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Geology of Scotland
The geology of Scotland is unusually varied for a country of its size, with a large number of differing geological features.〔Keay & Keay (1994) page 415.〕 There are three main geographical sub-divisions: the Highlands and Islands is a diverse area which lies to the north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault; the Central Lowlands is a rift valley mainly comprising Paleozoic formations; and the Southern Uplands, which lie south of the Southern Uplands Fault, are largely composed of Silurian deposits.
The existing bedrock includes very ancient Archean gneiss, metamorphic beds interspersed with granite intrusions created during the Caledonian mountain building period (the Caledonian orogeny), commercially important coal, oil and iron bearing carboniferous deposits and the remains of substantial Paleogene volcanoes. During their formation, tectonic movements created climatic conditions ranging from polar to desert to tropical and a resultant diversity of fossil remains.
Scotland has also had a role to play in many significant discoveries such as plate tectonics and the development of theories about the formation of rocks and was the home of important figures in the development of the science including James Hutton (the "father of modern geology"),〔(University of Edinburgh - James Hutton ) Retrieved 16 August 2007.〕 Hugh Miller and Archibald Geikie.〔Keay & Keay (1994) pages 415-422.〕 Various locations such as 'Hutton's Unconformity' at Siccar Point in Berwickshire and the Moine Thrust in the north west were also important in the development of geological science.
== Overview ==
From a geological and geomorphological perspective the country has three main sub-divisions all of which were affected by Pleistocene glaciations.
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