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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Graham ParkPublisher: Liverpool University Press Imprint: Dunedin Academic Press Weight: 1.281kg ISBN: 9781780460987ISBN 10: 1780460988 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 30 September 2021 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsEarly ideas: McCulloch, Jehu & Craig The 1907 Geological Survey Memoir Sutton & Watson 1951: the 'Scourian' and the 'Laxfordian' Investigation of the Loch Maree Group and discovery of the 'Inverian' Loch Torridon revisited Assault on the Outer Hebrides The Scourie-Laxford area revisited The 1971 Lewisian Conference Application of the shear zone concept Comparisons abroad The origins of the 'Fundamental Complex' The Scourian and the Badcallian The Scourie dykes: one swarm or two (or more?) Improvements in geochronology The terrane controversy Remaining problemsReviews'… this is an outstanding major new contribution to the geology of the Lewisian that will stand the test of time and will be of use to anyone interested in the Lewisian, or Precambrian geology in general, and in the development of ideas in structural and metamorphic geology and geochronology. Graham Park is to be congratulated on producing a work of the highest academic standard that will remain a key reference and is a tribute to his life’s work. I recommend it wholeheartedly, it has been a pleasure to read it, and I will doubtless re-read it several times over.' The Edinburgh Geologist '... this is an outstanding major new contribution to the geology of the Lewisian that will stand the test of time and will be of use to anyone interested in the Lewisian, or Precambrian geology in general, and in the development of ideas in structural and metamorphic geology and geochronology. Graham Park is to be congratulated on producing a work of the highest academic standard that will remain a key reference and is a tribute to his life's work. I recommend it wholeheartedly, it has been a pleasure to read it, and I will doubtless re-read it several times over.' The Edinburgh Geologist Author InformationGraham Park is Emeritus Professor of Tectonic Geology at the University of Keele. He is the author of the best-selling Introducing Geology, a guide to the world of rocks, of Breakthroughs in Geology and of the award-winning Mountains: The origins of the Earth's mountain systems also published by Dunedin Academic Press. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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