Lower Devonian Rhynie Cherts and hot springs...

["Dr Lyall I. Anderson" <gmi292@xxxxxxxxxx>]

RHYNIE CHERT..........UPDATE...

Summer '97 sees the latest phase of drilling exploration 
at the Lower Devonian epithermal hot springs at Rhynie, 
Scotland by the Dept. of Geology, University of Aberdeen. 
These sinter deposits host the world famous 
Rhynie Cherts with their unique silicified early land 
plants and arthropods.

To date, eight holes have been located in and around the 
Rhynie area, two of which are sited within the bounds of 
the SSSI (Site of Scientific Interest) reserve. One of 
these drilled to 50m pin-pointed the top of the cherts 
and overlying sediments. The other, to a depth of 230m
intercepted basement and yielded important new 
information on the sediments underlying the cherts.

If you would like to be kept up to date on the drilling 
progress, please contact me off list. I hope to have a 
web page on this project up and running soon.

Cheers,

Lyall

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Dr Lyall I. Anderson
Dept. of Geology & Petroleum Geology
Kings College
University of Aberdeen
AB9 2UE

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