The map below depicts the interpreted palaeogeography of the Upper Carboniferous of the British Isles.
Glasgow (marked by a star symbol) was situated on a coastal plain in the Midland Valley graben.
Rivers fed sediment in from the north-east.
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A Grove of Fossil Trees in Glasgow’s Victoria Park
The map below depicts the interpreted palaeogeography of the Upper Carboniferous of the British Isles.
Glasgow (marked by a star symbol) was situated on a coastal plain in the Midland Valley graben.
Rivers fed sediment in from the north-east.