A sandstone dyke near Queensferry, West Lothian
- 1 January 1957
- journal article
- Published by Geological Society of London in Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society
- Vol. 17 (1) , 54-59
- https://doi.org/10.1144/transed.17.1.54
Abstract
The petrology and field relationships of a sandstone dyke are discussed with reference to its origin. It is concluded that the dyke was probably intruded from below during Oil-Shale Group times by a combination of earthquake fissuring and thixotropic effects.Keywords
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