1. Geology of Elgol, Isle of Skye, Scotland
(151625,814960)
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Glasgow Edinburgh
Aberdeen
Isle of Skye
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Ellis Evison 200883464 - April 2014 - 57.1337 N, 6.0968W
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Silt
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Sand
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ES
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Notes
CS - Calcareous Sandstone
EM - Elgol Mudstone
ES - Elgol Sandstone
CCM - Community Centre Mudstone
CBS - Cross Bedded Sandstone
Interbedded limestone, muds
and sandstone
Bivalves; highly abundant fossils.
Unit becomes progressively sandier
towards the top, in transition into the
overlying sandstone bed.
Trough cross bedding, quartz veins.
Fine muds, becomes interbedded
with sands at ES contact boundary
Cross bedding on the scale of 10cm
Striations present at 215 degrees
Diplocraterion burrows
Low
High
Sea Level Curve
Chronostratigraphy
Cross Section
Generalised Vertical Section Location Maps
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Sheeted Dyke
Complex
Volcanic
Breccia
Pipe
Multiple
Intrusions
Cross
Bedding
Key
Gradational Geological Boundary
Basalt
Litharenite Sandstone
Craigard Sandstone
Geological Boundary (visible)
Inferred Geological Boundary
Strike and Dip
Peat
Cross Section
MidJurassic
Bathonian
170Ma165Ma