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... 10 KB (1,038 words) - 12:09, 30 April 2024 |
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... 31 KB (595 words) - 20:22, 16 December 2023 |
the Hielands; Scottish Gaelic: a' Ghàidhealtachd [ə ˈɣɛːəl̪ˠt̪ʰəxk], lit. 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland.[failed verification]... 44 KB (4,821 words) - 12:35, 6 May 2024 |
Central Lowlands (redirect from Midland Valley (Scotland)) 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... 6 KB (568 words) - 03:23, 19 March 2024 |
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... 235 KB (22,753 words) - 06:38, 11 May 2024 |
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... 87 KB (9,583 words) - 17:16, 26 April 2024 |
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... 10 KB (1,170 words) - 11:22, 8 April 2022 |
Southern Uplands (redirect from Southern uplands of Scotland) original on 19 December 2005.[dead link] Gillen, Con (2003) Geology and landscapes of Scotland, Harpenden. Terra Publishing. p. 95 ISBN 978-1903544099 "About... 23 KB (2,523 words) - 17:46, 6 January 2024 |
In structural geology, a suture is a joining along a major fault zone, of separate terranes, tectonic units that have different plate tectonic, metamorphic... 3 KB (418 words) - 01:23, 21 April 2024 |
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... 16 KB (1,782 words) - 05:48, 4 April 2024 |
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... 6 KB (580 words) - 21:45, 21 March 2024 |
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... 15 KB (1,566 words) - 12:14, 30 April 2024 |
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... 22 KB (2,360 words) - 23:30, 29 October 2023 |
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... 21 KB (2,746 words) - 09:20, 23 November 2023 |
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... 15 KB (1,795 words) - 23:10, 24 April 2024 |
Geology: the Paleogene volcanic districts of Scotland (4th Edn) British Geological Survey p95-97 Emeleus, CH & Bell BR 2005. British Regional Geology:... 6 KB (756 words) - 23:00, 29 January 2024 |
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... 7 KB (722 words) - 12:36, 11 January 2024 |
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... 9 KB (988 words) - 13:20, 31 March 2023 |
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... 15 KB (1,835 words) - 11:15, 12 March 2024 |
Geology of Norfolk Geology of Rutland Geology of Shropshire Geology of Somerset Geology of Suffolk Geology of Yorkshire Geology of Scotland Geology of... 7 KB (758 words) - 00:27, 8 December 2020 |
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... 21 KB (2,631 words) - 08:34, 20 March 2024 |
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... 15 KB (2,379 words) - 11:25, 6 May 2024 |