Geology of Arran and Clydesdale
With an Account of the Flora and Marine Fauna of Arran

This 1855 geological survey (reissued here in its 1865 edition) remained the authoritative guide to the area for many years.

James Bryce (Author)

9781108038300, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 3 November 2011

382 pages, 2 b/w illus. 2 maps
21.6 x 14 x 2.2 cm, 0.49 kg

James Bryce (1806–77) was a Scottish schoolteacher and geologist. His numerous articles on geology earned him a place in the Geological Society of London (1834) and in the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1875). He also campaigned to reform the Scottish universities and for Scottish education to be independent of the English system. In 1855 Bryce conducted a geological survey of Clydesdale and the Isle of Arran for the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS). His findings were published the same year, in this book. Bryce's study records the natural history of the two regions, with descriptions of the geological features encountered on various expeditions in Arran. Bryce also describes the Arran flora, marine fauna, and rare insect life. This book remained the geological authority on Arran and Clydesdale for a long time; the third edition, reissued here, was published in 1865.

Preface
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.

Subject Areas: Geological surface processes [geomorphology RBGD]