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Feature: The Great Whin Sill
Author(s) -
Robinson Eric
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2451.2004.00468.x
Subject(s) - sill , geology , outcrop , feature (linguistics) , new england , archaeology , paleontology , geochemistry , law , geography , philosophy , linguistics , politics , political science
Without question, many of the principles of geology as a science evolved as the rock outcrops of Britain were explored and discussed with an open mind. Nowhere can this be better demonstrated than in the history of opinion concerning the Whin Sill in the north of England.