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'''From: Stone, P (editor). 1996. Geology in south-west Scotland: an excursion guide. (Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey.)'''
'''From: Stone, P (editor). 1996. Geology in south-west Scotland: an excursion guide. (Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey.)'''


Contents
== Contents ==


Introduction
Introduction
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Carboniferous palaeontology
Carboniferous palaeontology


Excursions 1-8 each provide one day of general interest covering a range of geological features.
== Excursions 1-8 each provide one day of general interest covering a range of geological features. ==


[[Langholm and Canonbie - an excursion|1 Langholm and Canonbie]]
[[Langholm and Canonbie - an excursion|1 Langholm and Canonbie]]
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[[Girvan and Ballantrae - an excursion|8 Girvan and Ballantrae]]
[[Girvan and Ballantrae - an excursion|8 Girvan and Ballantrae]]


|Excursions 9-14 each spend one day developing a particular geological theme in some detail.
== Excursions 9-14 each spend one day developing a particular geological theme in some detail. ==


[[Dumfries - an excursion|9 Dumfries]]
[[Dumfries - an excursion|9 Dumfries]]
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[[Barrhill and Newton Stewart - an excursion|14 Barrhill and Newton Stewart]]
[[Barrhill and Newton Stewart - an excursion|14 Barrhill and Newton Stewart]]


|Excursions 15-18 are planned to cover 2 or 3 days developing a geological theme in a regional context.
== Excursions 15-18 are planned to cover 2 or 3 days developing a geological theme in a regional context. ==


[[Rhins of Galloway - an excursion|15 Rhins of Galloway]]
[[Rhins of Galloway - an excursion|15 Rhins of Galloway]]
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Index
Index
[[Category:Edinburgh Geological Society]]
[[category:Scotland]]

Revision as of 22:18, 28 October 2015


From: Stone, P (editor). 1996. Geology in south-west Scotland: an excursion guide. (Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey.)

Contents

Introduction

Lower Palaeozoic regional geology

Graptolite biostratigraphy

Turbidite sedimentology

Metamorphism

Upper Palaeozoic to Quaternary regional geology

Carboniferous palaeontology

Excursions 1-8 each provide one day of general interest covering a range of geological features.

1 Langholm and Canonbie

2 Thornhill

3 Rockcliffe to Gutcher's Isle

4 Shawhead, Crocketford

5 Kirkcudbright 49

6 Afton Water, Hare Hill and Bail Hill

7 Loch Doon and Carsphairn

8 Girvan and Ballantrae

Excursions 9-14 each spend one day developing a particular geological theme in some detail.

9 Dumfries

10 Southerness to Borron Point

11 Dundrennan Ranges, Gipsy Point

12 Gatehouse of Fleet

13 Whithorn


14 Barrhill and Newton Stewart

Excursions 15-18 are planned to cover 2 or 3 days developing a geological theme in a regional context.

15 Rhins of Galloway

16 Creetown and Cairnsmore of Fleet

17 The Orlock Bridge Fault and Moniaive Shear Zone

18 Graptolite biostratigraphy

Appendices

Appendix 1 Mineralization

Apperndix 2 Geological conservation

References

Glossary

Mineral table

Index