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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
12: Jurassic: Pangaea break-up and birth of the Atlantic Ocean Available to Purchase
Author(s)
Nicol Morton
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Nicol Morton
1
Le Chardon, 180 Chemin Brugiére, 07200 Vogüé, France
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Correspondence: [email protected]
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Martin Smith
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Martin Smith
2
British Geological Survey
, The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh EH14 4AP, UK
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Tom Dodd
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Tom Dodd
2
British Geological Survey
, The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh EH14 4AP, UK
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Elsa Panciroli
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Elsa Panciroli
3
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW, UK
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Tom Randles
Tom Randles
2
British Geological Survey
, The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh EH14 4AP, UK
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- Ammonites
- Ammonoidea
- Atlantic Ocean
- basins
- biozones
- Cephalopoda
- Chordata
- Europe
- extension tectonics
- Faeroe-Shetland Basin
- Great Britain
- Jurassic
- Mesozoic
- Mollusca
- Moray Firth
- North Atlantic
- North Sea
- paleoecology
- paleoenvironment
- paleogeography
- Pangaea
- plate tectonics
- rift zones
- Scotland
- sea-floor spreading
- sedimentary basins
- tectonics
- United Kingdom
- Vertebrata
- Western Europe
- Hebrides Basin
- Bearreraig Sandstone Formation
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