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An Olivine-Bearing Conglomerate from the Island of Raasay, Inverness-shire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Charles F. Davidson
Affiliation:
University College, Dundee.

Extract

In his posthumous paper on the geology of the Island of Raasay H. B. Woodward (1) remarks: “On the fore-shore south of Oskaig Point, the modern beach is cemented into a conglomerate.” The unique mineralogical composition of this conglomerate, which has been collected in the course of a study of the Tertiary igneous rocks of Raasay and neighbouring islands, warrants the following note.

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1933

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(1)Woodward, H. B.. “Notos on the Geology of Raasay”: Trans. Geol. Soc. Edin., x, 1914, 193.Google Scholar
(2)Walker, F.. “An Olivine Sand from Duntulm, Skye”: Trans. Geol. Soc. Edin., xii, 1932, 321.Google Scholar