Whitesands - Geological Guide for the Geology and Stratification

Geological Guide to Whitesands Bay

(Finely bedded shales) - 2007

(Near vertical layers of shale topped with boulder clay) - 2007

This site is Cambrian in age – Upper Cambrian – Lingula flags

Cambrian 495 - 545 MYA
FORMATIONS AND DEPOSITS	LOCATIONS
Durness Limestone	Ben Suardal
Lingula flags	Whitesands Bay

1:250 000 Geological Map of Whitesands Bay
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