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Category Archives: outcrops
Scenic Saturday: the American West from above
Lets play Where On (Not Google) Earth! Continue reading
Scenic Saturday: the remnants of volcanism past
When you live in Edinburgh, you can’t ignore geology even if you were foolish enough to want to: the summit of Arthur’s Seat is visible from virtually every decent vantage point in the city. The guidebooks will tell you that … Continue reading
Scenic Saturday: Lyme Regis
Two-hundred years ago, a young woman by the name of Mary Anning walked along this shore, using her keenly self-trained observation skills to spot fossils eroding out of these cliffs. The cliffs are the blue Lias, Jurassic mudstones filled with … Continue reading
Scenic Saturday: Sliced, diced and weathered
Following on from Anne’s pretty photo last weekend, let’s nip over to southwest Spain to see a place where art meets tectonics: We’re looking at a section throughout the Carboneras Fault zone. Africa and Spain are still very slowly colliding … Continue reading
