Scottish Geology Festival
The festival will feature visitor and virtual events, including field trips, online exhibitions, fossil hunting and talks.
Founded 1858 | Promoting public interest in geology and advancing geological knowledge
Founded 1858
The festival will feature visitor and virtual events, including field trips, online exhibitions, fossil hunting and talks.
1800 Ma gneiss, Precambrian metasediments and fossil stromatolites, the famous Port Askaig Tillite (possible "Snowball Earth"?), low grade metamorphic Dalradian rocks retaining original sedimentary structures, reactivated and reversed extensional faults, substantial mineralisation, 60 Ma igneous intrusions (opening of the Atlantic Ocean) and a large selection of Quaternary Ice Age features.
