Abstract
Lower Palaeozoic successions in the Southern Uplands are much thicker than previously supposed and sedimentation may have lasted well into Ludlow times. Volcanic rocks are Arenig and Glenkiln in age and are often interbedded with greywackes and shales. Lapworth's concept of the structure as an anticlinorium and a synclinorium is rejected and it is suggested that the rocks have been folded into a series of compound monoclines which face north-westwards. These are probably cut by strike faults which bring up the older beds to the north.
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Die altpaläozoischen Schichtfolgen in den Südlichen Hochlanden sind viel mächtiger, als bisher angenommen wurde, und die Ablagerung kann bis ins Ludlow gereicht haben. Vulkanite haben Arenig- und Glenkiln-Alter; sie wechsellagern oft mit Grauwacken und Tonschiefern.Lapworths Vorstellung, der tektonische Bau sei ein Antiklinorium und ein Synklinorium, wird bestritten. Es wird angenommen, daß die Gesteine zu zusammengesetzten Monoklinen gefaltet wurden, deren steile Flügel nordwestwärts weisen. Sie werden wahrscheinlich durch streichende Verwerfungen zerschnitten, die die älteren Schichten im Norden herausheben.
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Walton, E.K. Some aspects of the succession and structure in the lower palaeozoic rocks of the southern uplands of scotland. Geol Rundsch 50, 63–77 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01786828
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