The geology of Islay is very varied with two billion-year-old gneisses, late Precambrian glacial deposits together with rocks and structures testifying to the opening and closing of the Iapetus ocean. The talk will visit some key localities, explore a fossil ‘oil play’ and connect the geology with the island’s history, archaeology and, of course, its whisky..
David Webster has a degree in geology from Oxford University, an MSc from Stockholm University and worked for many years in the oil industry. Now actively retired, he has built a house on Islay, and is the co-author of “A Guide to the Geology of Islay”
