As Scotland struggles with questions of independence, the British Geological Survey might be seen as making its own geopolitical gesture by republishing the most ambitious of the early geological ...

SINCE the publication of the last edition of the sketch-map by Sir R. I. Murchison and Prof. Geikie, no general geological map of Scotland has, so far as we are aware, been issued, while those older ...

Tremors and minor earthquakes are sometimes reported in the area Geologists have been given a “one-of-a-kind” window into Scotland’s geological past as they analyse core rock drilled from the Great ...

Geologists have been given a “one-of-a-kind” window into Scotland’s geological past as they analyse core rock drilled from the Great Glen Fault during investigations for a hydro-storage scheme. The ...

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