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Title: The Old Red Sandstone of Shetland, by B.N. Peach and John Horne; read before the Royal Physical Society, 19th February 1879

Author: Peach, Benjamin Neeve

In: The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 22

Publication details: Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington

Part of: The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout

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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 22

Vol. V. Proc. Royal Physical Society Edinburgh Quarff. Brenista. Gulberwick. Sea-Level. (a) Section from Quarff to Wart of Shoredoun. Cliff Hills. Lerwick. Bressay. Noss. Sea-Level. (d) Section from Cliff Hills to Nobs Head. Ockren Head. Roeness Voe. Roeness Hill. The Biurgs. Skea Ness. Sea-Level. (c) Section across Mainland from Ockren Head to Skea Ness. Reference. Pre-Old Red Sandstone Rocks. 1. Metamorphic rocks. Gneiss and Schist. Rocks of Old Red Sandstone Age. 2. Basement Breccia. 3. Bren…

Vol. V. Proc. Royal Physical Society Edinburgh Quarff. Brenista. Gulberwick. Sea-Level. (a) Section from Quarff to Wart of Shoredoun. Cliff Hills. Lerwick. Bressay. Noss. Sea-Level. (d) Section from Cliff Hills to Nobs Head. Ockren Head. Roeness Voe. Roeness Hill. The Biurgs. Skea Ness. Sea-Level. (c) Section across Mainland from Ockren Head to Skea Ness. Reference. Pre-Old Red Sandstone Rocks. 1. Metamorphic rocks. Gneiss and Schist. Rocks of Old Red Sandstone Age. 2. Basement Breccia. 3. Brenista Flags. 4. Rovey Head Conglomerate. 5. Lerwick Sandstones. 6. Bressay Flags. 7. Volcanic Agglomerate in Vents. 8. Porphyrite, Tuft, and Sandstone, of West side of Shetland. 9. Pink Granitoid Quartz-Porphyry. 10. Porphyrite Dykes. S— Serpentine. f— Faults. To illustrate Messrs Peach and Home's Paper on the Old Bed Sandstone of Shetland.