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The Torridonian Stac Fada Member: a discussion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2011

A. D. Stewart
A. D. Stewart
Affiliation:
A. D. Stewart, Postgraduate Research Institute for Sedimentology, University of Reading, RG6 2AB, U.K.
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Abstract

Sanders and Johnston (1989) have recently suggested that the Stac Fada Member is a fluidised peperite rather than a volcanic mudflow as thought by Lawson (1972) and the writer (1988). I agree that the volcanic mudflow hypothesis is flawed, but give reasons below for thinking that the new hypothesis is also untenable.

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Research Article
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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 81 , Issue 3 , 1990 , pp. 247
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1990

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