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Scotland Outdoors

Understanding the Rocks Beneath Our Feet - A Scottish Geology Special

Scotland Outdoors

BBC

Nature, Society & Culture, Science

4.7709 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Mark Stephen on a beach in Fife with geologists Angus Miller and Katie Strang.

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0:00.0

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0:09.3

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0:22.0

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0:26.3

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0:27.4

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0:29.9

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0:32.8

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0:36.2

The Scotland Outdoors podcast from BBC Radio Scotland.

0:44.3

I wish you could smell this. There's a real smell of the seashore.

0:55.0

It's low tide at the moment and the rocks are exposed

0:59.0

and there's lots of tangle and bladder rack.

1:04.0

And further up here, just behind me you've got Roseby Willowherb and Teesles and there's a magnificent red sandstone

1:14.2

tower, seafield tower, just off to my right there. I'm Mark Stephen. I'm kicking the

1:21.4

backside away from the Langkane, Kirkcordi in Fife and I've come to a quite a small beach

1:28.0

it's a pebbly beach

1:29.3

with rocks and rock pools in front of me

1:32.7

sedimentary rock

1:33.9

because we had a request

1:36.2

we were asked to a podcast specifically about geology

1:39.3

now as luck would have it

1:40.8

we're coming up to the Scottish Geology Festival

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