Landscapes in Stone – serie
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Arran
Landscapes in Stone
Av Alan McKirdy
Häftad, 2016
100 kr
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The Isle of Arran dominates the Firth of Clyde. A favourite haunt of holidaymakers, it is also a place of fascination for the geologist, offering a huge variety of rocks that represent a massive slice through geological time.From the ancient bent and buckled strata of Dalradian - a small fragment …
Cairngorms
Landscapes in Stone
Av Alan McKirdy
Häftad, 2017
88 kr
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The geology of the Cairngorms was created on a timeline that stretches back hundreds of millions of years. Much of the land is underlain by granite that formed deep within the Earth's crust and 'surfaced' as the overlying layers of rock were stripped away by ice, wind and water.The bedrock is hard, …
Edinburgh
Landscapes in Stone
Av Alan McKirdy
Häftad, 2017
88 kr
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An ancient and long-extinct volcano lies at the heart of Scotland's capital. It roared into life some 350 million years ago and has been a source of fascination since it was first studied in earnest during the Enlightenment by James Hutton, one of the most significant geologists of all time. Many …
Skye
Landscapes in Stone
Av Alan McKirdy
Häftad, 2016
100 kr
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The Isle of Skye offers a magical combination of wild land and breath-taking natural beauty. Skye's geological history involves some of the most ancient rocks on the planet; a grandstand view as the Highlands of Scotland were formed over 400 million years ago and the development of one of the …
Argyll & the Islands
Landscapes in Stone
Av Alan McKirdy
Häftad, 2017
97 kr
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Argyll and the islands that lie off from the west coast of the Kintyre are some of the most historically resonant places in Scotland. But the rocks beneath tell a story of an even more ancient world that stretches back billions of years.In this book Alan McKirdy explains how much of the ancient …
Northern Highlands
Landscapes in Stone
Av Alan McKirdy
Häftad, 2019
88 kr
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Longlisted for the Highland Book PrizeThe rocks of northern Scotland tell of turbulent events involving continental collisions that unleashed cataclysmic forces, creating a chain of mountains, the remnants of which we see today on both sides of the Atlantic. Geologists from Victorian times onwards …
Central Scotland
Landscapes in Stone
Av Alan McKirdy
Häftad, 2022
97 kr
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The written history and archaeological records of Central Scotland takes us back to Pictish times some 5,000 years ago. The geology of the area stretches back a further 400 million years.The oldest rocks are found near Lesmahagow and in the Pentland Hills. Known geologically as ‘inliers’– small …
North-East Scotland
Landscapes in Stone
Av Alan McKirdy
Häftad, 2025
100 kr
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Today the Northeast of Scotland is the picture of peace and tranquillity. Some of the highest quality agricultural land is to be found here. But it was not always like this. Although the area lacks the scenic grandeur and dramatic mountains found elsewhere in Scotland, the record of the rocks here …
