Scotland's Earth Heritage and Landscape

SNH Earth Science publications

Further information and orders on SNH publications can be found here or you can contact SNH publication department :

SNH Publications, Battleby, Redgorton, Perth, PH1 3EW
Tel: 01738 458530 email: pubs@snh.gov.uk

General Information

Landscape Fashioned by Geology series
Conserving Scotlands Rocks, Fossils and Landforms
Advances Posters Series
Trails Through Time in the Cairngorms National Park
Earth Heritage magazine
Earth Science and the Natural Heritage
Soils, sustainability and the Natural heritage
Natural Heritage Future Area (Earth science)

Landscape Fashioned by Geology series

Produced jointly with the British Geological Survey.

McKirdy, A. (series editor)

An introduction to Scotand’s fascinating geological history, written for the non-specialist. For more details and to order copies visit our Publications Catalogue Earth Science page

Current titles:

Scotland: Creation of its Natural Landscape. ISBN 1 85397 004 2
Arran and the Clyde Islands. ISBN 1 85397 287 8
Cairngorms. ISBN 1 85397 086 7
East Lothian and the Borders. ISBN 1 85397 242 8
Edinburgh (old edition).ISBN 1 85397 024 7
Edinburgh and West Lothain (new edition). ISBN 1 85397 327 0
Fife and Tayside. ISBN 1 85397 110 3
Loch Lomond to Stirling. ISBN 1 85397 119 7
Orkney and Shetland. ISBN 1 85397 220 7
Nothwest Highlands. ISBN 1 85397 139 1
Rum and the Small Isles. ISBN 1 85397 370 2
Glen Roy. ISBN 1 85397 360 2

Conserving Scotlands Rocks, Fossils and Landforms

A free illustrated leaflet ( ISBN 1 85739 057 3) full of useful information about how our rocks and landscape were formed, what they tell us about the past, and why they need to be cared for. It also shows you how to get involved with Earth heritage.

Advances Posters Series

An innovative series which brings teachers up to date with the latest advances in a range of natural heritage research areas in Scotland. For more details visit the ‘education & teachers’ resources’ section of our publications catalogue.

Titles of particular Earth science interest:

No.1 Scotland: A Little Piece of North America
No. 2 Who’s Afriad of a Bit of Rain
No. 3 What’s Under Your Wellies

Trails Through Time in the Cairngorms National Park

Discover the dramatic story of the Cairngorms with these pictoral guides to 3 popular walks. Written for the non-specialist, these leaflets encourage you to look at the landscape with fresh eyes. Routes range from 1.5 hrs to 3 hrs for a family walking at an easy pace.

Trails Through Time in the Cairngorms National Park

Price £2.50
ISBN 1 85397 402 1

Earth Heritage magazine

A FREE twice-yearly journal, that contains articles on Earth heritage conservation from Britain and abroad as well as news of recent developments and reviews of the latest publications. It is aimed at all with an interest or involvement in Earth science conservation. Earth Heritage magazine is produced by UKRIGS Geoconservation Association, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, English Nature, Scottish Natural Heritage and the Countryside Council for Wales. For subscription information and contacts see scottishgeology.com/publications

Soils, sustainability and the Natural Heritage

August 1994, Ayr
A conference convened by SNH in 1994 on Soils, sustainability and the Natural Heritage.

Themes
Conference proceedings
Conference abstracts
Poster presentation

Themes

Themes explored include:

The Natural Heritage and the soils Resource
Pollutions and Environmental Change
Soils and Land Use
Towards Sustainability

Conference Proceedings

Taylor, A.G., Gordon, J.E. and Usher M.B. 1996. Soils and the Natural Heritage. The Stationary Office, Edinburgh. ISBN 0 11 495270 1

To order a copy, contact:
The Stationary Office Bookshop
71 Lothian Road
Edinburgh
EH3 9AZ
Tel: 0870 6065566
Fax (Bookshop): 0870 6065588
Fax (Publishing): 0131-622 1391

Conference Abstracts

Soils and Sustainability : A Natural Heritage Perspective J. E. Gordon, N. Gubbins, A.G. Taylor and A. P. McKirdyThe soil Ecosystem and Sustainability. M. B. Usher
Soil change in Scotland: The legacy of past land Improvement process. D. A. Davidson and T. C. Smout
The monitoring of soil properties. M. F. Billett
The Scottish soil resource: current status and future priorities for management. S. J. Langan, E. Paterson and A.G. Taylor.
Acid deposition and Soils: A perspective fro Nature conservation. S. A. Bareham
Climate change, soils and sustainability. M. D. A. Rounsevell, P. Bullock and J. A. Harris
Heavy metals in Soils. I. D. Pulford
Sustainable use of sewage sludge on agricultural land. M. N. Aitken
Forestry, soils and sustainability. D.C. Malcolm and A. J. Moffat
An approach to sustainability in agriculture: applying technology fro the benefit of soils and the Natural Heritage. P. H. Pitkin and E. J. Tait
Soils and sustainability: a crafting view. M. M. Grantham
Soil erosion and sustainability. I. C. Grieve and J. A. Hipkin
Points of departure in soil protection policy in the Netherlands. F. A. M de Haan
Towards a strategy for the sustainability of the soil resource s of the UK. P.. Bullock and T. R. E. Thompson.
Epilogue: The way forward – soil sustainability in Scotland. A.G. Taylor, M. B. usher, J. E. Gordon and N. Gubbins

Poster presentation

Below ground Biodiversity: A literature review for the British Isles, particularly Scotland. R. Moore, A. R. Anderson, D. Ray, C. Walker, D. G. Pyatt, H. F Evans, C.I. Carter, N. A. Straw, D. Wainhouse and T. G. Winter
Organic and physical components of soil quality. B.C. Ball, M. V. Cheschire and E. A. G. Robertson.
The soil resource of Scotland. J. S. Bell, F. T. Dry, J. H. Gauld, G. Hudson, A. Lilly and W. Towers.
Nitrous Oxide emissions from soil incorporation of crop residues. E. M. Baggs, R. M. Rees and K. A. Smith
Restoration of wet heathland after opencast mining. D. W. Merrilees and G. E. D Tiley
Recycling of Sewage sludge to land. R. Wolstenholme and R.D. Davis
Determination of regeneration times of opencast coal spoil, using a modelling approach R. C Hood.
Nitrate leaching from low and high nitrogen input grassland systems. P. S. Hooda, M. Moynagh and I. F. Svoboda.
Background levels of heavy metals in Scottish soils and the implications for recycling sewage sludge to agricultural land. W. Towers and E. Paterson
The impacts of reindeer on Finnmark’s landscape, northern Norway. R. Evans
Soils disturbance by mechanical scarification and tree windthrow. E. J. F. Cameron.
Defining biologically sustainable levels of stocking on Scottish peatlands: Shetland case study. R. V. Birnie
Catchment water quality in relation to land use and management practices. P. S. Hooda, M. Moynagh, I. F. Svoboda, H. Anderson, M. Thurlow and M. Stewart
Application of nitrogen cycle modelling to land use policy issues: winter and spring cereal cropping. A. J. A. Vinten
A snowmelt generated soil erosion event in Fife, Scotland. R. Wade

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