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Adelaide: Published by the Author. 1989. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Spine faded but clear. Black & white cartoons and photographs. Cartoons by Stephen Stanley ("Lafferty"). Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 349 pages. Reg Sprigg worked for the South Australian Geological Survey, which sent him to reopen the Radium Hill Uranium Field in 1944, and to map the Mount Painter uranium field. When he discovered the fossils, apparently while eating his lunch, he realised that these fossils were very ancient, either of Early Cambrian, or possibly even of Precambrian age. He submitted a paper to Nature, but it was turned down. He travelled to London and presented his findings to the 1948 International Geological Congress, but failed to excite either interest or belief. Subsequent work by the University of Adelaide demonstrated that they were indeed of latest Precambrian age. Although…
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Geology is fun (recollections), or, The anatomy and confessions of a geological addict Hardcover - 1989
by Sprigg, Reg C. (Reginald Claude), 1919-1994
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- Title Geology is fun (recollections), or, The anatomy and confessions of a geological addict
- Author Sprigg, Reg C. (Reginald Claude), 1919-1994
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Publisher Self Published, Arkaroola Wildlife Sanctuary
- Date 1989
- ISBN 9780959096613
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Adelaide: Published by the Author. 1989. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near fine condition in pictorial laminated boards. An excellent copy. Black & white cartoons and photographs. Cartoons by Stephen Stanley ("Lafferty"). Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 349 pages. Reg Sprigg worked for the South Australian Geological Survey, which sent him to reopen the Radium Hill Uranium Field in 1944, and to map the Mount Painter uranium field. When he discovered the fossils, apparently while eating his lunch, he realised that these fossils were very ancient, either of Early Cambrian, or possibly even of Precambrian age. He submitted a paper to Nature, but it was turned down. He travelled to London and presented his findings to the 1948 International Geological Congress, but failed to excite either interest or belief. Subsequent work by the University of Adelaide demonstrated that they were indeed of latest Precambrian age. Although Precambrian…
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