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The Western Highlands of Scotland

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This guide is for those who wish to understand the interplay between rocks and scenery in a truly classic geology in Europe. Nowhere else in Britain is this link to be more clearly observed.  Key geological localities that make the Scottish Highlands a unique region for the study of geology are linked together geographically in a series of journeys.

 

The Western Highlands contain some of the oldest rocks in Europe in a landscape formed more than a billion years ago that has re-emerged from the depths. Geologists have been examining these rocks since the early nineteenth century and, in spite of ... Read more

 

The journeys and localities are detailed in chapters: Tongue to Lochinver; Lochinver, Assynt, Ullapool; Ullapool to Gairloch; Gairloch to Kyle of Lochalsh; Kyle of Lochalsh, Glenelg, Mallaig, Cluanie, Glen Roy; Fort William, Loch Eil, Glenfinnan, Lochailort, Ardnamurchan, Strontian; Fort William, Ballachulish, Kentallen, Oban, Easdale, Kilmartin, Tayvallich and Kilmory; Fort William, Ben Nevis and Glen Nevis, Ballachulish, Glencoe, Glen Etive, Glen Orchy and Loch Lomond. Excursions are easily accessible, along footpaths and the coast, with a few more challenging options, including Ben Nevis, Scotland’s highest mountain.


This is an ideal accompaniment for geologists and earth science students visiting the Western Highlands. Show Less

Product Details

Publisher
Dunedin Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Series
Classic Geology in Europe
Condition
New
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780460406
SKU
V9781780460406
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Con Gillen
Dr Con Gillen is a graduate of Glasgow, Aberdeen and The Open universities. His research has centred on the area around Scourie and Loch Laxford, in northwest Sutherland. For 24 years he was head of lifelong learning at Edinburgh University.

Reviews for The Western Highlands of Scotland
'The author has clearly spent a lifetime exploring and appreciating the geology of the Western Highlands, and he has a lot to share with the reader. The diverse geology of the chosen area is explained in a concise introduction and he then embarks on eight road journeys in which he covers 96 sites of geological interest (some with several sub-sites). ... Read more

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