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“Hutton's Unconformity,” Isle of Arran

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

S. I. Tomkeieff
S. I. Tomkeieff
Affiliation:
King's College, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1.
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Abstract

It is shown that “Hutton's Unconformity” on the Isle of Arran has been misinterpreted. The assumed plane of unconformity is in reality the plane separating the Dalradian schists from the upper-most zone of schists impregnated with and cemented by calcareous material. The true plane of unconformity is situated some 4 feet above this plane.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 90 , Issue 6 , December 1953 , pp. 404 - 408
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1953

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