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The Edinburgh Geologist - Issue no 31 Editor: Alan Fyfe Published October 1998 Cover illustration: the cover illustration shows a drawing of Hemiarges inghami, a trilobite froom the Ordovician Stinchar Limestone near Girvan. This species lived along the coast of Laurentia, but found Avalonia a bit on the cool side (see article by Phil Stone, 'The Geology of Devolution on page 8). The drawing is taken
from a paper by R P Tripp (Palaeontology, 1979, Vol 22, 339-361) and is reproduced
by kind permission of the Palaeontological Association. |
| Contents | page |
| Editorial | 1 |
| The Edinburgh Geologist - the first thirty issues by the Editor | 3 |
| Excuse me, Sir! Have you seen my volcano?by Ken Hitchen | 5 |
| The Geology of Devolution by Phil Stone | 8 |
| The New Highlands Controversy - the posistion at November 1997 by Jack Soper, Clough Medallist 1998 | 13 |
| Edinburgh Geological Society Clough Medallists and Award Winners compiled by the Editor | 16 |
| A field trip to the Hexham area June 1998by Tom & Alison Kerr | 18 |
| Quarrying and the Built Environment in Scotlandby Andrew McMillan & Mike Browne | 22 |
| Gideon Mantell visits Edinburgh, 1850 by Dennis R Dean | 28 |
| Book Reviews: | |
| Geology of the Hamilton District - I B Paterson, A D McAdam & K A T MacPherson review by Paul Carter | 32 |
| Whisky on the Rocks - Stephen & Julie Cribb review by Ian Basham | 34 |
| Fossils: the story of life - Sue Rigby review by Fiona Owen | 37 |
| Proceedings of the Edinburgh Geological Society for the 163rd Session, 1996-1997 | 38 |