Skye - Landscapes in Stone

Informationen zum Autor 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 schools. Before his recent retirement he was Head of Information Management at Scottish Natural Heritage. He is the author of Land of Mountain and Flood. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Alan McKirdy, McKirdy Alan
• Publisher: BIRLINN LIMITED
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2016
• EAN: 9781780273723
• ISBN: 978-1-78027-372-3
• No. of pages: 48
• Series: Landscapes in Stone; Landscapes in Stone
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; Isle of Skye, NATURE / General, European History, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Scotland, British & Irish history, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, The Earth: Natural History General, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Geology & The Lithosphere, Casemate; Birlinn; Skye; 9781780273723; Alan McKirdy