The Scottish Journal of Geology is a joint publication of the Geological Societies of Edinburgh and Glasgow. First published in 1965, it grew from the former Transactions of the two Societies that began in 1860 in Glasgow and 1863 in Edinburgh. This long history underlines the role that Scotland has played since the days of Hutton and Lyell in developing geological ideas, and much of this seminal work was published in the Journal and its predecessors.