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By: Alan McKirdy

ISBN: 9781780276076
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2019
UK Publication Date: 11th July 2019
Publisher: Birlinn General
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By: Alan McKirdy

ISBN: 9781780279510
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2025
UK Publication Date: 17th April 2025
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Today the Northeast of Scotland is the picture of peace and tranquillity. Some of the highest quality agricultural land is to be found here. But it was not always like this.Written for the non-expert and including stunning photographs and diagrams, this is the essential introduction to the geology and landforms of this part of Scotland.


(Paperback)

By: Alan McKirdy

ISBN: 9781780274669
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2017
UK Publication Date: 22nd June 2017
Publisher: Birlinn General
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The latest in a new series of books which explain how Scotland's scenery was made, why it looks the way it does today and how it has changed over millions of years


(Paperback)

By: Alan McKirdy

ISBN: 9781780273716
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2017
UK Publication Date: 6th April 2017
Publisher: Birlinn General
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One of 4 books to launch a brand-new series on Scotland's geology and landscapes which explain how Scotland's scenery was made, why it looks the way it does today and how it has changed over millions of years


(Paperback)

By: Alan McKirdy

ISBN: 9781780274409
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2017
UK Publication Date: 22nd June 2017
Publisher: Birlinn General
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The latest in a new series of books which explain how Scotland's scenery was made, why it looks the way it does today and how it has changed over millions of years


(Paperback)

By: Alan McKirdy

ISBN: 9781780271514
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2015
UK Publication Date: 16th July 2015
Publisher: Birlinn General
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InSet in Stone, Alan McKirdy traces Scotland's geological journey, explaining for the non-specialist reader why the landscape looks the way it does todays. He also explores Scots and those working in Scotland have played a seminal role in the development of the science of geology, understanding Earth processes at a local and global scale.


(Paperback)

By: Alan McKirdy

ISBN: 9781780273723
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2016
UK Publication Date: 1st August 2016
Publisher: Birlinn General
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One of 4 books to launch a brand-new series on Scotland's geology and landscapes which explain how Scotland's scenery was made, why it looks the way it does today and how it has changed over millions of years.


(Paperback)

By: Alan McKirdy

ISBN: 9781780277486
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2022
UK Publication Date: 5th May 2022
Publisher: Birlinn General
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The south of Scotland has a long and turbulent geological past. Perhaps most notably, it marks the place where, 432 million years ago, an ocean, once as wide as the north Atlantic, was compressed by a convergence of ancient lands and then ceased to be.


(Paperback)

By: Alan McKirdy

ISBN: 9781780276083
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2019
UK Publication Date: 11th July 2019
Publisher: Birlinn General
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(Paperback)

By: Alan McKirdy

ISBN: 9781780275093
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2018
UK Publication Date: 10th May 2018
Publisher: Birlinn General
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In this book Alan McKirdy explores the Outer Hebrides, together with the volcanic rocks that build the outposts of Rockall, St Kilda and the Shiants, tracing their extraordinary journey through time and across the globe.