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III.—On the Physical Conditions under which the Old Red Sandstone of Scotland was Deposited

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Peter Macnair  and
James Reid
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The physical conditions under which the Old Red Sandstone of Scotland was formed is a subject that has long occupied the attention of many of our leading geologists, from the time of Hugh Miller and Sir Roderick Murchison down to those of the present day. It has been variously regarded as of fresh-water and marine origin, as having been thrown down in lakes and in the open sea, or in inlets of the latter. But as yet the whole matter seems to remain an open question, which the unique physical and palæontological elements of the formation make difficult of solution.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , March 1896 , pp. 106 - 116
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1896

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page 107 note 1 “Old Red Sandstone,” 7th edition, p. 53.Google Scholar

page 107 note 2 See “The Old Red Sandstone of Western Europe”—Trans. Roy. Soc. of Edinburgh, vol. xxviii; and “Text Book of Geology.”

page 110 note 1 “Scenery of Scotland,” 2nd edition, p. 141.Google Scholar

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