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The Glacial Till of Fair Isle, Shetland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Derek Flinn
Derek Flinn
Affiliation:
The Jane Herdman Laboratories of Geology, University of Liverpool, Brownlow Street, P.O. Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX.
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Summary

Reddish-brown glacial till containing millet seed sand grains occurs on Fair Isle, Shetland. Both the colour and the millet seed grains may have come from Permo-Triassic sandstones on the sea floor in the neighbourhood of Fair Isle, since the Devonian rocks of the area are not often red and do not give rise to till containing millet seed grains.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 107 , Issue 3 , May 1970 , pp. 273 - 276
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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