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James Hutton
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James Hutton was a Scottish geologist, agriculturalist, chemical manufacturer, naturalist and physician. Often referred to as the "Father of Modern Geology," he played a key role in establishing geolo
Portrait by Henry Raeburn, 1776
Portrait by Henry Raeburn, 1776
Front entrance to Hutton's farm Slighhouses. Location: 55°49′36″N 2°17′09″W / 55.82675°N 2.28586°W / 55.82675; -2.28586 (slighhouses)
Front entrance to Hutton's farm Slighhouses. Location: 55°49′36″N 2°17′09″W / 55.82675°N 2.28586°W / 55.82675; -2.28586 (slighhouses)
The memorial to James Hutton at his grave in Greyfriars Kirkyard in Edinburgh. Location: 55°56′44″N 3°11′32″W / 55.945626°N 3.192200°W / 55.945626; -3
The memorial to James Hutton at his grave in Greyfriars Kirkyard in Edinburgh. Location: 55°56′44″N 3°11′32″W / 55.945626°N 3.192200°W / 55.945626; -3.192200 (slighhouses)
Hutton's Glen Tilt exposure at collapsed Dail-an-eas Bridge upstream from Forest Lodge, drawn by John Clerk of Eldin in 1785. The bridge collapsed in
Hutton's Glen Tilt exposure at collapsed Dail-an-eas Bridge upstream from Forest Lodge, drawn by John Clerk of Eldin in 1785. The bridge collapsed in approximately 1973. Location: 56°51′04″N 3°44′31″W / 56.851082°N 3.741822°W / 56.851082; -3.741822 (Dail-an-eas bridge)
Hutton's Unconformity
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Hutton's Unconformity is a name given to various notable geological sites in Scotland identified by the 18th-century Scottish geologist James Hutton as places where the junction between two types of r
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…himself to see "particular marks" of the relationship between the rock layers. On the 1787 trip to the Isle of Arran he found his first example of Hutton's Unconformity to the north of Newton Point near Lochranza, but the limited view meant that the condition of the underlying strata was not clear enough for him, and…
Cover of the journal Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. This is the issue where James Hutton published his Theory of the Earth in 1788.
Cover of the journal Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. This is the issue where James Hutton published his Theory of the Earth in 1788.
Hutton’s First Unconformity at Newton Shore on the Island of Arran; N 55.718072, -5.287987
Hutton’s First Unconformity at Newton Shore on the Island of Arran; N 55.718072, -5.287987
Hutton Unconformity at Inchbonny, Jedburgh. A photograph shows the current scene (2003), below John Clerk, Lord Eldin's illustration of 1787; N 55.472
Hutton Unconformity at Inchbonny, Jedburgh. A photograph shows the current scene (2003), below John Clerk, Lord Eldin's illustration of 1787; N 55.4721, W 2.5545