. The geology of the Oamaru district, North Otago (Eastern Otago division). is age to rocks at Waipara and Weka Pass that were believed to be thecorrelatives of the Oamaru rocks. From 1877 to 1887 there was considerable geological activity in and around the Oamarudistrict. Then followed a long period during which there was an almost complete cessation * James Hector, : On the Remains of a Gigantic Penguin [Palmeudyptes antarcticus Huxley)from the Tertiary Rocks on the West Coast of Nelson. Trans. Inst., vol. iv, 1872, pp. 341-346. t F. W. Hutton, : Synopsis of the Younger Fo


. The geology of the Oamaru district, North Otago (Eastern Otago division). is age to rocks at Waipara and Weka Pass that were believed to be thecorrelatives of the Oamaru rocks. From 1877 to 1887 there was considerable geological activity in and around the Oamarudistrict. Then followed a long period during which there was an almost complete cessation * James Hector, : On the Remains of a Gigantic Penguin [Palmeudyptes antarcticus Huxley)from the Tertiary Rocks on the West Coast of Nelson. Trans. Inst., vol. iv, 1872, pp. 341-346. t F. W. Hutton, : Synopsis of the Younger Formations of New Zealand. Rep. Geol. 1871-72, No. 7, 1872, pp. 182-184. J Report on the Geology and Goldfields of Otago, 1875, pp. 46-47. \lbid., p. 47. II A. McKay : Oamaru and Waitaki Districts. Rep. Oeol. Explor. during 1876-77, No. 10, 1877,pp. 41-66 (with map). ^Ibid., Map facing p. .50. (Scale, 1 in. = 4 miles.) ?* Classification adopted bv Geological Survey Department. Appendix I, Rep. Geol. Explor. during1877-78, No. 11, 1878, pp. 189-198. Plate A. C. Gifford, p/ioln.] A. TiiiN-nKDDEi) Tlkf:< SouTii Or Cape Waxbuow. [S^


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