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The Northern Highlands: Landscapes in Stone

By (author) Alan McKirdy

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Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize The 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 have studied the area, and some of the most important geological phenomena have been established and described from the rocks that built these stunning landscapes. In this book, Alan McKirdy makes sense of the many and varied episodes that shaped the familiar landscape we see today. He highlights a number of fascinating geological features, including the Old Red Sandstones of Cromarty and the Black Isle, which carry the secrets of life during ‘the Age of Fishes’, and the thin sliver of fossil-bearing strata which hugs the coast from Golspie to beyond Helmsdale that dates back to Jurassic times and which records the time when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.

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Normally shipped | Usually dispatched in 3 to 6 weeks as supplier is out of stock
Publisher | Birlinn General
Published date | 11 Jul 2019
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 48
Dimensions | 230 x 165 x 8mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 180g
ISBN | 978-1-7802-7608-3
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BISAC | science / earth sciences / geology

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Normal Price | R 328.95
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