The Old Red Sandstone; or, New Walks in an Old Field

Mist curling low over a Scottish quarry, the sharp tang of stone in the air, and the layered secrets of ancient worlds waiting beneath each footstep-such is the atmosphere conjured by this enduring work of geological exploration. Set amid the rugged landscapes of Scotland's Old Red Sandstone, the narrative draws readers into the heart of nineteenth-century geological fieldwork, where each fossil discovery and stratum of sedimentary rock formations reveals a chapter of Earth's distant past. ...