Geology
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 170 Collections and/or Records:
Material related to Dr Brian Sissons's research
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1875
Scope and Contents
Maps, borehole records, notebooks and correspondence from Dr Brian Sissons (Reader at Edinburgh University's department of geography from 1953 until his retirement), together with slides, instruments and draft diagrams. The maps and files relate to different periods of his career, and different areas of research such as Glen Roy, the Forth Valley, Berwickshire, the Isle of Skye, the Cairngorms, and Loch Lomond. Areas of study include the Loch Lomond Advance, glacier striations, and Glen Roy...
Dates:
1945-2018
Mineralogical Notes on Fife, 1811
Item
Identifier: Coll-1373/8
Scope and Contents
Short volume of approximately 38 pages, with numerous drawings, on geological observations made on walks in Fife.
Dates:
1811
Mineralogical Notes on Fife, c1811
Item
Identifier: Coll-1373/9
Scope and Contents
Volume of approximately 156 pages, containing geological observations, with numerous drawings, made on walks in Fife.
Dates:
c1811
Mineralogical Notes on Scotland, March 1816
Item
Identifier: Coll-1373/11
Scope and Contents
Volume of 48 pages containing a few geological observations and drawings, and a short digest of someone's zoological voyage around the world.
Dates:
March 1816
Mineralogical Notes on Sutherland, Caithness, etc., 1819
Item
Identifier: Coll-1373/12
Scope and Contents
Volume of 118 pages containing geological observations and drawings from around Scotland.
Dates:
1819
Mineralogical Notes on Walks, from August to September 1813, 1813
Item
Identifier: Coll-1373/10
Scope and Contents
Volume of 156 pages containing geological observations, with numerous drawings, made on local walks in Scotland.
Dates:
1813
Minute Book No 10, 1924-1944
Item — Volume MS 2919.2: Series Coll-43/1
Identifier: Coll-43/1/10
Scope and Contents
Volume containing minutes of ordinary meetings and details of the Society's business. This includes the nomination and election of members. It also details excursions taken by the society, papers read at meetings and publications in Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society are also covered. There are also obituaries to Benjamin Neeve Peach and Henry Moubray Cadell and details of the Clough Memorial Medal for geological work in Scotland and the north of...
Dates:
1924-1944
Minute Book No III, 07 July 1842 - 02 May 1850
Item — Volume MS 2917.3: Series Coll-43/1
Identifier: Coll-43/1/3
Scope and Contents
Notebook containing minutes of meetings. Membership details include: details of new and retiring members, those who attended each meeting and deaths. Newspaper obituaries for George Sanderson and Hugh Smith are pasted into the book. The financial affairs of the Society are reported, and a newspaper clipping with the annual report for 1847 included. Details of the development of the society library are minuted. Abstracts of member's papers are minuted, along with the resultant...
Dates:
07 July 1842 - 02 May 1850
Minutes, 12 January 1808-16 April 1858
Series
Identifier: Coll-206/1
Scope and Contents
- details of the constitution of the society
- minutes concerning the scientific papers read at society meetings
- minutes concerning membership applications and acceptances by the society
- minutes concerning business matters of the society
Dates:
12 January 1808-16 April 1858
Minutes of General Meetings, 04 December 1834-29 March 1982
Series
Identifier: Coll-43/1
Scope and Contents
14 handwritten minute books (1834-1982) The subjects discussed include geological subjects, papers published by members and aspects of membership.
Dates:
04 December 1834-29 March 1982