The Scenery of Scotland: Viewed in Connexion with Its Physical Geology

Ayrshire basalt basin boulder-clay boulders Caithness Carboniferous cliffs Clyde coast coast-line conglomerate conspicuous corries crags crest deep denudation deposits descend detritus district dykes east erosion escarpments farther feet Firth Firth of Clyde frosts geological structure Glacial glaciers Glen gneiss granite greywacke height high grounds Highlands hills hollows ice-sheet ice-worn island lake land limestone Loch Loch Fyne Lomond Lower Old Red Lowlands marked mass Midland Valley miles moraines Moray Firth mounds mountains narrow north-west northern Ochil Ochil Hills Old Red Sandstone once peat Pentland Hills Permian plain precipices present quartzite railway raised beach ravine region ridges rise river rocky runs sand scenery schists Scotland Scottish sea-lochs seen shores side Silurian Skye slopes smooth Southern Uplands stones strata stream striæ striking sub-aërial summit surface Sutherland table-land terrace traced tract volcanic rocks waste watershed western wide worn