20 THE PROBLEM OF ANTIQUITY OF MAN IN AUSTRALIA 
indicating a submerged shoreline at 120-150 ft. Many basalt-filled 
valleys pass below sea level and there is some geological evidence 
that they are older than the 120-150 ft. submerged strandline, but 
no depth can be suggested for the corresponding submerged shore. 
He considered that in view of the magnitude of eustatic changes 
in sea level, there can be little doubt that successive glacial and 
interglacial stages are contemporaneous throughout the world, 
and that Tasmanian river terraces and strandlines must be corre- 
lated with those of the northern hemisphere. There is considerable 
evidence for a world-wide eustatic fall in sea level of about 15-20 ft. 
in post-glacial times and we should therefore expect four sets of 
terraces, but in Tasmania, where the record is not complete, only 
three have been demonstrated. In his opinion the 40-50 ft. raised 
strandline may correspond to the Riss-Wiirm interglacial stage, 
and the 100-150 ft. strandline to the Mindel-Riss stage; according 
to figures given by Daly (1934) for corresponding raised beaches 
in Europe and North Africa, their heights are of about the right 
magnitude. The 120-150 ft. submerged strandline is older than 
the 40-50 ft. raised beach and presumably younger than the 100- 
150 ft. raised beach, and on the suggested correlation it should 
correspond to the Riss glacial stage. The pre-basaltic strandline 
should be correlated with an earlier glacial stage, possibly the 
Giinz, but he points out that the basalt-filled valleys may have 
been brought to their present positions by faulting. 
David’s, Lewis’s, and Edward’s tentative correlations of Aus- 
tralian Pleistocene and Holocene phenomena are tabulated on the 
adjacent page. 
Tindale (1933) recorded six raised strandlines between Narra- 
coorte, South Australia, and the present coast. They are situated 
at heights ranging from about 15 ft. to 220 ft. above sea level on 
the seaward side of parallel lines of dunes. He correlated them 
with six raised beaches on the Atlantic coast of the United States 
investigated by Cooke (1930). Below are tabulated Tindale’s and 
Cooke’s names for the South Australian and American terraces, 
Cooke’s tentative correlation with glacial and interglacial phases 
(American nomenclature), and the equivalent European periods 
according to Daly (19384) : 
S.A. Strands U.S.A. Strands Glacial and Interglacial Phases 
Woakwine Pamlico Mid-Wisconsin Mid-Wiirm 
Reedy Creek Chowan Peorian Riss-Wiirm Intergl. 
West Avenue Wiscomico Sangamon Riss-Wiirm Intergl. 
Kast Avenue Sunderland Yarmouth Mindel-Riss Intergl. 
Cave Range Coharie Aftonian Giinz-Mindel Intergl. 
Narracoorte Brandywine Pre-glacial Pre-glacial 
