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Algal Limestones from Gigoomgan, Queensland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

H. C. Richards
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Queensland.
W. H. Bryan
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Queensland.

Abstract

THIS paper describes the occurrence in Queensland of a large mass of limestone of late Palaeozoic age made up almost entirely of the microscopic remains of calcareous algae.

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1932

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