Twitter Updates for the 9th of April. (RJ – Robert Jamieson (me), HS – Hazel Scott). Morning spent mapping a transect across the entire Carboniferous at Corrie, afternoon spent touring the Distillery and Brewery.
7:42 AM Apr 9th : In the field from 8:30 this morning to avoid the tides. Brutally early start. – RJ
11:09 AM Apr 9th : Tide coming in quickly. Exposures being hidden unfortunately. Finely lam. Sandstones. Found crinoid fossils – HS
10:31 AM Apr 9th : Looking at a very rare palaeo-fulgurite. – RJ
Fossilised Lightning Strike
1:32 PM Apr 9th : Finished early for the day (highly unusual), going for a tour of the brewery and distillery – geologists work hard, and play hard. – RJ
Between the rock outcrops being underwater, horrific weather and being done for the day we all decided a bit of a break was in order. (Inevitably, this was when the weather got better).
3:59 PM Apr 9th : Carlsberg dont do geology field trips, but if they did, it would be Arran ‘09. – HS
Arran Brewery
The fake waterfall at Arran Distillery
The Distillery tour at least mentioned the geology of Arran having an effect on Whisky; so we had some justification for going there rather than working. (Maltman, 2003)
8:25 PM Apr 9th : Completed (rather damp) geological map of Carboniferous rocks around corrie. – RJ
The Carboniferous of Corrie
9:00 PM Apr 9th : Hard at work at 9pm finishing off our geological maps. – RJ
Working downstairs in the Shorehouse
Tags: Arran, Arran09, Carboniferous, Devonian, Geology, Permian