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    Siccar Point is a rocky promontory in the county of Berwickshire on the east coast of Scotland. It is famous in the history of geology for Hutton's Unconformity...
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  • two adjoining rock types had been laid bare, the most noted being at Siccar Point on the coast of Berwickshire. Hutton hit on a variety of ideas to explain...
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    who found examples of Hutton's Unconformity at Jedburgh in 1787 and at Siccar Point in Berwickshire in 1788, both in Scotland. The rocks above an unconformity...
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    applied to either the unconformity observed by James Hutton in 1787 at Siccar Point in Scotland,[failed verification] or that observed by John Wesley Powell...
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    Archibald Geikie. Various locations such as 'Hutton's Unconformity' at Siccar Point in Berwickshire and the Moine Thrust in the northwest were also important...
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    Lothian southwards through Berwickshire. Hutton's famous unconformity at Siccar Point occurs within this basin - see History of study below. This relatively...
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  • gas field lies west of Shetland. It is operated by Equinor; Suncor and Siccar Point Energy. The discovery well was drilled in 2004. A final investment decision...
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  • Enlightenment, remarked upon seeing the strata of the angular unconformity at Siccar Point with Hutton and James Hall in June 1788, "the mind seemed to grow giddy...
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  • an Israeli-based company, Delek Group, in 2017. The company acquired Siccar Point Energy for $1.5 billion, giving it stakes in the Rosebank oil and gas...
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    coastlines of his native Scottish lowlands, such as Salisbury Crags or Siccar Point, he developed the theory that geological features could not be static...
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    Hall, and found a dramatic unconformity showing the same sequence at Siccar Point. Playfair later recalled that "the mind seemed to grow giddy by looking...
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  • licences) by OMV in 2014, later becoming part of the Siccar Point Energy portfolio. Siccar Point Energy developed the project and test drilling in 2018...
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    in his self-published paperback of 1906, Illogical Geology: The Weakest Point in the Evolution Theory. His arguments continued this focus on disproving...
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    18 October 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2012. Montgomery, Keith (2003). "Siccar Point and Teaching the History of Geology" (PDF). University of Wisconsin....
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    Causeway in Northern Ireland) Salisbury Plain Tees–Exe line Whin Sill Siccar Point in Berwickshire provided early proof of the immense age of the Earth...
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    significant amount of the Mount Sharp group. The Siccar Point group (named after the famous unconformity at Siccar Point) overlies the Mount Sharp group, and the...
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    Hutton's Unconformity at several places, particularly an outcrop at Siccar Point sketched by Sir James Hall. As Playfair later recalled, "The mind seemed...
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    Berwickshire coast to Siccar Point where they found the famous rock formation now known as Hutton's Unconformity. At this point Hall was still sceptical...
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  • Harbour Energy's Chrysaor, Zennor Petroleum, and Ithaca Energy-owned Siccar Point Energy. It was listed by Grant Thornton's 2024 Scotland Limited report...
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    McKirdy et al. (2007) p. 298. Hall (2001) p. 28 Keith Montgomery (2003). "Siccar Point and Teaching the History of Geology" (PDF). Journal of Geoscience Education...
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    Hutton's Unconformity at several places, particularly an outcrop at Siccar Point sketched by Sir James Hall. As Playfair later recalled, "The mind seemed...
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    p. 28 McKirdy et al. (2007) pp. 297- 301 Montgomery, Keith (2003). "Siccar Point and Teaching the History of Geology" (PDF). University of Wisconsin....
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    Scots' Dike Scott's View Selkirk, Selkirk Castle, Selkirk Common Shankend Siccar Point Simprim Sir Walter Scott Way Skirling Skirmish Hill Smailholm, Smailholm...
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  • episode being one short leg of the journey. The weekly journey is a point-to-point journey to take in a variety of locations along the route. Filmed entirely...
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    of near vertical and folded bands of rock. Keith Montgomery (2003). "Siccar Point and Teaching the History of Geology" (pdf). University of Wisconsin....
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  • visits the Grand Canyon; Scotland's Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Crags, and Siccar Point; California's Owens Valley and San Andreas Fault; New Madrid, Missouri;...
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  • Point Bowdun Head Dunnottar Castle Milton Ness Fife Ness Siccar Point St Abb's Head Westray: Rapness South Ronaldsay: Grim Ness Orkney Mainland Point...
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    John Playfair was with Hutton on the boat trip in the Spring of 1788 to Siccar Point, where they discovered the unconformity that offered proof of Hutton's...
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    Professor Stuart Monro Stuart Monro at Siccar Point, May 2007 Born (1947-03-03) 3 March 1947 (age 77) Aberdeen, Scotland Nationality British Occupation...
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  • Pease Bay Coast Pease Bridge Glen Redden Bank Lime Works River Tweed Siccar Point Slaidhills Moss St Abbs Head to Fast Castle Head The Hirsel Whiteadder...
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