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1. On the great Drift-Beds with Shells in the South-west of Arran

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

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These beds, as examined by the author, lie in the Torlin or Kilmorie Burn basin, in the Scoradale or Slidry Water basin (more strictly in the first north or north-west tributary of each, reckoning upwards from the sea), and in the Clachan Glen,—all in the southwest of Arran. They are of great extent and depth; at certain points they contain boreal shells in considerable numbers. They are divisible into two classes, (1.) underlying fine dark sands and clays; and, (2.) overlying coarse red clay with striated stones, probably boulder clay.

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Proceedings 1863-64
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1866

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