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The Edinburgh Geologist - Issue no 27

Editor: Andrew Highton

Published November 1993

Cover illustration: the cover shows Pterichthyodes milleri, a Middle Old Red Sansdtone fish collected from the Achanarras quarry, Caithness. From the Royal Museum of Scotland collection (RSM 1897.55.3). BGS photograph MNS 3884, reproduced with the permission of the Director of the Geological Survey. IPR/26-2C British Geological Survey. © NERC. All rights reserved.

Contents page
Editorial 1
The Old Red Sandstone by John Hampton 4
Geology from a bicycle: Yellowstone National Park by Joanne Cavill 12
Strange Earth No 12: Flexible sandstone by Bill Baird 17
Strange Earth No 13: Singing sands by Bill Baird 18
Strange Earth No 14: Tektites by Bill Baird 20
Gold Exploration in Britain by Mike Gallagher and Don Cameron 23
Youngest Oil by Mike Cotterill 25
Invasion of the Biocrats by Mike Cotterill 26
Book Reviews:
Geology of Scotland - GY Craig  review by Mike Browne 32
A Directory of Mineral and Gemstone Locations in Scotland  review by Bill Baird  34
Addition to The Proceedings of the Edinburgh Gological Society No 20 for 156th Session: List of Council for 1989-90  36
The Proceedings of the Edinburgh Geological Society for the 157th Session 1990-91 38
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