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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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17: Scotland's mineral, water and energy resources: building a low-carbon future Available to Purchase
Author(s)
Martin Smith
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Martin Smith
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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Paul Butler
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Paul Butler
2
Water Resources Unit, Scottish Environment Protection Agency
, Angus Smith Building, 6 Parklands Avenue, Eurocentral, Holytown, North Lanarkshire ML1 4WQ, UK
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Martin R. Gillespie
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Martin R. Gillespie
1
British Geological Survey
, The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh EH14 4AP, UK
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R. Stuart Haszeldine
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R. Stuart Haszeldine
3
School of GeoSciences, Edinburgh University
, James Hutton Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FE, UK
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Darren Jones
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Darren Jones
1
British Geological Survey
, The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh EH14 4AP, UK
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Alison A. Monaghan
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Alison A. Monaghan
1
British Geological Survey
, The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh EH14 4AP, UK
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Clive M. Rice
Clive M. Rice
4
School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen
, King's College, Aberdeen AB24 3FX, UK
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Published:August 20, 2024
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Martin Smith, Paul Butler, Martin R. Gillespie, R. Stuart Haszeldine, Darren Jones, Alison A. Monaghan, Clive M. Rice, 2024. "Scotland's mineral, water and energy resources: building a low-carbon future", The Geology of Scotland, Martin Smith, Rob Strachan
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- aggregate
- Atlantic Ocean
- building stone
- carbon dioxide
- carbon sequestration
- climate change
- coal deposits
- construction materials
- crushed stone
- East Shetland Basin
- energy sources
- environmental effects
- Europe
- faults
- fluid flow
- gas storage
- geothermal energy
- gold ores
- Great Britain
- Great Glen Fault
- greenhouse gases
- ground water
- heat flow
- heat storage
- hydroelectric energy
- industrial minerals
- injection
- metal ores
- mineral deposits, genesis
- mineral resources
- Moray Firth
- natural gas
- North Atlantic
- North Sea
- offshore
- oil and gas fields
- oil shale
- onshore
- ore-forming fluids
- petroleum
- production
- quartz veins
- rare earth deposits
- renewable energy
- reservoir rocks
- Scotland
- Scottish Highlands
- sedimentary rocks
- shale gas
- source rocks
- storage
- traps
- United Kingdom
- veins
- Viking Graben
- water resources
- Western Europe
- Rockall Basin
- critical minerals
- Shetland Basin
- unconventional reservoirs
- Captain Sandstone Member
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