The Edinburgh Geologist
Issue no 31

Cover image for The Edinburgh Geologist issue 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


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