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XXII.—The Geology of Ardrossan.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2012

J. D. Falconer
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The town of Ardrossan is built largely upon the 15-feet beach which to the north and south of the promontory is a well-marked terrace of sand and gravel, but on the promontory itself is represented by a rocky shelf rarely exceeding 12 feet in height. The promontory owes its origin to a great extent to the igneous rock of the Castlehill and the Inches, which has offered more resistance to marine denudation than the neighbouring sandstones. The railway to West Kilbride runs for some distance along the 50-feet beach, while the 100-feet beach is represented by an irregular accumulation of sand and gravel some distance inland.

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Research Article
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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , 1907 , pp. 601 - 609
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1907

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References

page 601 note * “The Geology of North Arran,” Mem. Geol. Sur., p. 140.

page 602 note * Not shown on accompanying map, Plate I. (See Geol. Sur. Map, Sheet 22.)

page 603 note * See also Mem. Geol. Sur., Expl. of Sheet 22, p. 9.

page 603 note † Cf. Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain, vol. i. p. 393.

page 603 note ‡ Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain, p. 368.

page 605 note * Cf. “The Tertiary Igneous Rocks of Skye,” Mem. Geol. Sur., p. 69.

page 605 note † Cf. Tertiary Igneous Rocks of Skye, pp. 361, 481; Geology of North Arran, pp. 114, 116.

page 606 note * Cf. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., xxxvii, p. 137; xxxix., p. 254.

page 607 note * Tertiary Igneous Rocks of Skye, pp. 75, 90.

page 607 note † Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain, vol. i. pp. 419, 450.

page 607 note ‡ Tertiary Igneous Rocks of Skye, p. 118.

page 608 note * See The Tertiary Igneous Rocks of Skye, p. 246.

page 608 note † Cf. “The Geology of Cowal,” Mem. Geol. Sur., p. 144.