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Highland Geological Society
Dutchman’s Cap, Mull - Photo by Andy Moffat
Barmore Loch Tay lst Boudin NR 86690 71280 at 195 - Photo by David Rae
Galdrings Tertiary dyke (L) and Carboniferous dyke (R) - Photo by David Rae
Tarbat Ness - Photo by Andy Leggatt
Ob Lusa to Ardnish Coast, Isle of Skye - Photo by Andy Leggatt
Torvean, Inverness - Photo by Andy Leggatt
Elgol, Glen Scaladal - Photo by Andy Leggatt
Ardnamurchan Lighthouse - Photo by Andy Moffat
Isle of Staffa - Photo by Andy Moffat

Blog

How great is the Great Glen Fault?

New research using sedimentological, geochemical, and zircon dating suggests 250 - 300km of displacement and reveals three new pre-strike-slip relationships.

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Torridon rocks and Mars 

A one-billion-year-old Scottish meteorite impact 

"The Stoer Group in northwest Scotland is one of the oldest well-preserved sedimentary successions in Europe and includes the Stac Fada Member, an impact ejecta deposit. ...Our new age constrains the Stoer Group to the early Tonian and suggests a new Neoproterozoic plate tectonic context for these rocks. These data revise the age of some of the oldest known nonmarine microfossils in the UK and their role for timing the eukaryotic colonization of land."

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13-23 June 2025

Step into science at Hugh Miller’s Birthplace

Join the team at Hugh Miller’s Birthplace Cottage and Museum for a thrilling experience filled with family-friendly science activities.

https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/summer-of-science 

 

Hand held large grey coloured rock with dark patches of fossil material and beach in background Fossil discovery
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