About Aberdeen.
Being sited between two river mouths, the city has little natural
exposure of bedrock. This leaves local geologists in a slight
quandary : despite the high concentration of geoscientists in the
area (courtesy of the oil industry), there is only a vague
understanding of what underlays the city. To the south side of the
city, coastal cliffs expose high-grade metamorphic rocks of the
Grampian Group; to the south-west and west are extensive granites
intruded into similar high-grade schists; to the north the
metamorphics are intruded by gabbroic complexes instead. And under
the city itself? The small amount of geophysics done, and occasional
building-related exposures, combined with small exposures in the
banks of the River Don, suggest that it's actually sited on an
inlier of Devonian "Old Red" sandstones and silts. The outskirts of
the city spread beyond the (inferred) limits of the outlier onto the
surrounding metamorphic/ igneous complexes formed during the
Dalradian period (approximately 480-600 million years ago) with
sporadic areas of igneous Diorite granites to be found, such as that
at the Rubislaw quarry which was used to build much of the Victorian
parts of the city.
On the coast, Aberdeen has a long sand beach between the two rivers,
the Dee and the Don, which turns into high sand dunes north of the
Don stretching as far as Fraserburgh ; to the south of the Dee are
steep rocky cliff faces with only minor pebble and shingle beaches
in deep inlets. A number of granite outcrops along the south coast
have been quarried in the past, making for spectacular scenery and
good rock-climbing.
The city extends to 184.46 km˛ (71.22 sq mi)[20], and includes the
former burghs of Old Aberdeen, New Aberdeen, Woodside and the Royal
Burgh of Torry to the south of River Dee. In 2008 this gave the city
a population density of 1,131 /km2 (2,929 /sq mi)[3]. The city is
built on many hills, with the original beginnings of the city
growing from Castle Hill, St. Catherine's Hill and Windmill Hill.
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