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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 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 tension associated with the opening of the north Atlantic Ocean and which resulted in the intrusion of innumerable dykes. The Cleveland Dyke has been dated to 55.8+/- 0.9 Ma.
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 ...
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 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]
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.
Geology museums in Scotland (2 P) H. Geology of Highland (council area) (4 P) Highland Boundary Fault (2 C, 36 P) M. Mines in Scotland (6 C, 7 P) Mining in Scotland ...
The strata must dip down from west to east, he thought, so at any particular elevation the rocks towards the east were younger than those to the west and so, he assumed, the schist and gneiss of the north of Scotland were Silurian sediments above a basement. [20] James Nicol. James Nicol, professor of geology at Aberdeen University disagreed.