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Description: | Newton Point, Lochranza, Arran, (North Ayrshire), Scotland *loose*, block on shore, ex basal calcrete of Kinnesswood Formation, Carboniferous (Lower) Interesting specimen. From James Hutton's original unconformity, found in 1787. This loose block is from the lower part of the massive calcrete layer which "overprints" the contact between the Kinnesswood Formation sandstones and conglomerates, and the underlying Dalradian schists. Because the calcrete layer looks at first sight like a normal sedimentary bed, Hutton and most subsequent geologists did not realise that the base of the calcrete was originally part of the Dalradian rocks below the unconformity. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SEDPETSECDCONCR : CARBONATE : ROCK : MINERAL : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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