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Resemblances between Moine and “Sub-Moine” Metamorphic Sediments in the Western Highlands of Scotland1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

A. G. MacGregor
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In this paper the writer deals with certain mineralogical and textural features found in the Moine and Sub-Moine Series of western Scotland, viz. garnet-zoisite calc-silicate ribs, non-garnetiferous epidotic calcsilicate ribs, sutured (crenulate) quartz-mosaic, foliation oblique to folded bedding, and the presence of abundant yellow epidote and of spots of haematite. The garnet-zoisite calc-silicate ribs have been claimed by Dr. Richey and Professor Kennedy as diagnostic of parts of the Moine Series. For the non-garnetiferous epidotic calc-silicate ribs, which have not previously been described, the name “calc-silicate ribs of Arnipol type” is suggested. These ribs occur in adjacent groups of rocks that have been mapped with the Lower Striped Schists and the Lower Psammitic Group of the Moine and with the outermost psammitic zone of the Sub-Moine.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 85 , Issue 5 , October 1948 , pp. 265 - 275
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1948

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Communicated with the permission of the Director of the Geological Survey and Museum.

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