As part of a collaborative project between the British Geological Survey
and the University of Leeds there is now a major website available that
covers the geology of that most famous part of the Moine Thrust Belt -
Assynt. The site has loads of photographs of the rocks and structures,
explores the landscapes and delves into the history of how thrust tectonics
was discovered there in the 1880s. The BGS have provided lots of archive
material - including scene from the surveyors' notebooks, parts of field
slips and their interpretations. All are freely available for academic use.
We hope the community finds this resource useful - even if you never get
the opportunity to visit the place!
The site is hosted in Leeds at:
http://earth.leeds.ac.uk/assyntgeology
[note for long-term geotectonic users - this website replaces and goes far
beyond the old Moine Thrust Belt site here at Leeds - but the old one does
still exist if you've got links to it]
The new website forms part of BGS's Moine Thrust project - a mafor Public
Understanding of Science initiative. They have also just brought out a book
"Exploring the Landscape of Assynt: - Walkers Guide to the geology and
Landscape
of Assynt and Inverpolly" - out now.
I'm happy to receive comments/criticisms etc .
Enjoy.
Rob Butler
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