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Correlation of Old Red Sandstone (Devonian) outliers in the Northern Highlands of Scotland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

G. A. Blackbourn
G. A. Blackbourn
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Geology, University of Strathclyde, James Weir Building, 75 Montrose Street, Glasgow G1 1 XJ
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Summary

A summary has been made of the distinguishing lithological features of four sedimentary groups long recognized from the Lower and Middle Old Red Sandstone (Devonian) of the Northern Highlands of Scotland. This has led to recognition of the groups in unfossiliferous outliers to the W, permitting the correlation of these outliers with the main outcrop.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 118 , Issue 4 , July 1981 , pp. 409 - 414
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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