单词 | torridon |
释义 | Torridonn. Geology. Used attributively to designate Torridonian rocks (see Torridonian adj.), which are well exposed at Loch Torridon. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > stratigraphic units > [adjective] > pre-Cambrian > specific Huronian1854 Lewisian1859 Archaean1872 Torridon1873 Keweenawan1876 Pebidian1877 Malvernian1879 Longmyndian1887 Torridonian1893 Moinian1938 Laxfordian1950 1873 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 29 334 The lowest conglomerate bed of the Torridon sandstone is seen in fine section in a cliff north-west of Brochel castle. 1893 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 3) 706 The Torridon sandstone has been shorn from the mass of these formations below ground. 1896 J. W. Judd Student's Lyell xxviii. 435/1 The Torridon Sandstone or Torridonian. 1930 B. N. Peach & J. Horne Chapters Geol. Scotl. iii. 83 The various groups of Torridon Sandstone are not equally developed along the belt from Cape Wrath to Skye. 1963 D. W. Humphries & E. E. Humphries tr. H. Termier & G. Termier Erosion & Sedimentation i. 7 In this field the studies of British scientists..extend over rocks of all ages back to the Torridon Sandstone (Precambrian). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1873 |
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