Tuesday, April 24, 2012

I've been researching things you can do in Scotland, and this is stop # 1 you should take. Remember on the way home from Provo earlier this year I was trying to tell your family about how the FATHER OF GEOLOGY is from Scotland? I was right. His name was James Hutton.  Here is a nice little excerpt from a website (emphasis added):

Accorded Site of Special Scientific Interest status in 1961, the Siccar Point unconformity (known as Hutton’s Unconformity) is an internationally famous place of geological pilgrimage. It is of great historical importance in the development of the science of geology.
In 1788, James Hutton first understood the significance of the geological structure at Siccar Point. Although not the first unconformity he had observed, it is certainly the most spectacular. The near vertical Llandovery (Silurian) age greywackes and shales are covered unconformably by gently dipping Upper Devonian or Lower Carboniferous red breccia and sandstones. (Wow! Upper devonian and Lower carboniferous red breccia!!)

Stop number 2: I heard about this on NPR while driving to Moab.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/17816645

Will and Grace would love this!!

1 comment:

  1. Wa wee wa wa!
    Thanks. I'll be sure to check out those Silurian age greywackes.
    And the puppets are biZARRE. Are they still there?

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