The Edinburgh Geologist
Issue no 41

Editor: Alan Fyfe

Published September 2003

Cover illustration: Lower Table Rock, Oregon - Late Miocene alkaline trachyandesitic lavas form the table top overlying early Palaeogene marine deposits in this feature near Medford, Oregon.

see articles on Geological Tables on page 19 of this issue; the piece on Table Rocks, Oregon is on page 30. Published by kind permission of Govi Hines of Princeton University..
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Contents

Page

Editorial

1

Nicholaus Steno and the foundations of geology  by Peter Dryburgh

3

Fossils from the South Atlantic  by Phil Stone

12

A complimentary dinner - Leftovers  correspondence with the Editor

17

Geo-vineyards - Devil's Rock  contributed by Vic Loudon and Richard Batchelor

18

What's in a Name?  Geological Tables

19

     Teufelstisch - the Devil's Table  by Joachim Rohn

20

     Macleod's Tables  by David Stephenson

22

     Table Mountain  by David Reid

24

     The Atherton Tablelands  by Peter Whitehead

27

     Table Rocks, Oregon  compiled by the Editor

30

Rocksword Puzzle No. 10  by Angela Anderson

31

Poet's Corner  Astro-gymnastics by Piet Hein

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Book Reviews
     The Geology of Scotland - fourth edition, reviewed by Dan Evans
    Geology and landscapes of Scotland, reviewed by Alan Fyfe
    Barns Ness RIGS leaflet - a second opinion, reviewed by Laura Shelbourn

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