[Piioc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, 32 (N.S.). Pt. II.. 192u]. 



Art. VIII. — A contrlbubtion to the Palaeozoic Geology of 

 Victoria, with special reference to the Districts of 

 Mount Wellington and Nowa Noiva respectively. 



By E. O. TEALE, D.Sc. 



(with Plates VIII., IX.). 



[Eead ]4tli August, 1919.] 



Contents. 



I. — Introduction. 



II. — Wellington District. 



General Geology. 



1. Pre-Ordoviciaii Series. 



a. Serpentine — Pre-TTpper Cambrian. 



b- Gaf^y ^^^y f "es "^ Upper Cambrian, 

 c. Trilobite Limestone ) ^^ 



6 2. Upper Ordovician. 



3. Silurian. 



4. Upper Palaeozoic (Lower Carboniferous). 



a. General succession and structure. 



b. Breccias and Cfono'lomerates. 



c. Rhyolite and associated rocks. 



d. Sandstone and Shales. 



e. Melaphyre. 



III. — Hickey's Cp.eek District. 



a. General Succession. 



b. Special structural features. 



IV^. — KowA Nowa District. 



General scope of the work. 



Brief account of Physical features. 



General Geology. 



1. Upper Ordovician. 



2. Snowy lliver Porphyries. 



a. Porphyroids. 



b. Stratified Ash Beds. 



c. Trachytic and Andesitic Rocks. 



d. Quartz Porphyrites and Pyroclastic Rock. 



e. Quartz Ceratophyres. 



f. Granitic JRockjs. 



g. Chemical Characters and Petrographical Rela- 



tionships, 

 h. Economic Minerals. 



3. Middle Devonian — Limestones and Shales. 



4. Kainozoic. 



a. Marine deposits. 



b. Fluviatile deposits. 



c. Basalt. 



