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XXV.—Metamorphism in Relation to Structure in the Scottish Highlands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2012

Gertrude Lilian Elles  and
Cecil Edgar Tilley
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The main object of tho present paper is the consideration of the structure of the Central and S.W. Highlands as shown up by the metamorphic condition of the beds. This metamorphic condition has boon studied over the length and breadth of the country, mapped and deduced from very many outcrops in all districts. Sometimes it was possible to superpose the the details respecting the metamorphism upon the 1-inch maps of the Geological Survey, but in many other cases the areas were mapped upon the 6-inch scale. Naturally this work has taken a long time, for it has necessitated the collection of many thousands of specimens, and nearly 3000 rocks have been sliced and examined, since it is not always possible to define the limits of a metamorphic zone with precision by field work alone, and many rock types were encountered that rendered a more careful study advisable than was possible from the mere examination of a hand specimen.

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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 56 , Issue 3 , 1931 , pp. 621 - 646
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1931

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