THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC 



300 ft. sandstone with bands of shale, and about 

 seven seams of coal, or seams formed of black shale 

 alternating with laminse of bright coal. In this belt the 

 following seams were seen in situ: 



1 ft. to 11/2 ft. coal seam. 

 Strata. 



7 ft. coal seam with bands of grey shale. 

 Strata. 



5 ft. coal seam apparently formed of clean coal. 



Strata. 

 3 ft. (about) coal seam. 



Strata. 

 3 ft. (about) coal seam. 



Strata. 

 3 ft. (about) coal seam. 



Strata. 

 3 ft. (about) coal seam. 



Seven-hundred-foot sandstones with numerous water- 

 worn quartz pebbles in the lower beds. These pebbles 

 are from one to two inches in diameter. Total 1500 ft. 



In the medial moraine, below the great nunatak in 85° 

 South, the Southern Party obtained, amongst several 

 specimens of sandstone with much mother-of-coal, or 

 mineral charcoal, one specimen of special interest. It was 

 a fragment of fine grained hard sandstone, evidently de- 

 rived from the Beacon sandstone formation higher up, 

 showing a black band one-quarter of an inch thick run- 

 ning through it. Micro-slides of this examined at the 

 University prove that it is a coniferous wood. The fol- 

 lowing description of it has been written by Mr. E. J. 

 Goddard, B.Sc, Macleay Research Fellow of the Lin- 

 nsean Society, New South Wales : 



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