Goodenough, K. and Krabbendam, M. (Eds.) 2011. A geological excursion guide to the North-west Highlands of Scotland. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Geological Society in association with NMS Enterprises Limited, 2011. ISBN 978-1-905267-53-8. This material was published by the Edinburgh Geological Society and Geological Society of Glasgow in association with National Museums Scotland, and they have kindly made the text available for publishing on the Web. Copies of the geological excursion guides can be purchased on the EGS website: purchase excursion guides.

A geological excursion guide to the North-west Highlands of Scotland

Contents

Title page and preliminaries

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Editorial introduction

Background information

Geological framework of the North-west Highlands

Excursion 1: Loch Assynt and the Achmore Duplex

Excursion 2: A transect through the Canisp Shear Zone, Achmelvich

Excursion 3: Stoer Group at Stoer Peninsula

Excursion 4: Stoer Group at Enard Bay

Excursion 5: Ullapool River, Creag nam Broc and Glen Achall

Excursion 6: Knockan Crag and the Knocken Klippen

Excursion 7: Traligill and Bealach Traligill

Excursion 8: Conival and Ben More Assynt

Excursion 9: Glen Oykel and the Loch Ailsh Pluton

Excursion 10: Cam Loch, Ledmore and the Loch Borralan Pluton

Excursion 11: Glencoul

Excursion 12: Scourie Mòr

Excursion 13: Tarbet

Excursion 14: Durness, Balnakeil Bay and Faraid Head

Excursion 15: The Moine Thrust Zone at Loch Eriboll

Excursion 16: Roadside stops around the North-west Highlands

References