At present, we are unable to open our bookshop at lecture evenings, but are hoping to do so at some point. However, the following books can be purchased at present by contacting the society’s publications officer.

The postage charge will depend on the weight of the order and the destination. For UK destinations and one or two books, it will be £3.60. For more books and foreign destinations, it will be greater and will depend of the weight of the order and the destination country.


 

A Guide to the Geology of Islay, Jura and Colonsay; Volume II

David Webster, Roger Anderton and Alasdair Skelton
Paperback
Ringwood Publishing (2021)
134 pages
ISBN: 978-1-901514-86-5
Retail Price: £14.99
Members’ Price: £13.00

You can find out more about this book on the Islay Field Guides page.

A Guide to the Geology of Islay (3rd edition)

David Webster, Roger Anderton and Alasdair Skelton
Paperback
Ringwood Publishing (2021)
188 pages
ISBN: 978-1-901514-16-2
Retail Price: £14.99
Members’ Price: £13.00

You can find out more about this book on the Islay Field Guides page.

Field Guide to the Geology of Gigha & Cara (2nd edition)

J.G. MacDonald
Paperback
Geological Society of Glasgow (2021)
ISBN: 978-1-3999-0458-2
Retail Price: £10.00
Members’ Price: £8.00

You can find out more about this book on the Gigha Field Guide page.

A Field Guide to the Geology of Madeira

C.J. Burton, J.G. MacDonald
Paperback
Geological Society of Glasgow (2008)
ISBN: 978-0-902892-11-8
Retail Price: £10.00
Members’ Price: £8.00

You can find out more about this book on the Madeira Field Guide page.

Supplement to Madeira guide

Since the publication of this guide in 2008, the need has arisen to update some of the information contained in it. The great storm of February 2010 changed some of the topography, including the area of Porto da Cruz, and in the same year a new geological map of the island was published along with a revision of the stratigraphy. These and other alterations and additions are reflected in a supplement to the Madeira guide, which was up-to-date as of May 2018. (This supplement replaces an earlier supplement which was published in June 2016.) The new supplement includes a revision of the stratigraphy, an additional excursion itinerary and updated information about other excursions.

A Field Guid to the Geology of Madeira

An Excursion Guide to the Moine: Geology of the Northern Highlands of Scotland

Rob Strachan, Ian Alsop, Clark Friend, Suzanne Miller
Paperback
National Museums Scotland (2010)
ISBN: 978-1-905267-33-0
Retail Price: £17.99
Members’ Price: £9.50

Publisher’s summary

This is a co-publication between NMS Enterprises – Publishing and the Edinburgh Geological Society and the Geological Society of Glasgow. The book describes the varied rocks and structures that occur within the largely metasediments of the Moine Supergroup of the northern and central highlands of Scotland. The excursions are, for the most part, along major roads, allowing easy access to some of the finest outcrops of deformed and metamorphosed sandstones in Scotland. Professional geologists will find the book invaluable as will the enthusiastic amateur and the undergraduate student.

Fife and Angus Geology (3rd edition)

A.R. MacGregor
Paperback
Pentland Press (1996)
ISBN: 978-1-85821-353-8
Retail Price: £12.50
Members’ Price: £9.50

Publisher’s summary

This guide describes the varied geology of the Fife and Angus region (Central Scotland), ranging from the metamorphic rocks of the Southern Highlands to the sedimentary and volcanic rocks of Devonian and Carboniferous age. Illustrated with maps, plates and figures this compact guide contains 18 itineraries which visit both coastal and inland sites which are of interest to geologists of all levels.

This book is now out of print, but the bookshop still has some copies in stock.

Assynt: The Geologists' Mecca (2nd edition)

P. M. Dryburgh, S. M. Ross, C. L. Thompson
Paperback
Edinburgh Geological Society (2014)
ISBN: 978-0-904440-13-3
Members’ Price: £3.00

Publisher’s summary

The Assynt district of Sutherland has long been recognised as a jewel in the crown of Scottish geology; and in October 2004 the North-west Highlands, of which Assynt forms an integral part, was accorded Geopark status by the European Geopark Network.

