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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.
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9: Old Red Sandstone: continental sedimentation on the eroding Caledonian Orogen Available to Purchase
Author(s)
John E. A. Marshall
John E. A. Marshall
1
School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton
, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- Atlantic Ocean Islands
- biodiversity
- Caithness Scotland
- Caledonian Orogeny
- Carboniferous
- continental margin sedimentation
- Devonian
- erosion
- Europe
- Fair Isle
- fossil localities
- Great Britain
- Great Glen Fault
- Highland region Scotland
- Midland Valley
- mineral composition
- Moray Firth
- Old Red Sandstone
- Orcadian Basin
- Orkney Islands
- paleogeography
- Paleozoic
- preservation
- provenance
- Scotland
- sediment transport
- sedimentation
- Shetland Islands
- Southern Uplands
- stratigraphic boundary
- stratigraphic units
- terranes
- terrestrial environment
- transport
- unconformities
- United Kingdom
- Western Europe
- Rhynie Chert
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