The Northern Highlands - Landscapes in Stone (Paperback)

Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize 2019 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.

General

Imprint:	Birlinn
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2019
Authors:	Alan McKirdy
Dimensions:	230 x 165 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	48
ISBN-13:	978-1-78027-608-3
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > Historical geology
LSN:	1-78027-608-7
Barcode:	9781780276083

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