"Victorian Fossiliferous Limestones and Their Correlatives in Other Lands" by F. Chapman

Title page; page 139-141 (only 3 pages in this booklet).

Signed by the author.

F. Chapman, who was a paleontologist at the National Museum in Melbourne
This is a reprint from the Victorian Naturalist, Vol. XXX, No. 8, issued on December 4, 1913.
The text is a synopsis of an illustrated lecture delivered before the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria on September 8, 1913.
The paper discusses the formation and fossil content of limestones in Victoria, Australia, comparing them to geological formations in other regions.

Top of the cover contains a handwritten presentation inscription that reads "from the author." This indicates it was a personal gift from Frederick Chapman.
There are library or archival notations at the top right, including "Pam. 552.5" (likely a pamphlet filing classification) and a name that appears to be "W. A. Baker".

The first page of the text explains how organic remains like corals, foraminifera, and mollusks are preserved in limestone and marl. It also touches on the geology of sand dunes along the Victorian coast.

143mm x 223mm

R1,000