A study of the Highland Boundary Fault, where low grade metamorphic rocks of the Dalradian succession are located against upturned conglomerates of Lower Devonian age, with slivers of Highland Border Complex rocks in the fault zone

This trip will explore the British and Irish Palaeogene Igneous Province surrounding Carlingford Lough at Slieve Gullion, Carlingford and Mourne, including a range of volcanic features, from a caldera-forming ring complex to spectacular cone-sheets.

Examination of the Highland Border Complex and the Lower and Upper Old Red Sandstone rocks in the Balmaha area

We will see a fascinating variety of rocks covering a huge span of geological time, ranging from the Moine to the Palaeogene. We will also see rocks from the Ordovician, Silurian, Carboniferous, Triassic and Jurassic periods.

We will see a fascinating variety of rocks covering a huge span of geological time, ranging from the Moine to the Palaeogene. We will also see rocks from the Ordovician, Silurian, Carboniferous, Triassic and Jurassic periods.

We shall be looking at the igneous rocks of the Clyde Plateau Volcanic Formation, the Carboniferous sedimentary rocks of the Clyde Sandstone Formation and the Ballagan Beds.

A visit to the former lead mine near Tyndrum followed by a trip to Glen Orchy to examine outcrops of Dalradian rocks

A guided tour of the Glasgow Museums Resource Centre in Nitshill

We will examine beautifully exposed examples of contact metamorphic changes to the Dalradian Aberfoyle slate adjacent to a late Caledonian diorite intrusion, the Comrie pluton at Craig More.

An opportunity to examine Dalradian rocks (slates and grits of the Southern Highland Group) and structures related to the Tay Nappe