range eastern elevation eurite evaporation farm feet felspar Flinders fossil fracture genus geological Gould granite greenstone greywacke Hill hornblende Horsf hot wind inches Island Jerusalem Basin Lake latitude Launceston lime limestone locality Lomond Macquarie masses mica slate miles Morris Mount Cameron Mount Hay Mount Kosciuszko Mount Wellington mountain nearly numerous observations Plains porphyry Port Jackson Port Philip Port Stephen Power of absorption present quartz rock resembles ridge river sandstone shell sienite siliceous siliceous slate slaty soil solar rays South Wales Sowerby species specific gravity specimens Spirifer spur Stenopora strata structure surface survey temperature thermometer tion traces trachyte Vale valley Van Diemen's Land variety vegetation
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