Originally published: Stone, P (editor). 1996. Geology in south-west Scotland: an excursion guide. (Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey.)

In memory of Byron Charles Lintern 1948-1993 Reproduced in this format with permission from the British Geological Survey, 2024.

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Geology in south-west Scotland: An excursion guide

Editor: P. Stone with assistance from A.D. McAdam and J.I. Chisholm

NERC copyright 1996 First published 1996.

Contents

Title page and preliminaries

Contents

Introduction

Lower Palaeozoic regional geology

Graptolite biostratigraphy

Turbidite sedimentology

Metamorphism

Upper Palaeozoic to Quaternary regional geology

Carboniferous palaeontology

Excursions 1–8 each provide one day of general interest covering a range of geological features.

1 Langholm and Canonbie

2 Thornhill

3 Rockcliffe to Gutcher's Isle

4 Shawhead, Crocketford

5 Kirkcudbright

6 Afton Water, Hare Hill and Bail Hill

7 Loch Doon and Carsphairn

8 Girvan and Ballantrae

Excursions 9–14 each spend one day developing a particular geological theme in some detail.

9 Dumfries

10 Southerness to Borron Point

11 Dundrennan Ranges, Gipsy Point

12 Gatehouse of Fleet

13 Whithorn

14 Barrhill and Newton Stewart

Excursions 15–18 are planned to cover 2 or 3 days developing a geological theme in a regional context.

15 Rhins of Galloway

16 Creetown and Cairnsmore of Fleet

17 The Orlock Bridge Fault and Moniaive Shear Zone

18 Graptolite biostratigraphy

Appendices

1 Mineralisation

2 Geological conservation

References

Glossary

Mineral table

Index

Figures and tables