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Geological Surveys

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Sir John Scott Keltie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 22 May 1882

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/11
Scope and Contents Letter to Sir John Scott Keltie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton apologising that the advance atlas sheets for Tertiary History of the Grand Canyon District, ( 1882) have not been sent to him due to a hold up at the printer's. He reports that he will shortly leave for the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii) but will leave instructions for them to be sent on. This may not be for another 2 weeks due to the scale of the print job. He tells Keltie that he hopes Sir Archibald...
Dates: 22 May 1882

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

Notebooks on the geology of Arran and Skye, 1851-1853

 Series
Identifier: Coll-74/2
Scope and Contents

The Notebooks on the geology of Arran and Skye series consists of:


  1. Diary of time spent on Arran (1851)
  2. Account of the 'Liasic district of Skye' (1853)
Dates: 1851-1853

Notes and correspondence on the geology of Forfarshire, 1817-1841

 Series — Box Lyell Temp Box 1.21 (Formerly Gen 118): Series Coll-203/2 (Lyell 2); Series Coll-203/3 (Lyell 3); Series Coll-203/4 (Lyell 4)
Identifier: Coll-203/3 (Lyell 3)
Scope and Contents

The notes and correspondence on the Geology of Forfarshire consist of:


  1. notes
  2. sketchbooks
  3. geological cross sections
  4. correspondence
Dates: 1817-1841

Retirement certificate of George G. Torkington, 1949

 File
Identifier: Coll-1848/24-0056
Content Description This file consists of: Framed and decorated retiral certificate for George G. Torkington signed by staff in the Geological Survey - Scottish Office. Signatures include Sir Edward Battersby Bailey, Dr William Francis Porter McLintock, Dr Murray Macgregor and TH Whitehead; Photograph of geological map model of Ardnamurchan made by Torkington; Print out of photograph of...
Dates: 1949