 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ( 375 ) XVI.—The Tertiary Geology of Raasay, Inner Hebrides. By Charles F. Davidson, B.Sc, F.G.S. Communicated...Skye, from which it is separated by the Sound of Raasay, on the west, and the mainland district of Applecross...than a mile wide. For general descriptive purposes Raasay may be divided into three parts with eastwest boundaries...those occurring as dykes, THE TERTIARY GEOLOGY OF RAASAY, INNER HEBRIDES. 377 are shown as lavas. In the...on the dip-slopes of THE TERTIAEY GEOLOGY OF RAASAY, INNER HEBRIDES. 379 the intrusion. The coastal |  | | Report (edition) | | SURVEY AND MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY SCOTLAND: THE NORTHERN HIGHLANDS (SECOND EDITION) By ...Highlands 2. Section across the northern mainland of Scotland 3. Section across the Loch Maree belt of paragneiss...Peach and J. Horne, ‘ Chapters on the Geology of Scotland ’ (Oxford University Press), 1930. The illustrations...vi THE NORTHERN HIGHLANDS I. INTRODUCTION of Scotland is the region which lies west of the Great Glen...description of these areas. Physical Features.—Scotland beyond the Great Glen is composed mainly of Palaeozoic |  | | Report (edition) | | Geological Survey and Museum BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY SCOTLAND: THE NORTHERN HIGHLANDS (THIRD EDITION) EDINBURGH...Geological Survey and Museum BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY Scotland: The Northern Highlands By J. Phemister, M.A...Peach and J. Home, ‘Chapters on the Geology of Scotland’ (Oxford University Press), 1930. The illustrations...Highlands .. Section across the northern mainland of Scotland. Section across the Loch Maree belt of paragneiss...HIGHLANDS I. INTRODUCTION The Northern Highlands of Scotland is the region which lies west of the Great Glen |  | | Report (issue) | | INDUSTRIAL .RESEARCH Memoirs of the Geological Survey, Scotland The Geology of Ardnamurchan, Nort.h-west Mull...Maclean's Nose, Ben Hiant 126 132 ,, 13.-:Map of Glas Eilean Vent, south of Kilchoan ,, 14.-Microsections :...Faskadale Bay . 146 1 53 ,, 17.-Microsections : Augite-diorite of Camphouse ,, 18.- Microsections : Composite...Outer Eucrite ,, 45.-Microsections : deschillered augite and albitized felspar ,. 46.- Map of south portion...Sheet 51 of the one-inch Geological J\tlap of Scotland. The third extends fro1n Sheet 5r for 5 1niles |  | | Book (chapter) | | Tertiary volcanic rocks of Eigg. Muck and Canna, N.W. Scotland. Unpublished M.Sc. thesis, University of Durham...(Decade 6), 1, 29(-305. Bailey, E.B. (1926) Domes in Scotland and South Africa: Arran and Vredefort. Geological...Cannel granophyre, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 22, 267-74...early Tertiary lava pile of the Isle of Mull, Scotland. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 66...Eastern Red Hills Tertiary igneous centre, Skye, Scotland. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, University of London |  | | Report (edition) | | RESEARCH COUNCIL British Regional Geo·logy ■ I of Scotland FOURTH EDITION Front cover Suilven Sutherland...British Regional Geology The Northern Highlands of Scotland FOURTH EDITION G S Johnstone, BSc and W Mykura...8270 ~ 020 7942 5344/45 e-mail: bgslondon@bgs.ac. uk The British Geological Survey carries out the geolog·ical...British regional g·eology:the 1VorthernHighlands of Scotland ( 4th edition). (Nottingham: British Geological...Old Red Sandstone palaeogeography of northern Scotland 33 Lithological log of cyclic sequences in the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | groups. Appendix 3: Minerals discovered first in Scotland 5 5 6 7 9 10 11 11 12 13 39 44 47 SYNOPSIS...groups; and minerals which were discovered first in Scotland. Some 15 per cent of the species listed in this...knowledge as to which mineral species occur in Scotland, but that there is also a need for greater precision...to find the first recordings of minerals new to Scotland since 1901. Many authors have been unaware that...described had not been recorded previously for Scotland or the United Kingdom. The main criteria for accepting | | | Report (issue) | | INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH Memoirs of the Geological Survey, Scotland The Geology of . Ardnamurchan, North-west · Mull...near l\Iaclean's Nose, Ben Hianl r 3.