Online Talk: Scotland's volcanoes - Arthur's Seat

Volcanic activity in the past has shaped Scotland as we see it today. Join Angus Miller for a series of three linked online talks exploring the volcanic activity of different areas of Scotland, linking the volcanic rocks from ancient eruptions to what we know about how volcanoes work from the study of recent eruptions around the world. The science of volcanology has been transformed over the last 40 years by a huge amount of research that has greatly expanded our understanding of how volcanoes work: we can apply that knowledge to Scottish volcanoes. In this talk, Dr Angus Miller (Geowalks) will explore Arthur's Seat. Scotland's most famous volcano towers over Edinburgh city centre, and has been examined by thousands of geology students over the last two hundred years. The Salisbury Crags intrusion had a pivotal role in the debates between Neptunists and Vulcanists in the late 1700s and early 1800s. But despite this long history of interest, recent research has been very limited and we don't really have a full picture of the details of this lower Carboniferous volcano.