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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (13204607575).jpg 148 <br> DK H HICKS ON THE METAMOEPHIC AND <br> any supposition of their being higher beds of sandstones and quartz- <br> ites reposing upon a lower quartzite-and-limestone series must be <br> entirely cast aside These rocks will be further referred to when <br> describing the areas of Achnashellach and Strathcarron <br> Continuing the section eastward of Loch Coulan still in some- <br> what broken ground we come upon a series of rocks entirely unlike <br> those referred to as the Glen-Docherty series As the road private <br> road belonging to Lord AYolverton leading to Achnashellach crosses <br> the ridge the mica-schists described in the Appendix note no 6 are <br> found The general dip is to the W W ; but here t ey are consider- <br> ably contorted and a dip to the S E is soon afterwards recognized <br> for a short distance in the same rocks In descending towards <br> Achnashellach the rocks no 7 are met with and apparently as <br> belonging to the same series as the above though the evidence of <br> this is not quite certain As we approach towards the station <br> undoubted old rocks of the type described under no 9 aud a reddish <br> felspathic group not unlike the old rocks of the Logan valley appear <br> On the roadside immediately to the west of the station Torridon <br> Sandstone is found faulted against this old rock <br> 5 Achnashellach and Strathcarron fig 2 <br> In the gorge of the river in the private grounds of Achnashellach <br> Lodge an excellent section of the quartzite series is exposed <br> Towards Loch Doule the beds dip at an angle of about 45° to the <br> S E evidently as the effect of the main fault in the Loch-Doule <br> vaJley A moderatelv high dip prevails also for a considerable <br> distance up the valley leading to Loch Cony Lair and the quartzite <br> Eu <br> 2 ” Section across the Carron Valley between Loch Doule and <br> Loch Carron Scale J inch to 1 mile <br> N N -W <br> S S E <br> Branch of <br> Attadale Eiver <br> c Gairloch and Een-Eyn Series <br> d Torridon Sandstone <br> e Limestone Series <br> Quartz Eock <br> series is seen as if resting almost conformably upon the Torridon <br> Sandstone The latter is passed over at the highest point between <br> Achnashellach and Loch Corry Lair and the succession is to be clearly <br> made out in the mountains to the N and S of the pass The moun- <br> tains to the west of this lake also seem wholly made up of Torridon <br> Sandstone capped with quartzite That these are true Torridon <br> Sandstones and not subordinate bands in the quartzite series is <br> perfectly clear to any one who has seen the succession on the <br> Torridon shores The thickness also is very great evidently several 36928733 113681 51125 Page 148 Text 39 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36928733 1883 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 39 1883 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36928733 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36928733 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-03-16 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/13204607575 2015-08-26 13 50 52 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1883 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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