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  • Photomicrographs of a thin section of scales of Thursius pholidotus

    The normal photomicrographs do not show much of the individual growth zones but when looked through a polarising microscope with the help of crossed nicols the growth zones show as light and dark bands.

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“Yesnaby” The spectacular coastline at Yesnaby, as originally broadcast on Radio Orkney

Paper on the last glaciers on Hoy

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