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13th April 2007, Friday |
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GIRVAN - Kennedy's Pass
Tour:
Self |
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Weather:
Hot and sunny,
but poor visibility |
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Spilitic pillow
lavas of the upper part of the Ballantrae Complex, exposed 200
metres south of Kennedy's Pass. |
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The Kilranny
Conglomerate exposed at Kennedy's Pass. It contains clasts,
large and small, of extrusive and of intrusive rocks including a
pink granite (left of centre, top). The matrix is dark grey.
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Henderson's
Unconformity - an eroded surface of the Kilranny Conglomerate
(right) has been progressively channel filled by the thin,
fine-grained beds of the Ardwell Flags (left and top). |
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Typical Ardwell
Flags, a rapid alternation of fine sandstones and thin, grey
mudstones. The cascade folding may be related to Caledonian
movements, or may due to slumping soon after deposition. |
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Near vertical,
often over-folded Ardwell Flags, extending from Kennedy's Pass in
the distance. |
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Near vertical
rocks of the Lower Whitehouse group, on headland just north of
Ardwell Farm. |
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