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The Small-scale Structures of South-Eastern Cowal, Argyllshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Basil C. King  and
Nicholas Rast
Basil C. King
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, The University, Glasgow.
Nicholas Rast
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, The University, Glasgow.
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Abstract

Study of the small-scale structures of South-Eastern Cowal provides information about the movement history in an assemblage of grits and slates wherein the original sedimentary structures and textures are discernible. A sequence of folds of both Caledonoid (NE–SW) and cross-fold (NW–SE) axial directions can be recognized, with corresponding successive cleavages or schistosities. In the rocks of higher metamqrphic grade towards the axial region of the Cowal anticline the earlier structures are largely obscured by recrystallization.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 93 , Issue 3 , June 1956 , pp. 185 - 195
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1956

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