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Skye
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9781780273723
One of 4 books to launch a brand-new series on Scotland's geology and landscapes 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.
The Isle of Skye offers a magical combination of wild land and breath-taking natural beauty. Skye's geological history involves some of the most ancient rocks on the planet; a grandstand view as the Highlands of Scotland were formed over 400 million years ago and the development of one of the mightiest volcanoes ever to blow its top. Skye is also known as Scotland's 'dinosaur island', yielding the remains of many species of plant and meat-eating creatures that stalked land some 140 million years ago. Finally, the rocks forged in earlier times were shaped into the familiar hills and glens of today by the passage of ice as a great freeze gripped the land. This book provides key information about the formation of the island and the on-going processes of natural landscape evolution that continue to leave their mark on these spectacular vistas.
Weight | 0.175000 |
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Author | McKirdy, Alan |
Availability | IP |
Department | Great Britain and Ireland |
Format | Paperback |
ISBN | 9781780273723 |
Pages | 48 |
Published | 01/08/2016 |
Publisher | Birlinn |
Section | Scotland Travel Guides |
Series | DELETED |
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