-Map of Glas Eilean Vent, south of Kilchoun f 32 ' 13~ 14.-Microsections...west of Faskadale Bay . 153 17 .-Microsections : Augite-diorilc of Ca1uphuuse 18.-Microsections: Con1posile...Outer Eucrite ,, 45.-1\.licrosections: deschillered augite a1ld albitizccl felspar ,, 46.-11ap of south portion...Sheet 51 of the one-inch Geological l\.fap of Scotland. The third extends from Sheet 51 for 5 miles east\vards |  | | Book | | Nortlrn·est Highlands of Scotland Con Gillen 9. The Inner Hebrides of Scotland Con Gillen 11. The Gulf...sters Da,·id Alexander Geology and landscapes of Scotland Con Gillen La catastrophe: A1ow11Pelee and the...London; National Museums of Scotland (Royal Museum and Museum of Scotland), Edinburgh; Oxford University...t.1useum (NaturalHistory). NMSNati:malMuseumof Scotland(RoyalMuseuma:idt.~JSe:.rm of Scot'a:1d). Edinb...parts of the United Kingdom, including England, Scotland and Wales, arc here referred to as Britain. The |  | | Book (edition) | | OF OCCURRENCE i] 9 in the Western Isles of Scotland, where granites and gabbros, etc., have been intruded...North of England and the dolerite West 13 of Scotland. Veins are produced by the injection 01 the into...acid intrusives ; of the Central Highlands of Scotland. According some of the acid and basic intrusions...English Lake District, Wales, Western Isles of Scotland, and Fife. The Whin Sill in the North of England...Plateaux cover large areas in the Midland Valley of Scotland ; while bedded basalts of TOFF basalt A FRAGMENTS |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | extinction. These were tentatively identified as aegirine-augite. The rarity of magnetite, the colour of the...xenoliths within the Tertiary igneous rocks of Scotland (Bailey & Wright, 1924). Reynolds (1940) described...skeletal clinopyroxene in fused sediment. Aegirine-augite. In one xenolith microlites similar in morphology...tentatively identified as aegirine-augite. Harker (1904) suspected the presence of aegirine in Torridonian sediment...DAVIDSON, C. F., 1935. The tertiary geology of Raasay, Inner Hebrides. Trans, roy. Soc. Edinb. 58, 375-407 |  | | Book (edition) | | frequently contains phenocrysts, o[ olivine and augite. In certain circumstances it is inferred that some...basalt consists essentially of the minerals olivine, augite and plagioclase. The last two minerals are often...quartz-bearing rocktypes including pitchstones from Arran, Scotland, obsidian from the Yellowstone Park, quartz-porphyries...those occurring in the Markle-type basalts in Scotland. They consist of penninitic chlorite, about 66...tlie subcalcic augite-ferroaugite series; the important and widely distributed augite-ferroaugite series; |  | | Book | | WC1A 1LU, UK George Allen & Unwin (Publishers) Ltd, Park Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Herts HP2 4TE, UK Allen...This is called plane polarised light (PPL). In most UK microscopes the polariser is oriented to give E—W...for example, the clinopyroxenes diopside, augite and aegirine, and the monoclinic amphiboles tremolite...in intimate association with sodic pyroxenes (aegirine), in alkali granites and syenites for example...especially alkali granites where it is associated with aegirine. Fibrous