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THE GEOLOGY OF THE LOWER MESOZOIC ROCKS 

 OF QUEENSLAND, 

 With special referp:nce to their Distribution and Fossil 

 Flora, and their Correlation with the Lower Mesozoic 

 Rocks of other parts of Australia. 



By a. B. Walkom, D.Sc, Assistant Lecturer in Geology, 

 THE University of Queensland. 



(Plates i.-ii., and six Text-figures). 



Contents. pac^e 



Introduction, AND .Scope OF Paper 



Acknowledgments 



Previous Literature 



The Lower Mesozoic Rocks OF Queensland 



(a) General 

 . (h) Geological Succession 

 (c) Lithological Characters ... 



W Coals 



f^e^ Extent and Distribution... 

 (i,) The Ipswich Series... 

 (ii.) The Bundamba Series 

 (iii.) The Walloon Series 



(f) Artesian Water ... 



(g) Folding Movements 

 The Flora of the Lower Mesozoic Rocks of Queensland 



(a) The Flora of the Ipswich Series 



(^/>; The Flora of the Walloon Series 



(c ) Comparison of the Floras of the Ipswich and Walloon Series 



(d) The Age of the Floras 



Correlation of the Queensland Lower Mesozoic Rocks with 



other Australian Lower Mesozoic Strata 

 (a) New South Wales 

 (h) Victoria 



(c) South Australia ... 



( d) Western Australia 



(e ) Tasmania ... 



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