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The geology of Auchernach, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire

Hutchison, Arthur G.1930
Books, Manuscripts
Main title:
The geology of Auchernach, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire / report and map prepared for the proprietor by Arthur G. Hutchinson.
Imprint:
Aberdeen : Milne & Hutchison, 1930.
Collation:
x, 29 pages, 12 plates : photographs, illustrations and maps (black and white) ; 25 cm + 2 folded sheets at rear.
Contents:
The geological history in epitome -- Physical features -- Nochty Sandbar -- Spearrach-Quillichan Elbow of Capture -- The Nochty at Auchernach -- The geological structure of the Scottish Highlands -- Correlation of the Auchernach schists -- Formations and rock groups -- The igneous rocks -- The older igneous rocks - the Cabrach-Morven mass as a study in an older differentiation series -- The Green Hill Serpentine -- The "Bgs." - epidiorites, amphibolites and hornblende schists -- The older acid intrusions -- The newer igneous rocks -- The metamorphic rocks -- Auchernach gneiss and schist: its contact metamorphism by the Green Hill Serpentine -- Rhinstock black schist and Baloch limestone -- Moss Hill schist: strain-slip cleavage -- Righorach quartzite: nature of the limestones -- Summary -- Glossary.
Local class:
Ab84B3550.94125
Language:
English
BRN:
632997
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