riebeckite (crocidolite, blue asbestos) |  | | Book | | MINERALS OF SCOTLAND PAST AND PRESENT Alec Livingstone National Museums of Scotland Publishing Limited... Publishedby NMS PublishingLimited NationalMuseumsof Scotland ChambersStreet EdinburghEHl lJF © 1MS PublishingLimited...FOREWORD Vll ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION Scotland, the country, physiography Xl Xlll SCOTLAND'S...SCOTLAND'S GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION The voyage of Scotland through time COLLECTORS AND COLLECTIONS Introduction...species 1 55 2 Minerals originally discovered in Scotland 188 3 Scottish minerals 1991-96 190 REFERENCESAND | | | Book (edition) | | frequently contains phenocrysts, of olivine and augite. In certain circumstances it is inferred that some...basalt consists essentially of the minerals olivine, augite and plagioclase. The last two minerals are often...quartz-bearing rocktypes including pitchstones from Arran, Scotland, obsidian from the Yellowstone Park, quartz-porphyries...those occurring in the Markle-type basalts in Scotland. They consist of penninitic chlorite, about 66...the subcalcic augite—ferroaugite series; (d) the important and widely distributed augite-ferroaugite series; |  | | Book (edition) | | relationship between the com,non pyroxenes 11. Augite crystal showing the following forms: front pinacoid...hemibipyraniid (111) 12. (left) the optical orientation of augite. (right) the optical orientation of hypersthene...through an augite crystal, drawn in extinction position 15. Zoning and hour-glass structure in augite from...thin section, from contaminated 110rite, Arnage, Scotland 54. Simplified ,nap of the Carboniferous lava...Riebeckite-microgranite, Ailsa Craig, Firth of Clyde, Scotland 84. Riebeckite-microgranite, Mynydd Mawr, Carnarvonshire |  | | Book | | This is called plane polarized light (PPL). In most UK microscopes 2 THE TRANSMITTED-LIGHT MICROSCOPE...for example, the clinopyroxenes diopside, augite and aegirine, and the monoclinic amphiboles tremolite...in intimate association with sodic pyroxenes (aegirine), in alkali granites and syenites, for example...especially alkali granites where it is associated with aegirine. Fibrous riebeckite (crocidolite, blue asbestos)...alkali intrusives in association with nepheline, aegirine and arfvedsonite. Kaersutite occurs in alkaline |  | | Book (edition) | | Hyman Ltd 15/17 Broadwick Street, London WlV 3FP, UK Allen & Unwin Inc., 8 Winchester Place, Winchester...amphiboles (hornblende, etc.) and the pyroxene augite are usually subvitreous or dull. Resinous The lustre...orthopyroxenes and the clinopyroxenes, including augite). The second is termed double-chain silicates ...USA (1.2 Mt) , with Israel, Spain , Jordan , the UK and Italy all producing between 0.1 and 1.0 Mt per...are the USA (over 1 Mt), Japan and Chile, with the UK refining 0.126 Mt in 1985. Tests. Copper oxides colour |  | | Report (issue) | | INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH Memoirs of the Geological Survey, Scotland • EMO· . - �,.;:....�; I I (.· CESSI ...occupies _more than four-fifths of this part of Scotland, and embraces a variety of petrographical types...Ben More Assynt District Petrography . • • • • • Aegirine-felsite . • • • • • • Felsites, etc. • • • • •...(Achenteul) on the east, of the Geological Survey Map of Scotland. on the scale of one inch to one mile. It includes...supplies, therefore, a complete sample of North Highland geology. PHYSICAL FEATURES The extreme western |  | | Report (issue) | | INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH Memoirs of the Geological Survey, Scotland 17ze By G. W. Tyrrell, A.R.C.Sc., Ph.D. Lecturer...two other important Tertiary volcanic centres in Scotland-that of Skye in r904 and that of Mull in 1924...a synopsis of the geology of Scotland, with the contrast of the Highland type in the northern part and...making one of the finest harbours in the west of Scotland ; and Pladda, about half a mile in length, which...