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| OF KINTYRE DYKES TO THE DYKE-SWARMS OF WESTERN SCOTLAND. PETROGRAPHY OF KINTYRE DYKES. (a) (/;) (c) (d)...of the 1 in. maps of the Geological Survey of Scotland. The present work deals chiefly with the minor...and 29.2 By analogy with other parts of Western Scotland and from local evidence the following age-classification...Survey of Scotland, The Geology of North Arran, South Bute, and the Cumbraes, with farts of Ayrshire and Kintyre...Dyke-Swarms of South-Western Scotland. The 1 inch maps of the Geological Survey of Scotland which include |
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| Britain, of which that of Ailsa Craig is the best known. The occurrences of Ailsa Craig1 and Mynydd Mawr... near Lamlash, Arran. It is noteworthy that Ailsa Craig is only 18 miles from this locality. The Holy...in the Firth of Clyde, as prominent almost as Ailsa Craig itself, and moreover of much the same shape....seefig.33B, p. 128. The Geology of North Arran, South Bute, and the Cumbraes (Mem. Geol. Surv.), 1903...riebeckite-trachyte. The rock differs from that of Ailsa Craig in being entirely devoid of quartz, which occurs |
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| online April 2013 Apatite-supergroup minerals in UK Palaeogene granites: composition and relationship...Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK *Corresponding author, e-mail: r.macdonald@lancaster...macdonald@lancaster.ac.uk Abstract: The Palaeogene granites of Scotland and Northern Ireland range mineralogically from...As part of an ongoing study of accessory phases in UK Palaeogene granites (Macdonald et al., 2013), we...nepheline syenites of the Ilı́maussaq intrusion, South Greenland. There are significant variations in major |
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| Deegan 65-76 55 °N/6"W. 7 Geophysical studies south and west of Kintyre. By A. Dobinson 77-91 8 A...distinguished by the physiography of the sea floor. To the south, between tl1e North Channel and a line from Turnberry...striking local feature is a broad ridge trending south-south-east fro1n the southern end of Arran from which...80 m under the Sound of Bute. This basin trends south-east from southern Loch Fyne to near Clauchlands...a narrower strip of deep water continues to the south, parallel to the coast of Arran. To the east of |
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| Pearl Company used to submit some huge natural South Sea pearls. A cursory glance through the records...baroque natural pearl weighing 119.35 ct. The largest South Sea natural pearl that Mr Norman remembers dealing...year a trading standards officer from one of the UK city councils attended one of our one day courses...granite from Ailsa Craig, Scotland Dr Douglas Nichol Wrexham, Wales ABSTRACT: Ailsa Craig granite, a distinctive...operations on the island effectively ceased in 1973, Ailsa Craig granite remains the foremost stone associated |
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| 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 |
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| Institute of Geological Sciences Exhibition Road South Kensington London SW7 2DE ••• 111 • CONTENTS...GRAVEL DEPOSITS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED SANDS 21 South Coast of Arran 21 Mull of Kintyre 21 Kilbrannan...23 Bute and the Cumbraes 23 Inner Clyde 23 Ayrshire Coast 25 Grain Size and Provenance of the Gravels...Section proved in boreholes by m. v. Whitethorn south-west of Arran 31 Fig. 12. Section proved in boreholes...extending from the Isle of Sanda through Ailsa Craig to the Ayrshire coast at Girvan. The results of the |
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| imbedded in a matrix of basic felspar, w i t h magnetite and titanic iron in grains. Specimens of a similar...exhibited a specimen of Crocidolite from Orange River, South Africa. Mr. ROBERT DUNLOP exhibited specimens of...Barium Sulphide and of Lead Crystals from Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, and made some remarks upon their occurrence...Ostracoda found in the strata of W e s t e r n Scotland, w i t h a R e v i s e d List of Genera and Species...o t h e Ardrossan station of t h e Glasgow and South-Western Railway. The paper w a s illustrated b y |
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| Lower Palaeozoic 18 Lewisian 18 Basement gneisses south of the Great Glen Fault 21 Torridonian 21 Moine...sparker profile across the basalt-plateau scarp south-west of Canna 50 40 Geological map showing the distribution...55 Distribution of Quaternary formations to the south of Skye 66 56 Distribution and thickness of the...10 Generalised divisions of the Caledonides of Scotland and Northern Ireland 13 11 Isometric sketch showing...offshore sequences 40 • VI Foreword The west of Scotland and Northern Ireland have long been important |
