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Mull, Iona & Ardnamurchan: Landscapes in Stone
Alan Mckirdy
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Description for Mull, Iona & Ardnamurchan: Landscapes in Stone
Paperback. The latest in a new series of books which explain how Scotland's scenery was made, why it looks the way it does today and how it has changed over millions of years Series: Landscapes in Stone. Num Pages: 48 pages, Colour throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; RBG; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 165. .
Lying off the south-western tip of Mull, the island of Iona has huge significance as the first important centre of Christianity in Scotland. But the Abbey itself is built upon rocks that tell of events of much greater antiquity: the Lewisian gneisses of western Iona are some of the oldest rocks in the world. Alan McKirdy explores the fascinating geology of the area - in particular the eruption of two major volcanoes around 60 million years ago whose magma chambers formed the spectacular hills and glens of the Ardnamurchan peninsula and Glen More on Mull; and the Ice Age, when ... Read more
Lying off the south-western tip of Mull, the island of Iona has huge significance as the first important centre of Christianity in Scotland. But the Abbey itself is built upon rocks that tell of events of much greater antiquity: the Lewisian gneisses of western Iona are some of the oldest rocks in the world. Alan McKirdy explores the fascinating geology of the area - in particular the eruption of two major volcanoes around 60 million years ago whose magma chambers formed the spectacular hills and glens of the Ardnamurchan peninsula and Glen More on Mull; and the Ice Age, when ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Birlinn General
Condition
New
Series
Landscapes in Stone
Number of Pages
48
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780274409
SKU
9781780274409
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About Alan Mckirdy
Alan McKirdy has written many popular books and book chapters on geology and related topics and has helped to promote the study of environmental geology in Scotland. Before his recent retirement he was Head of Information Management at Scottish Natural Heritage. He is the author of Set In Stone (Birlinn, 2015).
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