The Edinburgh Geologist
Issue no 26

Cover image for The Edinburgh Geologist issue 26 Editor: Clive Auton

Published November 1991

Cover illustration: the cover shows Saltire Court, Castle Terrace, Edinburgh. The building, erected on the former site of the Synod Hall, is faced with Stainton Sandstone; with quoins of Gatelawgridge red sandstone from SW Scotland. BGS photograph MNS 5592A; photographed by Mr F I MacTaggart, Photographic Unit, BGS, Murchison House, reproduced by permission of the Director, British Geological Survey. IPR/26-2C British Geological Survey. © NERC. All rights reserved.


Contents

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Editorial

1

Engineering Geology in Edinburgh: The Castle Tunnel by Phil Davies

2

The Hole in the Ground by Norman Butcher

12

Geological and Geomorphological Factors Influencing the Form and Development of Edinburgh Castle by Nigel Ruckley

18

Proceedings of the Edinburgh Geological Society for the 156th Session 1989-1990

27


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