The sedimentary rocks in Holyrood Park were laid down in the late Carboniferous period
True: False:
[Introduction]
The Arthur's Seat vent is older than the Castle Rock vent
True: False:
[Geological History]
The Salisbury Crags sill thins and splits to the North
True: False:
[The Hawse]
Measurement of the palaeomagnetic field in cores from Salisbury Crags shows that, in the lower Carboniferous period, Scotland was close to the equator
True: False:
[Palaeomagnetism]
The sediment rafts at Hutton's section floated upwards in the dolerite magma
True: False:
[Sediment rafts]
The vesicles at the top of the Salisbury Crags sill were caused by trapped carbon dioxide
True: False:
[Vesicles]
James Hutton was the first to recognise that the Earth was formed by Plutonic processes
True: False:
[Hutton's Section]
Spheroidal weathering is caused by water flow along joints
True: False:
[Spheroidal weathering]
The strata in Holyrood Park are tilted 15 degrees to the east-north-east
True: False:
[White sandstone]
Hutton's Rock contains the mineral hematite
True: False:
[Hutton's Rock]
The distorted strata beneath Salisbury Crags prove that it is a lava flow
True: False:
[Distorted strata]
At the contact of the Salisbury Crags dolerite with the underlying sedimentary rock there is a thin glassy chilled margin in the dolerite
True: False:
[Contact details]
The Crag and Tail features were produced by ice flowing eastwards
True: False:
[Crag and Tail]
The fault plane at The Cat's Nick is sloping at about 45 degrees
True: False:
[The Cat's Nick]
The dolerite dyke near to The Cat's Nick is younger than the Salisbury Crags dolerite
True: False:
[Dykes]
The slickensides near the north-eastern end of Salisbury Crags were produced by glaciation
True: False:
[Slickensides]
The desiccation cracks seen in Camstone Quarry were produced by baking of the sediment by the dolerite intrusion
True: False:
[Desiccation Cracks]
The ripple marks in the sabdstones in Camstone Quarry were produced by flowing currents
True: False:
[Ripple Marks]
The beds in Camstone Quarry consist of sandstones and shales
True: False:
[Bedding in Camstone Quarry]
The long row is a lava flow older than the Arthur's Seat vent
True: False:
[The Long Row]
The Lion's Haunch vent agglomerate contains blocks of broken lava
True: False:
[Vent Agglomerate]
Samson's Ribs is a basalt with columnar joints parallel to cooling surfaces
True: False:
[Samson's Ribs]
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