Fig. 1 Map of the Hebrides
William Collins
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First published 1990
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Editors
Sarah A. Corbet
Max Walters, ScD, VMH
Professor Richard West, ScD, FRS
David Streeter, FIBiol
Photographic Editor
Eric Hosking, OBE, Hon FRPS, FBIPP
TO WINIFRED
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Contents
Foreword by HRH Prince Philip The Duke of Edinburgh
Part I: The Ecosystem of the Hebrides
1.Geology
Pre-cambrian and Palaeozoic Rocks
2.Climate and Hydrography
Soil Climate
Rainfall and Sunshine
Wind
Climate in the Past
Hydrography
3.Soils
Glacial Till with Brown Forest Soils
Morainic Drift with Peat and Gleys
Outwash Fans and Raised Beaches
Colluvium and Shallow Drifts with Podzols
Aeolian