Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from William Blackadder regarding the geology of Forfarshire, 16 March 1825
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/3/18
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from William Blackadder discussing various geological matters including the heights of diluvium in the Forfarshire area, the lochs in the Forfarshire area and his suspicions that land near Cortachie had once been a lake, marl deposition in the Forfarshire and Borders areas of Scotland and flints found in Aberdeenshire, 16 March 1825.
Dates
- 16 March 1825
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Extent
1 letter
- Aberdeenshire (Scotland)
- Angus (Scotland)
- Blackadder, William, 1782-1860 (Surveyor, Architect from Glamis, Forfarshire)
- Davy, Sir Humphrey, 1778-1829 (natural philosopher)
- Deposition and Sedimentation
- Diluvium
- Flint
- Lochs
- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)
- Marl
- Rose, Caleb Burrell, 1790-1872 (geologist)
- Scottish Borders (England and Scotland)
Repository Details
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk