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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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Geological Society of London

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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.
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3: Archean–Paleoproterozoic: formation of the crystalline basement Available to Purchase
Author(s)
Kathryn M. Goodenough
;
Kathryn M. Goodenough
1
British Geological Survey
, The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh EH14 4AP, UK
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Correspondence: [email protected]
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George L. Guice
;
George L. Guice
2
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20560, USA
3
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21210, USA
4
Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences, Towson University
, 8000 York Road, Towson, MD 21252, USA
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Anna F. Bird
;
Anna F. Bird
5
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Hull
, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, UK
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Eddie D. Dempsey
;
Eddie D. Dempsey
5
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Hull
, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, UK
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Hannah S. R. Hughes
;
Hannah S. R. Hughes
6
Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter
, Penryn Campus, Penryn TR10 9FE, UK
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Tim E. Johnson
Tim E. Johnson
7
Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR), School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University
, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- Archean
- Assynt
- Atlantic Ocean
- basement
- crystalline rocks
- deformation
- dike swarms
- Europe
- Faeroe-Shetland Basin
- fault zones
- faults
- felsic composition
- genesis
- gneisses
- Grampian Highlands
- Great Britain
- Harris
- Hebrides
- Highland region Scotland
- igneous rocks
- inliers
- Inner Hebrides
- intrusions
- Inverness-shire Scotland
- Isle of Skye
- Laxfordian
- Lewisian Complex
- mafic composition
- magmas
- Mesoproterozoic
- metamorphic rocks
- metamorphism
- Moine thrust zone
- North Atlantic
- Outer Hebrides
- Paleoproterozoic
- plate tectonics
- plutonic rocks
- Precambrian
- Proterozoic
- Scotland
- Scottish Highlands
- Scourie Scotland
- supracrustals
- Sutherland Scotland
- tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite magmas
- ultramafics
- United Kingdom
- upper Precambrian
- Western Europe
- Loch Maree Group
- Langavat Belt
- Leverburgh Belt
- Uyea Complex
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