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A Note on the Age of the Laig Gorge Beds, Eigg

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

C. G. Adams
C. G. Adams
Affiliation:
British Museum (Natural History), London, S.W. 7.
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Extract

The writer was asked to examine samples of the Laig Gorge Beds to try to determine from the micro-fauna whether or not the rock was of Jurassic age, as previously thought, or younger. Seven rock samples taken from various levels within the limestone and underlying sandstone were sectioned and examined, namely:—

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Geological Magazine , Volume 97 , Issue 4 , August 1960 , pp. 322 - 325
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1960

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