ISBN: | 978-5-5082-4849-9 |
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In geology, Torridonian describes a series of Neoproterozoic arenaceous sedimentary rocks, extensively developed in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, and particularly in the district of upper Loch Torridon, a circumstance which suggested the name Torridon Sandstone, first applied to these rocks by James Nicol. They lie unconformably on gneisses of the Lewisian complex and their outcrop is restricted to the Hebridean Terrane.