Proterra - Oct 31, 2008 10:10 am - Voted 10/10
Would be good if the legend was readable...Yellow; Proterozoic Moine schists and psammites
Light green; Proterozoic Dalradian schists and psammites
Purple-blueish (South); Silurian and Ordovician sand- and mudstones
Light Blue; Carboniferous sand-, mud-, and Limestones as well as coal
Orange; Devonian Sandstones
Magenta; Carboniferous Lavas
Red; pre-Carboniferous granites, as well as pre-Devonian Gabbros (Cairngorms)
Pink; Archaean Lewisian gneisses (VERY OLD rocks!!!)
Army-green; Proterozoic Torridonian sandstones
Brownish (Skye and Mull) Tertiary lavas
Nanuls - Oct 31, 2008 10:13 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Would be good if the legend was readable...You're quite right, thanks for the info.
Proterra - Oct 31, 2008 10:12 am - Voted 10/10
Also;The tops of the Nevis Range (>700-900 metres) consist of Andesite, which is not on this map
Nanuls - Oct 31, 2008 10:43 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Also;Well... it does say simplified, I expect if you really looked into it there would be a lot more missing too. Cheers for the heads up!
Comments
Post a Comment