The Geology of the Stirling District (explanation of One-inch Geological Sheet 39)A detailed account of the geology shown on the complementary 1: 50 000 (or earlier 1: 63 360) geological map(s). |
Contents
DALRADIAN AND SUPPOSED ARENIG ROCKS | 7 |
Lower DIVISION | 24 |
UPPER DIVISION | 65 |
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andesite argillaceous augite Bannock Burn basalt base biotite Bore boulder clay Burn NN calcareous Calciferous Sandstone Measures Callander carbonate Carboniferous Carse Clays cementstones chlorite Clackmannan Coalfield coarse-grained Cornstone Beds Craig deposits Devon Dinham and Haldane diorite dolerite Downie's Loup Sandstones Dubh Choirein dyke east exposed exposures feldspar fine-grained Fintry Hills flows Foot Coal ft thick Gargunnock geol geology Glacial Glen grains grey Highland Highland Boundary Fault intrusion Keltie Water lavas Limestone Limestone Group locally Lower Old Red Marine Band Markle basalt mile minerals mudstone mugearites north-east north-west Ochil Fault Ochil Hills Old Red Sandstone olivine outcrop overlain peat pebbles phenocrysts plagioclase porphyrite pseudomorphs purple quarry quartz quartz-dolerite rocks sand and gravel sandy sediments shale sill siltstone silty slaggy south-east Stirling district strata Surv Syncline Teith Formation Tillicoultry trachybasalts tuff Upper Old Red valley volcanic conglomerate west of Stirling