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Describes the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Edinburgh. Includes information on the history of the department, academic programs, faculty, research activities, facilities, services, lectures, seminars, social events, course information and links to other sites.
Describes the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Edinburgh. Includes links to information on the history of the department, academic programs, faculty, research activities, facilities, services, lectures, seminars, social events, course information and links to other sites.
This 4th edition of The Geology of Scotland is greatly expanded from the previous edition with 34 authors contributing to 20 chapters. A new format has been adopted to provide a different perspective on the geology of Scotland. A brief introduction is followed by a chapter outlining some of the important historical aspects that in the 19th century placed Scottish geologists in the forefront of a new science. Scotland is constructed from a number of terranes that finally combined in roughly their present positions prior to about 410 million years ago. Thus the geology of each terrane is described up the time of amalgamation, providing chapters on the Southern Uplands, Midland Valley, Highland...
This text assumes no prior knowledge of geology and provides an introduction to the science and the place of geology in the world we live in. It covers of all aspects of geology, starting with a broad view of the Earth as a planet, and developing all the major themes of contemporary geology.
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