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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12895041495).jpg 1864 <br> BARENESS NORTU-EAST OF SCOTLAND <br> 439 <br> form of Osteolepis Coccosteus and an Acanthodian Coprolites and <br> vegetable remains also occur The grey flaggy sandstones and <br> Fig 4 ” Section from the Nigg to Cambus-Shandivick Ross-shire <br> 10 miles <br> s w n e <br> g f <br> a Footprint-bearing sandstones e <br> b Conglomerates and purple sandstones g <br> c f h Yellow sandstones i <br> d Whitish sandstones with red blotches k <br> d c b a <br> Eed and yellow sandstones <br> Thin corn stone <br> Conglomerates <br> Gneiss <br> shales of Geanies are the equivalents of the Caithness flags and like <br> the latter they contain in the joints asphaltum similar to that which <br> has recently been obtained from the Old Red Sandstone at Mount <br> Gerald near Dingwall but not in such great quantities These <br> equivalents of the Caithness flags measured from the top of the <br> Lower Old Red series to the point where they disappear under strata <br> referable to the Upper Old Red have a thickness of about 350 feet <br> and their dip conforms to the underlying and overlying strata being <br> towards the N W at 25° At Geanies the anticlinal before alluded <br> to is very distinct the strata on the cliff having the usual inclina- <br> tion of the land-rocks while on the shore the beds have a directly <br> opposite dip Here the rocks forming the anticlinal sink and con- <br> sequently newer beds present themselves than those towards the <br> south-west where as before stated the axis rises in vertical position <br> About a mile north-north-east of Geanies Hill at Tarrol the repre- <br> sentatives of the Caithness flags are succeeded by strata appertaining <br> to the higher members of the Old Red formation and consisting of <br> whitish sandstones with red blotches which continue along the coast for <br> about a mile and a half to Rockfield At Tarrol the anticlinal makes <br> a turn to the east for a short distance but soon assumes its original <br> course From Rockfield to Ballone Castle the same rock occurs and <br> in this interval a slight roll is seen in the rocks on the coast <br> A short distance north-north-east of Ballone Castle the strata on <br> the shore consist of similar sandstones with flexures in them ; and <br> about half a mile beyond Ballone Castle in the cliffs reddish shales <br> reposing upon sandstone and supporting white cherty strata having <br> the normal north-west dip are seen These shales are in some <br> spots greenish white in colour like those immediately overlying the <br> reptiliferous sandstones of Lossiemouth <br> The surfaces of the flags associated with these shales are marked <br> Quart Journ Geol Soc vol xix p 522 36089708 111261 51125 Page 439 Text v 20 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36089708 1864 Geological Society of London NameFound Coccosteus NameConfirmed Coccosteus EOLID 4655829 NameBankID 4120354 NameFound Osteolepis NameConfirmed Osteolepis EOLID 13230688 NameBankID 4271975 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 20 1864 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36089708 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36089708 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-03-03 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12895041495 2015-08-26 16 51 13 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1864 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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