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Many different types of rock have been used in the construction of Glasgow's buildings. A booklet describing a geological trail around the buildings of Central Glasgow is available to download.
A walk around the building stones of Glasgow University. The guide contains colour photos and an easy to follow map of the campus.
An association of serpentenite, chert and pillow lavas that represents an ophiolite suite.
The relationships between the Dalradian block and the Midland Valley; details of the structure and stratigraphy of the Highland Border Complex; recumbent folding in Upper Dalradian rocks.
A large deeply-eroded volcanic vent of Lower Carboniferous age.
Succession of Carboniferous rock types and junctions of the Carboniferous with the Devonian and the Permian.
Dalradian schists, Hutton's classic unconformity and Permian sandstones and breccias.
Sedimentary and volcanic rocks of Lower Carboniferous age and evidence for the Campsie Fault.
