SCOTLAND’S EAST COAST

Segment 24

Locality 93 - St. Catherine's Dub

NK 0430 2866   ///bucked.lads.downs
Neoproterozoic Collieston Fm. Prograding metaclastics originally thought to have beed deposited by deep marine turbidity currents … or are they shallow marine?

Locality 94 - Sandy Haven

NK 0849 3358   ///inkjet.perfumes.quest
Neoproterozoic Collieston Fm. and Peterhead Pluton.  The boundary between the distinctive red Peterhead Granite and brecciated and hornfelsed metamorphics.

Locality 95 - Dunbuy Rock

NK 1077 3719  ///charts.unusable.inches
Silurian Peterhead Pluton.  Magnificent arch developed by weathering along major joints and fractures in this pink granite.

Locality 96 - Buchanhaven

NK 1306 4702   ///interrupt.alert.lollipop
Silurian Peterhead Pluton.  Silica rich igneous rocks; coarse, fine, weathered, fresh, fractured, jointed and injected … all in different shades of red and pink.