Peter L Bowden

@PeterLBowden1
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Retired - Catching up after 35 years out of geology. Caledonides, mylonites, migmatites, metamorphism & pseudotachylite. Arctic Norway, Scotland & Finland.

A #FridayFold from the west coast of the #IsleofLewis.

The dark mafic #OuterHebrides dykes were intruded into the #Lewisian gneiss. The original cross cutting relationship has been brought into near concordance during subsequent #Laxfordian deformation which also generated these folds.

#Defaidodon Benbecula last spring

Day 1 of the #30DayMapChallenge is point data! Iโ€™ve made a webmap showing the locations of itineraries as laid out in the Geological Memoir of Mull, first published in 1924. The localities are as relevant today as they were 100 years ago!

The webmap is based on the map (shown below) I put together for @geologymull and @FaithfullJohn for their fantastic evening that celebrated the centenary of the memoirโ€™s publication in September.

Webmap: https://codepen.io/Rachael-E/pen/wvVXBpo

Mull Memoir Itinerary Locations

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Wooo! Look what's happening in Bunessan next Friday (1st November): a repeat of our #ScottishGeologyFestival talk in Tobermory, this time 55 miles away in the Ross of Mull. #Mull #Geology
I felt this
#FridayFold in #Archaean amphibolites seen on the west coast of the #IsleofLewis.
Tiger stipe camouflage isn't really effective on the west coast of the #IsleofLewis๐Ÿ‘€
Compositional (rhythmic?) banding is preserved locally within an occurrence of #Lewisian "Older Basic Suite" meta-basics/ultrabasics.
#Archaean
Looks like another fine Hebridean morning๐ŸŒ„. Looking east across Broad Bay to Point.
A week ago we were exploring the mainland mountains silhouetted on the horizon๐Ÿ˜
#IsleofLewis #Suiliven #Canisp #Assynt
#FieldtripFriday revisited. In 1975 I visited this unconformity on the north side of Loch Assynt where #Torridonian sandstones and conglomerates overlie #Lewisian gneiss.
I even spotted the ledge I climbed onto to point out the unconformity surface to my classmates.
#Geology
#MinCup24 #Topaz I was lucky enough to hold this chonky Scottish topaz a few years ago - a old-time specimen from the Cairngorms ๐Ÿ˜Š ๐Ÿคฉ #Geology #Mineralogy