The Victorian naturalist . Concretionarystructures nearChipperfields. 14 Vict. Nat. Vol. 93. but in the early days many a hair-raising story centred around some ofthese patches. Along this shorelinesandbanks have been and are stillforming on the shallow shelving rockyplatform, the land in shore is rela-tively high sandy and very porous, thiswould act as a gathering ground forfresh water which would drain downtowards the sea until no doubt some of the sands of the shoreline becomesupersaturated and developed quick-sand patches. Just below Langs there is anothernaturally reclaimed shoreline area
The Victorian naturalist . Concretionarystructures nearChipperfields. 14 Vict. Nat. Vol. 93. but in the early days many a hair-raising story centred around some ofthese patches. Along this shorelinesandbanks have been and are stillforming on the shallow shelving rockyplatform, the land in shore is rela-tively high sandy and very porous, thiswould act as a gathering ground forfresh water which would drain downtowards the sea until no doubt some of the sands of the shoreline becomesupersaturated and developed quick-sand patches. Just below Langs there is anothernaturally reclaimed shoreline area, anda still larger one further on belowChipperfields these now form muchfavoured holiday resorts and picnicgrounds. Along this shore fossils occur in January /February 15 patches and pockets in the reddishferruginous sandstone and dark brownbeds and are not generally distributedin layers. When a pocket is struck theimpressions and casts of bivalve shellsare in the utmost profusion, the com-monest being examples of Placamensubroboratum and Mactra hamilto-nensis. Here is definite proof of
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