Authors:R. D. Law, R. W. H. Butler, R. E. Holdsworth, M. Krab
Publisher: Geological Society Of London
Keywords: special, publication, geological, society, horne, peach, tectonics, mountain, building, legacy, continental
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2010-07-15
List price: $320.00
ISBN-10: 1862393001
ISBN-13: 9781862393004

The worlds mountain ranges are the clearest manifestations of long-term deformation of the continental crust. As such they have attracted geological investigations for centuries. Throughout this long history of research a few keynote publications stand out. One of the most important is the Geological Surveys 1907 Memoir on The Geological Structure of the North-West Highlands of Scotland. The Memoir summarized some of the Geological Survey’s finest work, and outlined many of the principles of field-based structural and tectonic analysis that have subsequently guided generations of geologi