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Scotland has also had a role to play in many significant discoveries such as plate tectonics and the development of theories about the formation of rocks, and was the home of important figures in the development of the science including James Hutton (the "father of modern geology"), [2] Hugh Miller and Archibald Geikie. [3]
The Acklington Dyke is an igneous intrusion which extends from northwest of Hawick in southern Scotland east-southeastwards through the Borders region towards the North Sea coast of Northumberland in northern England.The dyke is associated with volcanism which took place at the Isle of Mull igneous centre in western Scotland during the early Palaeogene Period at a time of regional crustal ...
The Geology of the Lothians and south east Scotland: an excursion guide. [12] This is a guide for those wanting to explore the geology of the Southern Uplands. It suggests several excursions and provides background information. The 1785 abstract of James Hutton's theory of the earth [13] This restless earth [14]
British Regional Geology. The Grampian Highlands (4 ed.). Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London: British Geological Survey. Trewin, N. H., ed. (2002). The Geology of Scotland. The Geological Society, London. Wilson, Tuzo (14 July 1962). "Cabot Fault, An Appalachian Equivalent of the San Andreas and Great Glen Faults and some Implications for ...
The Inverclyde Group is a Carboniferous lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in southern Scotland and northernmost England. The name is derived from Inverclyde. The rocks of the Inverclyde Group have also previously been referred to as the Cementstone Group and Stirling Group.
The Southern Highland Group is a sequence of metamorphosed Neoproterozoic sedimentary rocks that outcrop across the Central Highlands of Scotland, east of the Great Glen.It forms the uppermost/youngest part of the Dalradian Supergroup and is divided into two formations.
British Regional Geology: The South of Scotland (3rd edn) British Geological Survey, Nottingham (BGS:BRG6). Full text of second edition (1948) available at the Internet Archive. Stone et al. 2012. British Regional Geology: South of Scotland (Fourth edn) British Geological Survey, Nottingham (BGS:BRG6ednIV)
The lithology of this subgroup varies across Scotland but is dominantly limestone though this is replaced in the east by psammite and quartzite. Lavas and pelites are seen around Tayvallich in Knapdale, after which area the subgroup is named, where it consists of the Tayvallich Slate and Limestone Formation and the overlying Tayvallich Volcanic ...