The 2nd edition of Assynt: The Geologists’ Mecca is an account of the illustrious history of research in the district which formed the foundations of our modern understanding of Assynt’s geology. The book describes the British Association’s famous excursion to Assynt in September 1912, led by Drs. Ben Peach and John Horne of the Geological Survey of Great Britain (now the British Geological Survey). It was attended by thirty geologists, including many of the foremost international authorities of the day on mountain-building processes. Brief biographies of these notable geologists are included in the book

Set in Stone: The Geology and Landscapes of Scotland

Alan McKirdy
Paperback
Birlinn (2015)
ISBN: 978-1-780271-51-4
Retail Price: £9.99
Members’ Price: £3.00

Publisher’s summary

The land that was to become Scotland has travelled across the globe over the last 3,000 million years – from close to the South Pole to its current position. During these travels, there were many continental collisions, creating mountain belts as high as the present-day Himalayas. The Highlands of Scotland were formed in this way. Our climate too has changed dramatically over the last 3 billion years from the deep freeze of the Ice Age to scorching heat of the desert. And within a relatively short time – geologically speaking, we will plunge back into another ice age

In Set in Stone, Alan McKirdy traces Scotland’s amazing geological journey, explaining for the non – specialist reader why the landscape looks the way it does todays. He also explores Scots and those working in Scotland have played a seminal role in the development of the science of geology, understanding Earth processes at a local and global scale.

Introducing Mineralogy

John Mason
Paperback
Dunedin Academic Press (2014)
ISBN: 978-1-780460-28-4
Retail Price: £16.00
Members’ Price: £3.00

Publisher’s summary

People have been fascinated by minerals since prehistory. The attractions of minerals lie in their colours, their beautiful crystals and the discoveries of their uses and the metals that can be obtained from them. Minerals receive attention from a wide variety of people: mining executives, collectors, prospectors and scientists unravelling their molecular structure and origins. But, for someone new to mineralogy, the subject can appear to be overwhelmingly complex. In Introducing Mineralogy John Mason considers the essence of mineralogy in a clear and logical manner. The book begins with the basic chemistry of minerals and the way in which the mineral kingdom is classified. It then considers mineral occurrences, both typical, such as the minerals that largely make up common rocks like granite, and atypical, such as concentrations of rare metals in ore-deposits. The ways in which minerals are studied using microscopes and the importance of careful observation and interpretation are discussed and the topics of mineral collecting and related issues are addressed. The final chapters explore the uses of minerals, both industrial and scientific, and take a look at environmental issues associated with mineral extraction and usage. Lavishly illustrated in colour and complete with a glossary, the book is aimed at students embarking on courses in the Earth Sciences and at the amateur collector who wants to find out more about the colourful rocks they may find when out walking.

Indroducing Sedimentology

Stuart J. Jones
Paperback
Dunedin Academic Press (2014)
ISBN: 978-1-780461-02-1
Retail Price: £16.00
Members’ Price: £3.00

Publisher’s summary

Sediments and sedimentary rocks are fundamental to our understanding of the Earth and the array of environments that characterize its surface. Since some 70% of the rocks on the Earths surface are sedimentary in origin and sediments are of great economic importance, there is a very good chance that we encounter a sedimentary rock or an associated sedimentary process at some point very day of our lives.Introducing Sedimentology covers all of the rudimentary aspects of sedimentology including different types of sedimentary rocks, sedimentary structures and environments of deposition of sediments. The application of sedimentology in the search for hydrocarbons and other valuable economic resources is explained.Written for students, amateur enthusiasts and professional geologists, Introducing Sedimentology provides a succinct and accessible introduction to the science of sedimentology. It is generously illustrated with many explanatory line diagrams and colour photographs. Technical terms are kept to a minimum throughout the book, but a glossary of the terms used is provided.

Scotland's Beginnings: Scotland through Time

Michael Taylor, Andrew Kitchener
Paperback
NMS Enterprises (2002)
ISBN: 978-1-901663-26-6
Retail Price: £8.99
Members’ Price: £5.00

Publisher’s summary

What would we have seen if we looked out over the landscape of Scotland at its very beginning, before the impact of mankind? What would it be like to swim in the Jurassic sea? Or stand early one morning in the dragon-fly haunted coal forests of the Midland Valley? This book captures in words, drawings, paintings and photographs the dramatic sceneries – erupting volcanoes, colliding continents – and ever-changing landscape of Scotland.

A Photographic Guide to Shetland's Geology

David MalcolmRobina R. Barton
Paperback
Shetland Times (2015)
ISBN: 978-1-904746-97-3
Retail Price: £15.99
Members’ Price: £3.00

Publisher’s summary

This book is the first photographic guide to the geology of the Shetland Islands. Shetland’s landscape, its hills and beaches, cliffs and stacks, are not only places of extraordinary beauty but have locked up within them secrets from an ancient past. What is particularly amazing about Shetland is that many of these treasures are so readily accessible. It is the author’s ambition that A Photographic Guide to Shetland’s Geology will not only be a rich source of information, but will help both residents and visitors understand and the see the islands in a new way. The place where each photograph was taken or where a rock sample was recovered from, is mentioned in the accompanying caption, and there are several maps highlighting the principal geological sites and places of interest.

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