Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Edward William Binney
- Reference:GB 237 Coll-74/11/8/52
- Dates of Creation:17 March 1865
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- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:1 letter
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Edward William Binney reporting on permian rocks which he has seen. He says that there are displays of plutonic action. He says that the green earths and red oxides observed are the result of volcanic action in water. He continues with some detailed observations of rock formations found in Ayrshire and a report of fossil trees found at Laggan Bay on the Isle of Arran.
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Sarah Higgins 21 June 2001
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