Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12513300434).jpg 1872 <br> DITNTREE GEOLOGY OP aUEENSLAND <br> 281 <br> Belemnites are strewn over the surface of the two ridges which <br> front the Cattle-station huts but they are rarely found in the soft <br> shales 'which crop out from under an escarpment of Desert Sand- <br> stone <br> The lithological character of these Cretaceous strata is such that <br> decomposition is rapid ; and cliff-sections are accordingly very rare <br> the resulting physical aspect being that of vast plains which form <br> the principal feature of Queensland scenery west of the main <br> dividing range ; but that the Desert Sandstone has extended <br> over all this country is evidenced by its existence either in the form <br> of outliers or as a marked feature in situ on all main watersheds <br> or by its pebbles of quartz and conglomerate which are strewn <br> everywhere over the surface of the plains The appearance of these <br> vast plains is shown in Pig 8 <br> The height of the watershed between the Thompson and Flinders <br> rivers is locally not more than 1400 feet above sea-level ; and as <br> Fig 8 ” Physical Character of Cretaceous Strata Flinders River <br> Western Queensland <br> the former river has to travel as many miles before reaching the <br> sea it is easy to understand why in a country subject to heavy <br> tropical rains at one period of the year followed by a long dry <br> season the river-channels are ill-defined and vast tracts of country <br> covered by alluvial deposits <br> Down the Thompson and its tributaries these Mesozoic rocks are <br> known to extend though much obscured by flood-drifts The first <br> to draw attention to the fact was the Rev W B Clarke F G S of <br> Sydney who in the year 1867 received a suite of fossils from VVol- <br> lurabilla Creek and the surrounding district which he described in <br> VOL XXVIII PAKT I X 34985294 108770 51125 Page 281 Text v 28 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/34985294 1872 Geological Society of London NameFound Belemnites NameConfirmed Belemnites EOLID 4780330 NameBankID 4089090 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 28 1872 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 34985294 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/34985294 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-14 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12513300434 2015-08-27 09 59 21 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1872 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |