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Galdrings Tertiary dyke (L) and Carboniferous dyke (R) - Photo by David Rae

Elgol, Glen Scaladal - Photo by Andy Leggatt

Ob Lusa to Ardnish Coast, Isle of Skye - Photo by Andy Leggatt

Torvean, Inverness - Photo by Andy Leggatt

Tarbat Ness - Photo by Andy Leggatt

Barmore Loch Tay lst Boudin NR 86690 71280 at 195 - Photo by David Rae

Ardnamurchan Lighthouse - Photo by Andy Moffat

Isle of Staffa - Photo by Andy Moffat

Dutchman’s Cap, Mull - Photo by Andy Moffat

Links

We would be pleased to add links to other geological societies web sites or indeed other sites of geological and related interest. In the first instance, please send your request through the ‘Contact Us’ page. Should it be appropriate, your reciprocation in displaying our web address on your own site would be appreciated.

Inverness Field Club

Web: invernessfieldclub.org.uk

Virtual Outcrop Geology Group

Web: virtualoutcrop.com

100 Great UK Geosites

Web: geolsoc.org.uk/100geosites

BGS Vocabularies

Web: bgs.ac.uk/information-hub/dictionaries/vocabularies

HGS Member's Inverness Library Collection

Web: highlifehighland.com/libraries/wp-content/uploads/sites/128/2015/03/Highland_Geological_Society.pdf

Periodic Table

Web: pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/periodic-table

The Aberdeen Geological Society

Web: aberdeengeolsoc.org.uk

The Glasgow Geological Society

Web: geologyglasgow.org.uk

The Edinburgh Geological Society

Web: edinburghgeolsoc.org

The Highland Astronomical Society

Web: spacegazer.com

Oxford University Thin Section Atlas

Web: earth.ox.ac.uk/~oesis/atlas/metmins/index.html

The Scottish Geology Trust

Web: scottishgeologytrust.org

The Shear Zone

Web: youtube.com/channel/UCIUYjr1yPCZQWYl9cJCO1mA/videos

The Geologic Time Spiral - A Path To Thew Past

Web: davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~329450~90098156#

Key Weekly Scientific Journal Publications Update

Web: wileyearthpages.wordpress.com/about

Science Daily: Geology News

Web: sciencedaily.com/news/earth_climate/geology

The Royal Tyrrell Museum, Alberta

Web: youtube.com/@RoyalTyrrell

Brora Coal Field

Web: nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/coal-mining-in-the-british-isles/brora

Instructional Geology Videos

Web: youtube.com/channel/UCIUYjr1yPCZQWYl9cJCO1mA/videos

Paleogeographic maps

Web: dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth#240

Geology from your sofa

Web: geologistsassociation.org.uk/sofageology

Isle of Arran

Web: arrangeopark.co.uk

Mineralogical Society of Great Britain & Ireland

Web: minersoc.org/msinfo.html

Geology Does

Web: scottishgeologytrust.org/geology-does

Norwegian Geological Institute

Web: ngi.no/eng

Geologic Timescale Foundation

Web: engineering.purdue.edu/Stratigraphy

Geology.Com

Web: geology.com/geology-dictionary.shtml

BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units

Web: bgs.ac.uk/technologies/the-bgs-lexicon-of-named-rock-units

Lunar Atlas

Web: visit-the-moon.com/lunar-atlas

Quaternary Research Association

Web: qra.org.uk

American Geosciences

Web: americangeosciences.org/critical-issues/mining-basics

Wire Fence

Web: wirefence.co.uk/minerals-a-z

The University of Sheffield Brit-Ice Glacial Map 2017

Web: shefuni.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=fd78b03a74bb477c906c5d4e0ba9abaf

Grid Reference Finder

Web: gridreferencefinder.com

Galantas's Gairloch Exploration

Web: galantas.com/news/galantas-gold-acquires-exploration-rights-to-high-potential-district-featuring-a-gold-bearing-volcanogenic-massive-sulphide

Sea level and extreme waves in the Last Interglacial.

Web: warmcoasts.eu/index.html

Blogs of the European Association of Geochemistry

Web: blog.eag.eu.com/categories/rockarchive

British Antarctic Survey

What Is OSL Dating?

Web: geosciences.artsandsciences.baylor.edu/about-us/facilities/geoluminescence-dating-research-lab/what-osl-dating

Camborne School of Mines: Research

Web: csm.exeter.ac.uk/research

University of Portsmouth: Research

Web: port.ac.uk/research

Earth Bytes: Building A Virtual Earth

Web: earthbyte.org

The Geological Society

Web: geolsoc.org.uk

51 Best Places to see Scotland's Geology

Web: scottishgeology.com/best-places

Hugh Miller

Web: nts.org.uk/visit/places/hugh-millers-birthplace

Met Office: Earth Systems Science

Web: metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/earth-system-science

The Open University Geological Society

BGS Rock Collections Database

Web: webapps.bgs.ac.uk/data/britrocks/britrocks.cfc?method=searchBritrocks

New Zealand Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences

Web: gns.cri.nz

Scottish Geodiversity Forum

Web: scottishgeodiversityforum.org

GeoNames

Web: geonames.org

Scottish Geology

Web: scottishgeology.com

British Geological Survey

Building Stone Database for Scotland

Web: webservices.bgs.ac.uk/buildingstone?

Elgin Museum

Web: elginmuseum.org.uk

ScotGold Cononish Project

Web: scotgoldresources.com/projects/cononish-project

Jurassic Coast

Web: jurassiccoast.org/fossilfinder

NW Highlands

Web: nwhgeopark.com

Lochaber

Web: lochabergeopark.org.uk

Shetland

Web: shetlandamenity.org/geopark-shetland

HGS and other special collections

Web: highlifehighland.com/libraries/special-collections

Natural History Museum, London

Web: nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/earth/index.html

Natural History Museum, Vienna

Web: nhm-wien.ac.at/en

The Open University

Web: open.ac.uk/courses/atoz

Coursera

Web: coursera.org

Climate of the Past

Web: clim-past.net/volumes_and_issues.html

The Friends of Hugh Miller

Web: thefriendsofhughmiller.org.uk/index.asp

Charles Darwin

Web: darwinproject.ac.uk/darwin-glen-roy

SGF Charter for Ethical Collecting

Web: scottishgeologytrust.org/geology/ethical-rock-collection

Earth Heritage

Web: earthheritage.org.uk/?s=Earth+heritage

Stone Source, Inverness

Web: stone-source.co.uk

Northern Mine Research Society

Web: nmrs.org.uk

Geological Field Techniques

Web: wiley.com/go/coe/geology

BGS 'Geology of Britain Viewer'

Web: geologyviewer.bgs.ac.uk

European Geoparks Network

Web: europeangeoparks.org

The Geology of Mars

Web: tabletopwhale.com/2019/06/24/a-geologic-map-of-mars.html

Charts, Infographs, & Animations about any and all things Science.

Web: tabletopwhale.com/index.html

GeoConservation UK

Web: geoconservationuk.org

German Federal Department of Geoscience and Physical Resources

Web: bgr.bund.de/EN/Home/homepage_node_en.html

Foss Mine

Web: mindat.org/loc-2991.html

Geowalks

Web: google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwit2vDEo4LcAhVnLMAKHa7cDscQFggoMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geowalks.co.uk%2F&usg=AOvVaw0eJhT

Museum of Lead Mining

Web: leadminingmuseum.co.uk

National Mining Museum Scotland

Web: nationalminingmuseum.com

Open Geoscience (BGS datasets)

Web: bgs.ac.uk/opengeoscience

Scottish Mineral and Lapidary Club

Web: lapidary.org.uk

Web-based Resources in Structural Geology (University of Leeds)

Web: see.leeds.ac.uk/structure/learnstructure

The Geologists' Association

Web: geologistsassociation.org.uk

The Rhynie Chert - A Teaching and Learning Resource

Web: abdn.ac.uk/rhynie/index.htm

Siccar Point

Web: blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2016/06/30/virtual-field-trip-siccar-point-scotland

Engineering Statistics

Web: itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/index.htm

One Geology

Web: onegeology.org

UK Fossil Network

Web: ukfossils.co.uk

Geological Survey of Ireland

Web: gsi.ie/en-ie/Pages/default.aspx

Geological Survey of Northern Ireland

Web: bgs.ac.uk/gsni

Mindat.org

Web: mindat.org

National Library of Scotland

Web: maps.nls.uk

Russell Society

Web: russellsoc.org

Open Learn

Web: open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology

Tide Tables

Web: easytide.admiralty.co.uk

Fact Sheets: The Geological Society

Web: geolsoc.org.uk/factsheets#Mining

Geotraces

Web: geotraces.org

The Geological Society: Central Scotland Regional Group

Web: geolsoc.org.uk/centralscotland

Stac Fada Formation

Web: blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2017/04/06/stac-fada

National Museums Scotland

Web: nms.ac.uk/?item_id=

Hunterian, Glasgow

Web: gla.ac.uk/hunterian

Resource Minerals: Supply and Demand

Web: geolsoc.org.uk/mineralgallery

NatureScot

Web: nature.scot/landforms-and-geology/protecting-our-geodiversity/places-and-plans-safeguard-geodiversity/geological-conservation-review-sites

Aberdeen Geological Society 'e' Field Guides

Web: aberdeengeolsoc.org.uk/field-guides

Geological Survey of Austria

Web: geologie.ac.at/en/about-us/missions/geology-for-austria/geological-survey-of-austria

EGS GeoConservation Leaflets

Web: edinburghgeolsoc.org/publications/geoconservation-leaflets

Struy Lead Mine

Web: mindat.org/loc-5033.html

Kishorn Mines

Web: lochcarroncommunity.wordpress.com/2014/08/06/the-kishorn-mines-a-brief-history

Scottish Cave & Mine Database

Web: registry.gsg.org.uk/sr/browse.php

Lecht Mine, Tomintoul

Web: registry.gsg.org.uk/sr/sitedetails.php?id=4482

Scotland's Places: Records Archives

Web: scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/records

Oxford Earth Science Image Store

Web: earth.ox.ac.uk/~oesis/micro/index.html

The Virtual Microscope (developed by the Open University)

Web: virtualmicroscope.org/content/uk-virtual-microscope

Lochaber Geopark's Geotours

Web: lochabergeopark.org.uk/product-category/geotours

How to make a subduction zone on Earth

Web: blogs.egu.eu/divisions/gd/2019/03/14/how-to-make-a-subduction-zone-on-earth

The Building Stones of Inverness

Web: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1QE4ESKQWZfVK5FI-jtOFWZB5N_1ci705

St Andrews: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Web: st-andrews.ac.uk/earth-sciences

Rock Fall Impact Into Wet Sediments At Clachtoll

Web: etheses.dur.ac.uk/13350/1/Killingback_MScR_thesis.pdf

Geoscience World

Web: pubs.geoscienceworld.org/books/book/952/An-Introduction-to-the-Rock-Forming-Minerals

Henry Cadell’s Experiments Into Mountain Building.

Web: sp.lyellcollection.org/content/early/2020/03/04/SP490-2019-142

Angus Miller's Online Lectures Via Zoom

Web: mailchi.mp/9a527bccd48a/geowalks-in-9319550

Palaeocast

Web: palaeocast.com/category/mesozoic

Scottish Geology Trust

Web: scottishgeologytrust.org

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