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| younger, origin. The Ballantrae Igneous Complex, South Ayrshire. By D. F.G.S., Royal Scottish Museum. (PLATES...TN the early days of the Geological Survey of Scotland, the rocks •*- of the Ballantrae Igneous Complex...gleaned in the Lizard, Bonney quickly recognized in Ayrshire a correspondence in the nature of the phenomena...Serpentine and Associated Igneous Rocks of the Ayrshire Coast," Quart. Jour. Geol. Soc, xxxiv, 1878, 769...the memoir on The Silurian Rocks of Britain, I, Scotland, 1899. Some of Teall's conclusions, it may be |
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| quarter-inch maps of the ^ Geological Survey of Scotland are a group of four masses of igneous rock marked...foothills of the Lammermuir range, and overlook to the south the fertile valley known as the Merse of Berwickshire...north-east corner of Sheet 25, and partly in the south-east corner of Sheet 33 of the Geological Survey...have only a very slight dip, up to 5°, to the south, or south-east at parts. No actual contracts of the igneous...the weather. The rock from the quarries to the south has a flinty appearance, and sometimes a fluxion |
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| Post-Carboniferous Intrusive Igneous Rocks of the West of Scotland," and a paper jointly with Mr. N. Martin on the...Geology of the New Red Sandstones of the South of Scotland, with their Associated Breccias " ; Professor...Cape system (Devonian and Carboniferous). In the south these strata are greatly folded, and the quartzites...Glasgow. The base of the Karroo system throughout South Africa is formed by the celebrated Dwyka conglomerate...blance to the Pleistocene glacial material covering Scotland. It contains striated boulders, and north of latitude |
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| facts that geographically the region lies further south, and that it does not present such a great elevation...whole of South Wales to the Bristol Channel, but with its southern edge extending no further south than is...ice—the northern ice apparently extending no further south off the Welsh coast than the Lleyn promontory. The...of a simple character and, as in other parts of South Wales, is of local oriuin. It consists of fragments...coast are said to run usually from north-west to south-east. He adds : " But it is clear that very many |
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| facts that geographically the region lies further south, and that it does not present such a great elevation...whole of South Wales to the Bristol Channel, but with its southern edge extending no further south than is...ice—the northern ice apparently extending no further south off the Welsh coast than the Lleyn promontory. The...of a simple character and, as in other parts of South Wales, is of local oriuin. It consists of fragments...coast are said to run usually from north-west to south-east. He adds : " But it is clear that very many |
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| BRITAIN SYNOPSIS OF THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF SCOTLAND H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE Oa.rn..e£ scvu:lB:...(Raasay). Lim.e,.st;,n,e, Bui.lclinfJ-stone (Ayrshire, Durnfriessh ire, Arran, Moray.) . PERMOTRIASSIC.... 1.-Diagram to show Geotogicat Formations in Scotland, with the principal econom-ic minerals DEPARTMENT... XXXIII SYNOPSIS OF THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF SCOTLAND By M. M 11.CC;REC;OR, M.A., D.Sc., and others...distribution and uses of the various economic minerals of Scotland, together with references to the somewhat scattered |
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| of the Nonhem Granite from the Corrygills shore, south of Brodick. The cliffs behind tJ,e Main Rock Platform...THE CENTRAL RING COMPLEX .................. 6. SOUTH-EAST ARRA AND LAMLASH TO BRODICK .................Excursion 5) ........................ . ... Figure 14: South-east Arran (for Excursion 6) .......................... THE CENTRAL RING COMPLEX ............. . SOUTH EAST ARRAN AND LAMLASH TO BRODI CK ...............comparable with those of the Midland Valley of Scotland. Its location on a major fault may also be why |
