Lewisian - Britain''s Oldest Rocks

The first 2,500 million years of the geological history of Britain are stored in the gneisses of the Lewisian Complex of NW Scotland. Graham Park explores the long journey of discovery in which this history was gradually deciphered and the controversies and arguments in the scientific community over the past two centuries that arose in this period.

A propos de l'auteur

Graham Park is Emeritus Professor of Tectonic Geology at the University of Keele. He is the author of the best-selling Introducing Geology: A Gude to the World of Rocks, The Making of Europe: A geological history, and the award winning Mountains: The origins of the Earth's mountain systems also published by Dunedin Academic Press.

Résumé

The first 2,500 million years of the geological history of Britain are stored in the gneisses of the Lewisian Complex of NW Scotland. Graham Park explores the long journey of discovery in which this history was gradually deciphered and the controversies and arguments in the scientific community over the past two centuries that arose in this period.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Park Graham, Graham Park
• Edition: Liverpool University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781780460987
• ISBN: 978-1-78046-098-7
• Pages: 272
• Catégorie: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences de la Terre > Géologie