THE 



GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE 



VOLUME LIX. 



No. VI.— JUNE, 1922. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



THOSE of our readers \vho have decided to attend the Congres 

 Geologique International in Brussels this August may be 

 interested to learn that the Geologists' Association published last 

 summer in connexion with their Excursion to Belgium a separate 

 pamphlet on the " Geology of Belgium ". Copies may still be 

 obtained through Messrs. Edward Stanford, Ltd., 12-14 Long Acre, 

 W.C, at the price of 35. 6d. The pamphlet contains a copy of the 

 coloured geological map issued by the Belgian Government, and 

 figures illustrating a diagrammatic section across Belgium, the great 

 Devonian transgression, the mode of occurrence of Coral Eeefs in 

 the Devonian of the Ardennes, and several other features. The 

 following is a list of the contents : — 



Outline Sketch of the Geology in the light of recent research. 



Dr. L. Dudley Stamp. 

 The Palaeozoic Formations of the southern part of the Dinant 



Basin. M. Eug. Maillieux. 

 The Carboniferous Limestone. Professor G. Delepine. 

 The Coal Measures. Dr. P. Pruvost. 

 The Cretaceous and Tertiary Formations of the Mons district. 



Professor J. Cornet. 

 The Tertiary. Dr. L. Dudley Stamp. 



At the School of Metalliferous Mining, Camborne, Cornwall, 

 a Holiday Course in Economic Geology will be held from 17th July 

 to 26th August, 1922. The course will include lectures, laboratory 

 work, field work, and excursions, tAVo days in each week being 

 ■spent in the lecture rooms and laboratories, the rest out of doors or 

 underground. The lectures will deal with the principles of Economic 

 Geology, special stress being laid on ap])lications to Cornwall. The 

 fee for the course is six guineas, and excursions by motor will cost 

 iibout two pounds more. Applications to join should be made 

 before 1st June to the Secretary, School of Mines, Camborne, from 

 whom further particulars and addresses of lodgings can be obtained. 



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The Council of the Royal Astronomical Society has decided to 

 issue special supplements to the Monthly Notices containing papers 

 of geophysical interest. Non-members of the Society who wish to 

 receive these supplements are invited to apply as soon as possible 

 to the Assistant Secretary, Royal Astronomical Society, Burlington 

 House, London, W.l, stating whether they desire a regular supply. 

 The price will depend on the number and length of the papers 

 printed, but will not for the present exceed 10s. per annum. 



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