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Geological Magazine; March 2005; v. 142; no. 2; p. 209-215; DOI: 10.1017/S0016756805000427
© 2005 Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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Tephra-fall deposits in the Sleat Group (Torridonian), Isle of Skye, Scotland

R. A. BATCHELOR*

School of Geography & Geosciences, University of St Andrews, Irvine Building, North Street, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9AL, UK

* E-mail: rab{at}st-andrews.ac.uk

Tephra-fall deposits in the Late Mesoproterozoic Sleat Group (Torridonian) from Skye, Scotland, are described for the first time. Two individual beds occur within the Loch na Dal Formation which represents sedimentation in a shallow marine environment. Each bed has a distinctive brown, crumbly, amorphous appearance in the field and has sharp contacts with its host metasediment. This unique lithology is identical to that of albitic schists described recently from the Southern Highland Group, Dalradian Supergroup, which were identified as air-fall tuffs.

Key Words: Isle of Skye • tephra • Torridonian • tuffs • volcanic ash




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