The Edinburgh Geologist
Issue no 39

Editor: Alan Fyfe

Published October 2002

Cover illustration: the cover shows a nineteenth century view westwards from St. Andrews Links.  The engraving illustrates the raised beaches that so intrigued Robert Chambers. The engraving was originally published in Chambers, 1872. For further information, turn to the article by Michael Taylor.

Contents

Page

Editorial

1

Matthew Forster Heddle and The Mineralogy of Scotland by Peter Dryburgh

3

Kintail Earthquake by Eileen Holttum

16

La Chanson du Moine Thrust by Sinclair Ross

18

The Millennium Atlas by Dan Evans, Colin Graham & Heather Stewart

23

www.edinburghgeolsoc.org by Diane Mitchell & Alan Fyfe

28

Man of Vestiges: Robert Chambers 200 years on by Michael A Taylor

32

What's in a Name?  Old Norse and Norn names in Shetland by Allen Fraser

36

Geo-vineyards - Ancient Coasts contributed by Cliff Porteous

40

Rocksword Puzzle No. 8  by Angela Anderson

41

Letters - Proustite postscript from Peter Dryburgh

42

           Thoemmes Dictionary

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