| Electronic journals - 1906 - 802 pages
...sea-floor, as was at one time supposed. "The country where it occurs was once covered with a sheet of tho rock known as Desert Sandstone, in which there are...decayed under the action of the weather, the loose sandstone has been blown away by the wind, and the hard fragments remain scattered over the ground,"... | |
| Florence Gay - Aboriginal Australians - 1912 - 276 pages
...an old sea-floor. The pebbles of the stony plains, however, show no signs of water action. Blurt's view is an illustration of the habit, so prevalent...the hard fragments remain scattered over the ground. JW Gregory. Tht Dead Heart of Australia. Murray. By permission. SEPTEMBER IN AUSTRALIA GREY wbter hath... | |
| Electronic journals - 1907 - 774 pages
...this, Dr. Gregory tells us that the pebbles of the stony plains show no signs of the action of water. " The Stony Desert, in fact, is due to the absence of...which there are abundant pebbles of quartz, sandstone, aud other hard materials. The Desert Sandstone has slowly decayed under the action of the weather ;... | |
| Andrew Goudie - Nature - 2002 - 488 pages
...sees the stones as being remnants of a formerly more extensive cover of 'Desert Sandstone' (silcrete): The Stony Desert, in fact, is due to the absence of...Desert Sandstone has slowly decayed under the action of weather; the loose sand has been blown away by the wind, and the hard fragments remain scattered over... | |
| Geography - 1906 - 758 pages
...an old sea-floor, as was at one time supposed. " The country where it occurs was once covered with a sheet of the rock known as Desert Sandstone, in...decayed under the action of the weather, the loose sandstone has been blown away by the wind, and the hard fragments remain scattered over the ground,"... | |
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