The foraminiferal faunas of the Upper Eocene and Lower Miocene Limestones of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean are described. Except for the fringing reefs, no rocks younger than Burdigalian were identified.

Upper Eocene microfloral assemblages from the Blanche Point Marls of the Adelaide Plains Basin in the vicinity of Victoria Square, Adelaide, have been used to show that the sequence obtained from recent drilling is entirely of marine or restricted...

Palynological examination of six Tertiary samples from four boreholes in the City of Brisbane area, Queensland, has revealed hitharto undescribed assemblages of microplankton, pollens and spores. One sample yielded abundant Defiandres ap. indet....

Carbonaceous sediments from tin leads in north-eastern Tasmania have yielded well-preserved and diverse pollen and spore assemblages from the deepest of three stratigraphic units sampled. On the basis of the microfloral assemblages, two...

Microfloras from Eocene marine and non-marine sediments, intersected in two deep bores in the Adelaide Plains Basin, can be placed within two distinct assemblage units. The correlative value of these as time-stratigraphic units is discussed.

Three relatively deep bores, drilled recently on the northern Adelaide Plains in the Hundred of Port Gawler, about 20 miles north of Adelaide, have intersected useful complementary sections of the Cainozoic succession, ranging from 560 feet to 1148...

Copper carbonates are sporadically distributed throughout steeply dipping mica schist in a zone up to about 70 ft. wide. The host rocks have been regarded as overturned metamorphosed Burra Group (Torrensian) beds resting on the Aldgate Sandstone...

Specimens of twenty-nine species of Tertiary molluscs held in the Tate Collection of the Geology Department, University of Adelaide, have been redescribed. All but five of the species have restricted time ranges, there being a significant difference...

The Murray Basin is an area of Mesozoic and Tertiary sedimentation divided into two main units the Murray Basin proper separated by structural highs, the Padthaway “Horst”, from the Gambier Sunklands. Knowledge of the Mesozoic in the Murray Basin...

An additional 12 samples were examined mainly to establish the depositional environment of the black Poltalloch clays. No marine foraminifera were found in six of the clay samples, but the microfauna of the sample taken at 63"-66" indicates deposition...

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Application of stratigraphic principles to study of soils and associated surficial deposits.

An Eocene age is determined for one sample from Tarcoola TPS-13R bore, a Pliocene age for a sample from Tarcoola TPS-15 bore, and a Plio-Pleistocene age for a sample from Tarcoola TPS-17 bore. A sample examined from Tarcoola TPS-14 bore contained no...

Two sandstone sequences, one un-named and one equivalent to the Watchie Sandstone, have been recognized on CURDIMURKA. These sandstone sequences occur beneath the Etadunna Formation. Both are believed to be equivalent to the Eyre Formation. The...

Regressive intertidal sequences, with well developed zonation of flora and fauna, occur extensively around the margins of the 2 major SA gulfs and within small embayments along the exposed coastline of Eyre Peninsula. This paper summarises and...

Palaeosol and organic rich horizons in exposed Bessette Sediments were investigated to determine the nature of Middle Wisconsin climate. Palaeoclimatic implications of palynomorph assemblages are that conditions at 42 000 years ago were at least 30C...

Surficial sediments are predominantly bioclastic, cool-temperate carbonates. Benthic foraminifera Elphidium crispum', a shallow water species, and 'E. macelliforme, favouring deeper water, provide useful numerical ratio which correlates with water...

Conodonts from the early Ordovician Horn Valley Siltstone in the Amadeus Basin, Northern Territory, Australia are described as illustrated. Samples were collected from limestone beds within the unit at two easily accessible localities. Twenty-two...

A Palaeocene age is determined for 2 samples from Lake Eyre bore 8a, and a Late Cretaceous age for 1 sample from Jackboot bore. Both of these holes are located in the Lake Eyre South region.

The geological evolution is summarised and characteristic landscapes of the past are described according to the palaeosols developed on them. Their evolution is set down in relation to the evolution of man and the material of use to early man.