Description
Book SynopsisWritten by geologist and teacher James Bryce, this survey of the geological and natural history of Arran and Clydesdale was produced for the 1855 meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; the book was first published that year. The third edition, reissued here, was published in 1865.
Table of ContentsPreface; Part I. Geology of Arran: 1. Physical features; 2. Outline of geology; 3. The outlying granites; 4. The Trappean rocks; 5. Glacial action; Part II. Excursions in Arran: 1. To the summit of Cior-Mhor; 2. To the Corriegills Shore; 3. To the summit of Goatfell; 4. The Wayside Museum; 5. By the Corrie Shore; 6. To the North Shore; 7. By the Western Shore; 8. By the interior of the nucleus; 9. Loch Ranza to Corrie; 10. To Holy Isle; 11. To Windmill Hill and Ploverfield; 12. To Ceim-na-Cailliach and the castles; 13. Glen Sannox and Glen Rosa; 14. By the Eastern Shore; 15. Lag to the Shell Beds; 16. To King's Cove and the Stone Circles; Part III. Fossils of the Arran Rocks; Part IV. The Flora of Arran; Part V. Marine Zoology of Arran; Part VI. Entomology of Arran; Part VII. Geology of Clydesdale: 1. Introduction; 2. Pleistocene or glacial period; 3. Carboniferous rocks; 4. The Old Red Sandstone; 5. The Old Slates; 6. Geology of the Clyde Islands.
