Scotland:geological foundations and landscape evolution

• Main Authors: Gordon, John E., Stone, Philip
• Other Authors: Ballantyne, Colin K.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media B.V. 2021
• Subjects: Caledonian Orogeny; Differential weathering and erosion; Geological history; Geology and landscape; Palaeogene volcanism; Plate tectonics; Tilting; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/scotland(49776575-498d-4595-ad7f-e6ebfef13780).html; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71246-4_2; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71246-4; https://discover.libraryhub.jisc.ac.uk/search?isn=9783030712457&rn=1

Scotland displays remarkable geological diversity, comprising igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks that date back to the Archaean and span all the major periods of the geological timescale. This geodiversity reflects global plate tectonics, the position of Scotland near convergent and divergen...