Greenhill dyke, Lochgreen, High Bonnybridge

Object detail

Department

Photo

Maker

Thomas McInnes

Production date

24 Aug 1978

Subject place

Lochgreen/Bonnybridge/Denny area

Subject notes

The dyke is of quartz dolerite dating from the Carboniferous period. Dykes are formed of igneous rock which was intruded into the vertical joints of older sedimentary rocks. As the dyke is harder than the sedimentary rock it has been left prominent following erosion of the surrounding rock by glaciers.

see locality field card.

Accession number

P04188

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dyke quartz dolerite igneous rock Geology

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