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Notes on the Geology of North Rona

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Malcolm Stewart
Affiliation:
Brasenose College, Oxford.

Extract

The island of North Rona bears, on the whole, a close resemblance in structure to the adjacent mainland, with certain distinct minor differences.

The evidence shows that the island probably came under the influences of the quaternary ice, as was suggested by Geikie.

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1932

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