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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rocks_near_Claddach_bay_-_geograph.org.uk_-_565909.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Rocks_near_Claddach_bay_-_geograph.org.uk_-_565909.jpg/260px-Rocks_near_Claddach_bay_-_geograph.org.uk_-_565909.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Rocks_near_Claddach_bay_-_geograph.org.uk_-_565909.jpg/390px-Rocks_near_Claddach_bay_-_geograph.org.uk_-_565909.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Rocks_near_Claddach_bay_-_geograph.org.uk_-_565909.jpg/520px-Rocks_near_Claddach_bay_-_geograph.org.uk_-_565909.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Rocks of the Rhinns complex at Claddach bay on the southernmost tip of the Rhinns of Islay</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Islay_Geology.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Islay_Geology.png/220px-Islay_Geology.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Islay_Geology.png/330px-Islay_Geology.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Islay_Geology.png/440px-Islay_Geology.png 2x" data-file-width="747" data-file-height="917" /></a><figcaption>Geological map of Islay</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Rhinns complex</b> is a deformed <a href="/wiki/Palaeoproterozoic" class="mw-redirect" title="Palaeoproterozoic">Palaeoproterozoic</a> <a href="/wiki/Igneous_rock" title="Igneous rock">igneous complex</a> that is considered to form the <a href="/wiki/Basement_(geology)" title="Basement (geology)">basement</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Colonsay_Group" title="Colonsay Group">Colonsay 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The largest outcrop of the complex is on the <a href="/wiki/Rhinns_of_Islay" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhinns of Islay">Rhinns of Islay</a>, from where the complex gets its name. It has also been recognised in three other <a href="/wiki/Inliers_and_outliers_(geology)" title="Inliers and outliers (geology)">inliers</a> extending to the southwest as far as <a href="/wiki/Inishtrahull" title="Inishtrahull">Inishtrahull</a>, off the north coast of <a href="/wiki/County_Donegal" title="County Donegal">County Donegal</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Distribution">Distribution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhinns_complex&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Distribution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Rhinns complex has been recognised in a series of four outcrops that form inliers within younger cover sequences of the <a href="/wiki/Dalradian" title="Dalradian">Dalradian Supergroup</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Colonsay_Group" title="Colonsay Group">Colonsay Group</a>. The most easterly of these exposures is on the islands of Colonsay, where the complex consists of strongly <a href="/wiki/Metamorphism#Prograde_and_retrograde" title="Metamorphism">retrogressed</a> <a href="/wiki/Gneiss#Types" title="Gneiss">orthogneisses</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Muir_1994_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Muir_1994-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although the correlation of this outcrop with the Rhinns complex has been questioned on the basis of new <a href="/wiki/Radiometric_dating" title="Radiometric dating">radiometric dating</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hafnium" title="Hafnium">Hf</a> isotope analyses.<sup id="cite_ref-Daly_2009_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daly_2009-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the Rhinns of Islay, gneisses of the Rhinns complex lie unconformably beneath the Colonsay Group, which is correlated with the Dalradian Supergroup. The gneisses on Islay consist of two main types, a dominant medium to coarse-grained <a href="/wiki/Syenite" title="Syenite">syenitic</a> gneiss, which is cut by large intrusions of <a href="/wiki/Gabbro" title="Gabbro">gabbro</a> (now deformed). Between Islay and Inishtrahull, a third submarine outcrop has been recognised from dredged seabed samples and geophysical data. The final outcrop is on the island of Inishtrahull, which has similar <a href="/wiki/Lithology" title="Lithology">lithologies</a> to that on the Rhinns of Islay.<sup id="cite_ref-Muir_1994_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Muir_1994-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Formation">Formation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhinns_complex&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Rhinns complex consists of a set of Palaeoproterozoic igneous rocks that were intruded about 1.78 Ga (billions of years ago). They had been metamorphosed by 1.71 Ga. The overall chemistry of the rocks is consistent with magmatism associated with an Andean type subduction complex.<sup id="cite_ref-Daly_1991_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daly_1991-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhinns_complex&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Muir_1994-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Muir_1994_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Muir_1994_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMuirFitches_W.R.Maltman_A.J.Bentley_M.R.1994" class="citation book cs1">Muir, R.J.; Fitches W.R.; Maltman A.J.; Bentley M.R. 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