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- The Torridonian is the informal name given to a sequence of Mesoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic sedimentary rocks that outcrop in a strip along the northwestern...
- of the Lewisian complex, unconformably overlain by the Neoproterozoic Torridonian sediments, which in turn are unconformably overlain by a sequence of...
- Thrust also marks the base of the Moine Thrust Belt bringing mainly Torridonian sandstones over foreland Cambrian-Ordovician limestones and quartzites...
- possibly related to the Grenville Orogeny, within a foreland basin. Torridonian  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication...
- Accretionary lapilli in the Mesoproterozoic Stac Fada Member of the Torridonian, of probable impact origin...
- Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The peak displays a rocky crest of Torridonian sandstone, with many pinnacles and steep gullies. The ridge was exposed...
- cultural heritage. The geology of Wester Ross consists predominantly of Torridonian sandstone and Lewisian gneiss. The latter was formed during the Precambrian...
- considered Munros. These are mainly made of a type of sandstone, known as Torridonian sandstone (see Geology of Great Britain), which over time has become...
- Eilean Shannda as "island at the sandy river". Handa is composed of Torridonian red sandstone and surrounded by cliffs covered with birds. In the north...
- The Old Man of Stoer is a 60-metre-high (200 ft) sea stack of Torridonian sandstone in Sutherland, Scotland, close to the villages of Culkein and Stoer...