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Geological Society, London, Geology of Series
The Geology of Scotland
Editor(s)
Rob Strachan
Rob Strachan
2
University of Portsmouth
, UK
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© 2024 The Author(s). Published by The Geological Society of London. All rights reserved
© 2024 The Author(s)
ISBN electronic:
9781786206893
ISBN print:
9781786206138
Publication date:
August 20, 2024
The Geology of Scotland is a fully revised and updated key text celebrating Scotland's onshore and offshore geology. It provides a modern review of advances in our understanding over the last two decades of academic and applied research. The volume is broad based, aimed at undergraduates, academic- and industry-based geoscientists, policy makers and amateur geologists.
Book Chapter
2: Milestones in the history of Scottish geology
Author(s)
Duncan Hawley
;
Duncan Hawley
1
History of Geology Group
, Blates Mill, Laurieston
, Castle Douglas DG7 2NB, UK
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Tom Sharpe
Tom Sharpe
2
History of Geology Group
, 4 Abbey Mains Cottages, Abbey Mains, Haddington, East Lothian
EH41 ESB, UK
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Published:August 20, 2024
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- ancient ice ages
- Carboniferous
- Chordata
- Edinburgh Scotland
- Europe
- fish
- fossil localities
- glaciation
- government agencies
- Great Britain
- historical documents
- history
- Hutton, James
- ichnofossils
- mapping
- Old Red Sandstone
- Paleozoic
- Plantae
- Reptilia
- Scotland
- Scottish Highlands
- Scottish Northern Highlands
- Southern Uplands
- stratigraphic units
- survey organizations
- surveys
- tectonics
- Tetrapoda
- tracks
- United Kingdom
- Vertebrata
- Western Europe
- Rhynie Chert
- Jameson, Robert
- Elgin Scotland
- Dumfriesshire Scotland
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