Identifier: ordnancegazette03groo (find matches)
Title: Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical and historical
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Groome, Francis Hindes, 1851-1902
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Publisher: London : W. Mackenzie
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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e and Green Table, the shales, grits, andlimestones just described are succeeded by light-colouredsandstones, becoming ferruginous in places which as yethave not yielded any fossils. According to Professor Judd,these sandstones form the highest beds found in situ ofthe Secondary formations on the E coast of Scotland. During the glacial period, the ice radiated from thehigh grounds of Sutherland in different directions.Along the W coast the general trend of the ice mark-ings is towards the KW ; on the N coast the directionvaries from N to NNW ; while on the E side of thewatershed the striae point towards the Moray Firth.Amongst the glacial deposits, the enormous development,of moraines claims special notice. It is interesting toobserve the relics of these ancient glaciers along themargin of the 50-feet beach at various points in thecounty, thus clearly indicating the existence of glacialconditions in comparatively recent geological time. Economic Minerals.—The bed of limestone in the
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