The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Volumen 68The Society, 1912 Vols. 1-108 include Proceedings of the society (separately paged, beginning with v. 30) |
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abundant Anticline appears Arnside augite band base Beinn Udlaidh Boulder Clay breccia calcareous Cambrian Carboniferous Limestone character Chilvers Coton Clay-pit Coal Measures Coalfield coarse Colliery conglomerate containing deposits described Dibunophyllum Sub-zone diorite dolerite Drift dykes east evidence exposed exposures fault fauna feet felsite felspar fossiliferous fossils fragments Geol Glacial Glen Glen Coe Glen Orchy gneiss Gopeng Gopeng Beds granite gravels grey grits Hamstead Hill horizon hornblende inches inlier intrusive Keuper Kilbride lava M'Coy margin marl mass Michelinia Zone mile mineral neighbourhood occur outcrop overlying pebbles Permian Phill portion pre-Glacial present probably Productus Q. J. G. S. vol Quarry quartz quartzite Ravenstonedale rhyolite rocks sand sandstone schists seen Seminula shales Shap District shows side Silurian species specimens spilites strata structure surface Thick Coal thin Upper Upper Vobster valley veins Vobster volcanic Warwickshire yards
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Página xxii - THE MURCHISON GEOLOGICAL FUND," ESTABLISHED UNDER THE WILL OF THE LATE SIR RODERICK IMPEY MURCHISON, BART., PRS, FGS, To lae applied in every consecutive year in such manner as the Council of the Society may deem most useful in advancing geological science, •whether by granting sums of money to travellers in pursuit of knowledge, to authors of memoirs, or to persons actually employed in any...
Página 275 - On the Upper Formations of the New Red Sandstone System in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, and Warwickshire ; showing that the Red or Saliferous Marls, including a peculiar Zone of Sandstone, represent the
Página xxvi - To apply the accumulated annual proceeds, ... at the end of every three years, in providing a Gold Medal of the value of Twenty Pounds, which, with a purse containing the remainder of the said accumulated proceeds, is to be awarded ... to the person or persons, either male or female, and either resident in England or abroad, who shall in the opinion of the said Society have done well for the advancement of the science of Geology...
Página xxi - William Carruthers. 1870. M. Marie Rouault. 1871. Mr. Robert Etheridge. 1872. Dr. James Croll. 1873. Prof. John Wesley Judd. 1874. Dr. Henri Nyst. 1875. Prof.
Página xxvi - as an acknowledgment of eminent services in any department of Geology, irrespective of the receiver's country; but he must not be older than 45 years at his last birthday, thus probably not too old for further work, and not too young to have done much.
Página 151 - ... but with a casing as at Gopeng. These could not have reached their present position until after the granite had solidified and cooled, and it is difficult to see how they could have done so afterwards by purely natural agencies. I have no doubt, therefore, that these trunks reached their present position by falling down old, long forgotten excavations, and that the latter were filled in by detritus from the surface. THE ORIGIN OF THE CLAYS- AND BOULDER-CLAYS. Before going any further...
Página 705 - Sydney. Australian Museum. Geological Survey. Linnean Society of New South Wales. Royal Society of New South Wales. University Library.
Página 275 - Association have arranged an excursion to Birmingham from July 28 to August 3, under the direction of Prof. C. Lapworth, FRS, Prof. WW Watts, Mr. WJ Harrison, and Mr. W. Wickham King. A sketch of the geology of the Birmingham district, with special reference to this excursion, will be given at the meeting of the Association tomorrow, July i. MR. WALTER E. ARCHER, Inspector of Salmon Fisheries under the Fishery Board for Scotland, has been appointed Chief Inspector of Fisheries to the Board of Trade,...
Página xxi - Dr. James Croll. 1873. Prof. John Wesley Judd. 1874. Dr. Henri Nyst. 1875. Prof. Louis C. Miall. 1876. Prof. Giuseppe Seguenza. 1877. Mr. Robert Etheridge, jun. 1878. Prof. William J.
Página 152 - Scrivenor, Government Geologist FMS, as being of glacial origin, and the tin-ore which they contain as having been derived from " some mass of tin-bearing granite and rocks altered by it, distinct from and older than the Mesozoic Granite " (that is, than the granite now in situ in the Kinta District).