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    The geology of Scotland is unusually varied for a country of its size, with a large number of different geological features. There are three main geographical...
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    Great Glen Fault (category Geology of Scotland)
    frictional–viscous transition zone of major crustal-scale faults: insights from the Great Glen Fault Zone, Scotland". Journal of Structural Geology. 22 (5): 543–560. Bibcode:2000JSG...
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  • This is a list of the named geological faults in Scotland. See the main article on faults for a fuller treatment of fault types and nomenclature but in...
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    landscapes across the constituent countries of England, Wales and Scotland. Rocks of almost all geological ages are represented at outcrop, from the Archaean...
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    the Hielands; Scottish Gaelic: a' Ghàidhealtachd [ə ˈɣɛːəl̪ˠt̪ʰəxk], lit. 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland.[failed verification]...
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    Valley or Central Valley, is a geologically defined area of relatively low-lying land in southern Scotland. It consists of a rift valley between the Highland...
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    Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's...
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    chronostratigraphy (the process of relating strata to time) and geochronology (a scientific branch of geology that aims to determine the age of rocks). It is used...
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    Geology (from Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) 'earth', and λoγία (-logía) 'study of, discourse') is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other...
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    The geology of the Isle of Skye in Scotland is highly varied and the island's landscape reflects changes in the underlying nature of the rocks. A wide...
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    original on 19 December 2005.[dead link] Gillen, Con (2003) Geology and landscapes of Scotland, Harpenden. Terra Publishing. p. 95 ISBN 978-1903544099 "About...
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  • In structural geology, a suture is a joining along a major fault zone, of separate terranes, tectonic units that have different plate tectonic, metamorphic...
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  • Hutton's Unconformity (category Geology of Scotland)
    notable geological sites in Scotland identified by the 18th-century Scottish geologist James Hutton as places where the junction between two types of rock...
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    Siccar Point (category Geology of Scotland)
    rocky promontory in the county of Berwickshire on the east coast of Scotland. It is famous in the history of geology for Hutton's Unconformity found...
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    Geography of Scotland Geology of Scotland List of mountains of the British Isles by height Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles Lists of mountains...
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    Highland Boundary Fault (category Geology of Scotland)
    that traverses Scotland from Arran and Helensburgh on the west coast to Stonehaven in the east. It separates two different geological terranes which give...
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    Great Unconformity (category Geology of Scotland)
    Of the many unconformities (gaps) observed in geological strata, the term Great Unconformity is frequently applied to either the unconformity observed...
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  • This article describes the geology of the Cairngorms National Park, an area in the Highlands of Scotland designated as a national park in 2003 and extended...
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    Environment of Scotland Climate of Scotland Climate change in Scotland Ecology of Scotland Renewable energy in Scotland Geology of Scotland Protected areas of Scotland...
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    School of Art Scottish islands portal Fauna of Scotland Flora of Scotland Geology of Scotland Hutton's Unconformity List of islands of Scotland Clan Douglas...
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    Lewisian complex (category Geology of Scotland)
    published in 1907 as part of the Geological Survey memoir The Geological Structure of the North-West Highlands of Scotland. In 1951 John Sutton and Janet...
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    Geology: the Paleogene volcanic districts of Scotland (4th Edn) British Geological Survey p95-97 Emeleus, CH & Bell BR 2005. British Regional Geology:...
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    publication by the Geological Survey of a book of fundamental geological significance: The Geological Structure of the North-West Highlands of Scotland. The acrimony...
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    The geology of the Orkney islands in northern Scotland is dominated by the Devonian Old Red Sandstone (ORS). In the southwestern part of Mainland, this...
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    Dumyat (redirect from Dumyat (Scotland))
    or Dunmyat /dəˈmaɪ.ɪt/ (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Mhèad) is a hill at the western extremity of the Ochil Hills in central Scotland. The name is thought to...
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    Rockall Basin (category Geology of Scotland)
    The Rockall Trough (Scottish Gaelic: Clais Sgeir Rocail) is a deep-water bathymetric feature to the northwest of Scotland and Ireland, running roughly...
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    Shiant Islands (category Geology of Scotland)
    group in the Minch, east of Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. They are five miles (eight kilometres) southeast of the Isle of Lewis. The name Shiant...
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  • Geology of Norfolk Geology of Rutland Geology of Shropshire Geology of Somerset Geology of Suffolk Geology of Yorkshire Geology of Scotland Geology of...
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    Moine Thrust Belt (category Geology of Scotland)
    thrust carried metamorphic material over 200 km across Scotland entirely masking the geology of the previous terrane. However, small windows, such as the...
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  • The Moat Pit at Culross (category Geology of Scotland)
    Mine in the Sea, is a site of 16th-century undersea mining in Culross, Scotland. It is the world’s first known example of undersea mining. It was built...
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