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Torridon Geol.|ˈtɒrɪdən|
The name of Loch Torridon on the NW. coast of Scotland, used attrib. to designate Torridonian rocks (see next), which are well exposed there.
1873Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. XXIX. 334 The lowest conglomerate bed of the Torridon sandstone is seen in fine section in a cliff north-west of Brochel castle. 1896[see next]. 1930Peach & Horne Chapters Geol. Scotl. iii. 83 The various groups of Torridon Sandstone are not equally developed along the belt from Cape Wrath to Skye. 1963D. W. & E. E. Humphries tr. Termier's Erosion & Sedimentation i. 7 In this field the studies of British scientists..extend over rocks of all ages back to the Torridon Sandstone (Precambrian). |