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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12513316214).jpg 290 PKOCEEDINGS OP THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY April 24 <br> of this bed is in both places about north 30° west which line would <br> connect the two outcrops although nearly 300 miles apart <br> In the limestone bands which form the lower portion of the series <br> shown in Fig 12 corals are very numerous ; in fact the limestones <br> Fig 12 � Section of Devonian Coral Limestone Terrible Creeh near <br> Messrs Ounningham s Cattle Station Burdehin River Northern <br> Queensland <br> where little alteration has taken place are a mass of aggregated <br> corals ; and as this class of rock has resisted aerial destruction <br> better than the associated slates and sandstones the barriers thus <br> formed mark the trend of the rock- system to which they belong in <br> a very picturesque and decided manner ; their bold massive and <br> varied outline chiselled into the most delicate fretwork by nature's <br> hand is relieved by a wealth of richly tinted foliage unknown in <br> the surrounding bush ; and the eye jaded with the monotony of the <br> eternal Gum-tree turns with delight to the changing tints and <br> varied scenery presented by these barrier-like records of the past <br> Fig 13 <br> On the Broken Eiver a tributary of the Clarke in Korthern <br> Queensland the entire Devonian system as developed in Queensland <br> could be easily and satisfactorily mapped The branches of this <br> river cut right across the strike and the bare edges of the rocks are <br> often exposed over the intervening ridges from creek to creek Well- <br> marked beds of interstratified conglomerates seem to retain their <br> character over large areas ; and the loose pebbles from these can be <br> followed readily over the ridges whilst the rocks from which these <br> pebbles ai'e deiived crop out in the gullies and ravines <br> As a large proportion of them are of quartz the ridges covered by <br> them are often mistaken by miners for indications of a deep lead 34985303 108770 51125 Page 290 Text v 28 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/34985303 1872 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 28 1872 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 34985303 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/34985303 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-14 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12513316214 2015-08-27 09 50 14 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1872 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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