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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
Whatís 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 44
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