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  PROP. 
  C. 
  LAP 
  WORTH 
  ON 
  THE 
  GTRVAN 
  SUCCESSION. 
  

  

  Pig. 
  12. 
  — 
  Plan 
  of 
  the 
  Faulted 
  Area 
  of 
  Kennedy's 
  Pass. 
  

  

  S.W. 
  N.E. 
  

  

  CrtU 
  starts 
  tut 
  a! 
  

   Ccnylimeraict 
  

  

  /unaltered./ 
  --T 
  

  

  Girvan 
  rocks 
  :- 
  

  

  B 
  1 
  . 
  Graptolitic 
  shales 
  and 
  flagstones 
  of 
  Ardwell. 
  

  

  Bx. 
  Green 
  flagstones, 
  shales, 
  and 
  conglomerates, 
  non-fossiliferous. 
  

  

  Ac. 
  Benan 
  Conglomerate. 
  

  

  Ax. 
  Basal 
  Conglomerate 
  of 
  Kennedy's 
  Pass. 
  

   Ballantrac 
  rocks 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  x. 
  Ashes 
  and 
  breccias, 
  igneous 
  rocks, 
  amygdaloidal 
  traps, 
  &c. 
  

  

  y. 
  Band 
  of 
  altered 
  limestone 
  and 
  calcareous 
  breccia. 
  

   //. 
  Faults. 
  B 
  B. 
  Basaltic 
  dykes. 
  

  

  is 
  laid 
  open 
  to 
  view 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  its 
  most 
  typical 
  forms. 
  The 
  matrix 
  of 
  

   the 
  basal 
  division 
  is 
  finer 
  and 
  altogether 
  less 
  calcareous 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  

   interior 
  districts, 
  while 
  the 
  pebbles 
  are 
  generally 
  smaller 
  and 
  by 
  no 
  

   means 
  so 
  numerous 
  ; 
  but 
  in 
  all 
  its 
  essential 
  features 
  the 
  mass 
  cut 
  

   through 
  by 
  the 
  roadway 
  reminds 
  us 
  of 
  the 
  ashy 
  Basal 
  Conglomerate 
  

   of 
  Millenderdale 
  and 
  the 
  Stinchar, 
  while 
  that 
  which 
  occurs 
  upon 
  

   the 
  ridge 
  above 
  is 
  identical 
  with 
  our 
  typical 
  conglomerate 
  of 
  Benan 
  

   Hill 
  and 
  Auch 
  ensoul. 
  

  

  (d) 
  Desertion 
  of 
  the 
  Fossiliferous 
  Exposures 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  

   Girvan 
  Valley. 
  

  

  1. 
  Craighead 
  Quarries. 
  — 
  Next 
  to 
  our 
  typical 
  exposure 
  of 
  the 
  

   calcareous 
  series 
  in 
  Benan 
  Burn 
  and 
  Auchensoul 
  in 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  

   the 
  Stinchar, 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  exhibition 
  of 
  the 
  Stinchar 
  

   Limestone 
  is 
  that 
  afforded 
  us 
  in 
  the 
  great 
  lime-quarries 
  of 
  Craighead 
  

   on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Girvan. 
  These 
  quarries 
  are 
  

  

  