(Bennan, F6 .. Drumadoon, etc.) .. .. .. .. .. Augite-diorite and granite of Tighvein . . . . B + G' |  | | Report (issue) | | District 37 Leeds Drawing Office 38 References 39 Scotland and Northern Ireland Land Survey Division Highlands...ll1e Pl1otScotland lJy l1elic<)J1ter: ar1 ol1servat.ior1 on the summit...House, the new headquarters of the Institute in Scotland, became fully operational early in tl1e year and...influence ,vherever he went. His research ,,vork in Scotland, England, vValcs and abroad is classic. ' His...he was Director of tl1e (ieological Survey of Scotland, so there is a firm and ancient link bet\.vee11 |  | | Report (issue) | | A. Section across the south-west highlands of Scotland (after Shackleton 1958). B. Section across north-east...Ballycastle Carboniferous rocks with those in Scotland . . . . . . . . . . 12. Stratigraphical distribution...with those of . . County Tyrone and Machrihanish, Scotland . . 1 4. Generalized vertical section of the...strictly to scale . 24. Distribution of olivine and augite throughout the thickness of the Fair Head Sill...beds have been described from many localities in Scotland where they occur on several horizons in the more |  | Clough, C. T., Hinxman, L. W., Wilson, J. S. Grant, Crampton, C. B., Wright, W. B., Bailey, E. B., Anderson, E. M., Carruthers, R. G. (1911) Memoirs of the Geological Survey, The Geology of the Glasgow District (1st ed.) Geological Survey of Great Britain | Report (edition) | | • MEMOIRS OF TIIE GEOLOGICAij SURVEY, SCOTLAND. ·. THE GEOLOGY • OF THE • GLASGOW DISTRICT. (GLASGOW...observations· made by local geologists in the west of Scotland and published in the Transactions o.f the Geological·...THE Old Red Sandstone of the Central Valley of Scotland has been divided into an upper and a lower division...rounded pebbles of andesite, with a few of the Highland schists. The pebbly beds are best seen on the...constant feature of,_ the Upper Old Red Sandstone of Scotland. In the immediate neighbourhood of large uncovered |  | Clough, C. T., Barrow, G., Crampton, C. B., Aufe, H. B. M., Bailey, E. B., Anderson, E. M. (1910) Memoirs of the Geological Survey Scotland, The Geology of East Lothian, including parts of the counties of Edinburgh and Berwick. (Explanation of Sheet 33, with parts of 34 & 41.) (2nd ed.) The Geological Survey of Scotland | Report (edition) | | 33 MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. SCOTLAND THE GEOLOGY EAST IXOT_jUDING P.Lt\.R11S OF TIIE 001JNTIES... LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SCOTLAND. (25 111iles to tl1e inch) of the British Islands...cor11er. 8s. 81. Ross-shire, S.,v. ; Isla11ds of Raasay and Rona, part of Skye. 14s. 9cl. Geological Map...included in sheet · 33 . •. of the one-inch 1nap of Scotland, together with a strip of c.oast·-line on either...embodied in the memoir on '' The Silurian Rocks of Scotland,'' published in 1899. • No re-examina ti_oµ of |  | | Book (volume) | | Spitsbergen along the western coast of Norway to Scotland and to England (Masor and Winsnzgs, 1955). Bibliography...The Northern Hiphinnes . orogen north of the Highland boundary ; s é p : : é : . The Shetland Islands...9. Caernarvonshire . orogen south 3 : of the Highland boundary ; é : ‘ : 4.10. Pembrokeshire . 4.11...15,510 mi.2 are in the Highlands and Isiands of Scotland, and in the north and north-west of Treland. Precambrian...considerable outcrops in the North-west Highlands of Scotland, and some small exposures elsewhere may contain |
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