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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (13204752175).jpg ROCKS OF THE NORTHERN HIGHLANDS 365 <br> 2 Section along the road from Ullapool to the S E <br> Near the hotel the Torridon is succeeded by the Quartzite dipping <br> E N E at 15° and conformably overlain by Brown Flags and the <br> quartzite which holds the place of the Salter -ella-zone At the bridge <br> and fall red sandstone un distinguishable from the Torridon suddenly <br> comes in ; and close by is a small exposure of dolomite with a dip of <br> 10-15° to E N E As the place of the latter is on the high ground <br> 200 or 300 feet above there must here be both a faulting-up of the <br> Torridon and a faulting-down of the dolomite Torridon then re- <br> appears overhanging the road for some distance and is overlain by <br> quartzite the relations between the two being obscure owing to the <br> absence of clear bedding The quartzite is apparently overlain by <br> the Caledonian <br> This section differs materially from the preceding though they are <br> drawn along lines which diverge from each other not more than <br> 200 or 300 yards at the maximum The level of the present section <br> however is about 100 feet higher The Hebridean though con- <br> spicuous on the shore close at hand does not appear ; and there are <br> no signs of the inversion of the Torridon on the Quartzite The <br> Dolomite which on the received hypothesis should intervene be- <br> tween the Quartzite and the Caledonian is also wanting in its proper <br> place <br> 3 Section from Ullapool to the E S E fig 1 <br> This section starts from the same point as the last but keeps the <br> top of the slope above the road Passing over the Torridon Quartzite <br> Brown Elags and /SVtZ r Z/a-quartzite we come to the Dolomite <br> which rises in dip and to the east is suddenly contorted for a <br> breadth of about twenty yards into a regular series of sharp folds <br> having evidently been crumpled up against the Hebridean which <br> appears near at hand Beyond the Hebridean we soon reach <br> grey th n-bedded gneiss Caledonian with undulating and unde- <br> cided dips <br> Fig 1 ” Section from Ullapool to the E SE <br> W N W / / E S E <br> For explanation of the letters c c see Synopsis of formations p 355 <br> // Faults <br> Following the Dolomite and Hebridean respectively along the <br> strike to the N N W the broken nature of the ground becomes very <br> evident The Dolomite every now and then suddenly disappears 36928972 113681 51125 Page 365 Text 39 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36928972 1883 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 39 1883 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36928972 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36928972 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-03-16 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/13204752175 2015-08-26 12 52 02 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1883 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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