Scotland May 24, 1975: Cuillain Complex
Steven Dutch, Professor Emeritus, Natural and Applied Sciences, Universityof Wisconsin - Green Bay
24 May 1975: Cuillain Complex
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Our ride to the Cullains. |
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Somewhere about here is about the last time I saw my Brunton compass. If you find it, mail it to me. |
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The Cullain Complex is a large laccolith related to the early opening of the North Atlantic. Here we see layers of huge pyroxene crystals (5 cm is not uncommon) interbedded with finer-grained dunite. |
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Reddish-weathering olivine in pyroxenite. The flow structures display channels, cross-bedding, and all the features you'd expect to find in a sedimentary rock. |
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