The Lewisian : Britain's oldest rocks
Graham, Park2022
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The first 2,500 million years of the geological history of Britain are stored in the gneisses of the Lewisian Complex of North West Scotland. This book explores the long journey of discovery in which this history has been gradually deciphered since the end of the 19th Century when these rocks were first investigated in detail. The usual tools of stratigraphic investigation were of no value in dealing with such a complex assemblage of highly deformed and metamorphosed rocks; there was no fossil evidence and few signs of recognisable sedimentary strata.
Main title:
The Lewisian : Britain's oldest rocks / Park, Graham.
Author:
Graham, Park, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Dunedin Academic Press, 2022.
Collation:
356 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 26 cm
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781780460987 (hbk)
Dewey class:
554.1152
LC class:
QE264
Language:
English
BRN:
2985477
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