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On the Chronological Order of Deposition of the Highland Schists1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Thorolf Vogt
Thorolf Vogt
Affiliation:
Trondhjem
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As is well known, the chronological order of deposition of the sediments of that broad band of schists which extends across Scotland from Banffshire and Aberdeenshire in the north-east to Argyllshire in the south-west is a most difficult problem to determine. The noteworthy development that has been made during recent years, leading to a more intimate understanding of the structure of the Southern Highlands, has made this problem much more vital. The question as to the top and bottom of these beds has been much discussed in recent years, and it can not be denied that views have been widely divergent on this matter. When a foreign geologist desires to call attention (through this paper) to certain conditions of fact, it may be pointed out that he is carrying on similar studies of another section—the Norwegian—of this same mountain chain, where one meets similar problems as in the Scottish Highlands.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 67 , Issue 2 , February 1930 , pp. 68 - 73
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1930

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Footnotes

1

E. B. Bailey accepts T. Vogt's reinterpretation of the Ballachulish succession, and discusses the consequences in a later paper in this number of the Geol. Mag.—Editor.

References

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