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Scotland has some strongly marked features in the divisions of strata, which cannot well be mistaken. In the part which comes within the map, the confines of the Grampian Hills, and other sttll higher ground, composed chiefly of schist and its accompaniments, are defined by a bold outline and remarkable passes into the mountains. The next, district of better land and inferior altitudes, one the red and dun-stone, is also well defined by the termihafion of the coal-measures, which, with similar surfaces occupy the lower lands, from the great Firth of Forth to the similar bay of the Clyde, with a few interspersions of limestone; which, with similar surfaces of red and dun-stone, in the eastern and southern parts, and high interior ridges of schist, completes the general outlines of strata in this portion of Scotland.
Smith’s Description of Other Parts of Great Britain
Related material
- Smith’s Explanation of His Map of Geological Strata in England and Wales
- The History of the Idea of Geological Strata before William Smith’s Formulation and Map
Bibliography
Smith, William. A Memoir to the Map and Delineation of Strata of England and Wales. London: John Cary, 1815.
Created 11 September 2018