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    The Elgol Sandstone Formation is a geological formation in Scotland, part of the Great Estuarine Group. It spans the transition between the Bajocian and...
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    Great Estuarine Group (category Geologic formations of Scotland)
    'Cullaidh Shale Formation'. Overlying this is the 'Elgol Sandstone Formation', the type locality of which is to be found at the village of Elgol on Skye. These...
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    Bearreraig Sandstone Formation followed by Middle Jurassic Great Estuarine Group, comprising the Cullaidh Shale Formation, Elgol Sandstone Formation, Lealt...
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    The Lealt Shale Formation is a Middle Jurassic geologic formation in Scotland. Fossil ornithopod , theropod and stegosaur tracks, a theropod dinosaur...
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    The Cullaidh Shale Formation is a geological formation in Scotland, and the lowermost unit of the Great Estuarine Group. It is Bajocian in age. The lithology...
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    Tafoni (category Rock formations)
    Antarctica Tafoni formation in the mountains near San Francisco. Tafoni in sandstone, Südpfalz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Tafoni at Elgol, Isle of Skye Tafoni...
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    R.M., 2009. Sandstone Landforms. Cambridge Univ. Press, 304 pp., Cambridge. Gill, E.D., 1981. Rapid honeycomb weathering (tafoni formation) in greywacke...
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