Sir Douglas Mawson anniversary volume; contributions to geology in honour of Sir Douglas Mawson's 70th birthday anniversary, presented by colleagues, friends, and pupils. / Editors: M. F. Glaessner, E. A. Rudd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

University of Adelaide.

Contributor:

Glaessner, Martin F. (Martin Fritz), 1906- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mawson, Sir Douglas, 1882-.

Mawson, Sir Douglas.

Festschriften.

Geology.

Geology--Australia.

Australia.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

ix, 224 pages : illustrations, portrait, maps. ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Adelaide, [publisher not identified], 1952.

Contents:

Mount fitton talc as a possible source of forsterite refractories, by A. R. Alderman.

The transformation of quartzite by migmatization at Mount Fitton, South Australia, by D. R. Bowes.

Pleistocene glaciation in the Kosciusko region, by W. R. Browne.

Soil nodules and their significance, by W. H. Bryan.

A note on glauconitic minerals of low refractive index from Lower Tertiary beds in South Australia and Victoria, by W. B. Dallwitz.

Geology of Port Moreshy, Papua. by M. F. Glaessner.

The Wood's Point dyke swarm, Victoria, by E. S. Hills.

The determination of the extinction angle in monoclinic pyroxenes and amphiboles, by A. W. Kleeman.

The thermal metamorphism of coal seams, by C. E. Marshall.

South-west Yilgarnia, by R. T. Prider.

Sedimentation in the Adelaide geosyncline and the formation of the continental terrace, by R. C. Sprigg.

Uraninite from Rum Jungle and Fergusson River, Northern Territory, by F. L. Stillwell.

Nepheline parageneses, by C. E. Tilley.

Diastrophism and correlation, by L. K. Ward.

Stratigraphic correlations by petrographic methods applied to artesian bores in the Lake Frome area.

The charnockite problem in Australia. by A. F. Wilson.

Notes:

At head of title: The University of Adelaide.

Includes bibliographies.

OCLC:

11292083