Campsie Glen

Campsie Glen, located in East Dunbartonshire in Scotland, is an important site for geological study. It served as the first field trip for the Geological Society of Glasgow and today has been dubbed a regionally important geological and geomorphological site (RIGS). The Campsie Fault passes through the region, extending for several miles east and west. 

Coordinates

Latitude: 55.988883699642
Longitude: -4.223073720932

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Timeline of Events Associated with Campsie Glen

Date Event Manage
27 Feb 1868

"On Geological Time."

Photo of William ThomsonOn 27 February 1868, William Thomson speaks to the Geological Society of Glasgow “On Geological Time.” The address is a full-bore challenge to the soundness of contemporary geological science, with respect to process and its blithe disregard of the discoveries of physics, calling for fundamental reform. Image: Photograph of William Thomson, Lord Kelvin. This image is in the public domain in the United States because its copyright has expired.

Articles

Martin Meisel, "On the Age of the Universe"