THANK YOU!!!
The photo was taken from the south side of Loch Scridain, along the A849. The
headland is the Ardmeanach Peninsula. I would have been nice to read this
before going to Mull, except that I think with too much pre-knowlege, big
pictures are lost in the search for micro-stuff. When we go back, however, I
will be adequately armed.
For example, I was drawn to the big rocky knob on Iona, shown in the image
below. I didn't know what it was, but I liked it. Had I known it was a remnant
of the 2500 million year old Lewisian Gneiss, I would have wet my pants, and
probably done something foolish, such as insist we take the ferry to Iona, even
though because of weather, Cal-Mac had posted a sign saying they couldn't
guarantee return passage.
http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=9200
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Oct 27, 2013, at 1:58 PM, Brian Gray wrote:
> [1]http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/geology/mull%20geology.pdf
> Bob and Chris have been discussing the geology underlying one of Bob
> Whitmire's recent pictures. If they look at page 6 of the above .pdf
> about the geology of Mull and Iona, I believe they will see the same
> piece of geology along with a geologist's explanation. As I understand
> it, the steps are a consequence of successive weathered lava flows. My
> wife, who is an amateur geologist found the reference when she felt
> that the features were not 'striations'.
> Brian Gray
>
> References
>
> 1. http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/geology/mull%20geology.pdf
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