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| in the Meall Damh Area C. The Teschenite Boss of South Rona . . . 375 376 376 376 378 378 385 386 386...varies from 3 miles near Osgaig to a J mile just south of Arnish or at An Caol. The total surface area...feet, stretching from Screapadal on the east in a south-westerly direction to north of Holoman. In the north...unconformably along a boundary from Brochel to the south of Loch Arnish. The southernmost of these three...divisions of the island are quite different from the south. In traversing the Torridonian region one passes |
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| "TOlVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND VOL. II. Printed by Neill and Company, Limited...Pyrites. DRAWN! eV DR HCDDLE THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND BY THE LATE M. FORSTER HEDDLE, M.D., F.R.S...Stereograms of Gypsum, & and c Projections, Map of Scotland, Index to the one- inch Ordnance Survey . . ... Orthoclase. J . G. GOODCHILD. THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND, VOL. II. OXYGEN II. SILICATES. ANHYDKOUS...porphyry dyke Anal. 6. HEBRIDES. Harris, on the south shore of West Loch Tarbert, of a deep red, in hornblendic |
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| Tertiary volcanic rocks of Eigg. Muck and Canna, N.W. Scotland. Unpublished M.Sc. thesis, University of Durham...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 |
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| INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH Memoirs of the Geological Survey, Scotland 17ze By G. W. Tyrrell, A.R.C.Sc., Ph.D. Lecturer...Geology of North Arran, South Bute, and the Cumbraes, with parts of Ayrshire and Kintyre '), and Mr....two other important Tertiary volcanic centres in Scotland-that of Skye in r904 and that of Mull in 1924...-Section along the Uisge nam Fear, half a mile south of High Corrie . 54 . . . . . . . •- ' . 64 3. -Section...headwater of the Allt Dhepin, one-third . of a mile south of Urie Loch . . . 1 35 19. -Section across composite |
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| differs from more normal granites occurring to the south in the extreme scarcity of any dark minerals. The...bulk of the felspar is a fine perthite. Primary magnetite is present and much secondary dusty limonite....the mineral in the rocks of Socotra (6) 1 and Ailsa Craig (7). The typical pleochroism is displayed :—...Quartz . Orthoclase Albite . Acmite . Diopside Magnetite Ilmenite . Water . 1 31-74 28-36 29-34 5-54 3-38 |
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| LLEYN. By CATHERINE A. RAISIN, B . S C . I N the south-west of the Lleyn peninsula, the country inland...felspars, much magnetite and some viridite. Further examples of this type occur to the south. A junction...contemporaneous with volcanic eruptions. 6. Careg Fawr (South of Aberdaron).—Of this I need say little, as Mr...within a matrix containing very minute augite, magnetite, and other incipient crystals. Thus we find at...lath-shaped felspars amid a black deposit of magnetite. The felspars exhibit a somewhat spherulitic grouping |
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| Stranraer) of the 1 :50 000 geological map of Scotland; its coast provides unparalleled sections through...Memoir for 1 :50 000 geological sheets 1 and 3 (Scotland) Portencorkrie compwx and Caledonian dyke sivarm...the B1itish Geological Suroe,,, heets 1 and 3 (Scotland). Autlior P Stone, BSc, PhD British Geological...geology The Midland Valley of Scotland, 3rd edition, 1985 Tl1e South of Scotland, 3rd edition, 1971 Northern...Kirkcolm Formation adjacent to the Glaik Fault. Coast south of Broadsea Bay 16 2 Representative photomicrographs |
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| Geology The Palaeogene volcanic districts of Scotland FOURTH EDITION CH Emeleus BR Bell Contributor:...geology: the Palaeogene volcanic districts of Scotland (Fourth edition). (British Geological Survey,...licence number I 000 I 789712005. Printed in the UK b>f Hawthornes, Nottingham C/0 7105 Authors CH Emeleus...Sciences, University of Durham, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham DH I 3LE BR Bell Division of Earth...Microgranitic and rhyolitic sills, south Arran 90 Composite si lls of Arran and south Bute 90 Tighvein lntrusion |
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| and landscapes of Scotland Second Edition DUNEDIN Geology and landscapes of Scotland Iona, looking toward...Lewisian gneiss. Geology and landscapes of Scotland Second edition Con Gillen University of Edinburgh...published by Roger Jones, Terra Publishing, Harpenden, UK in 2003 Second edition first published in 2013 by...science of the Earth Introduction The rock fabric of Scotland The rock cycle Structure of the Earth Folds, faults... vii 1 1 1 12 12 15 19 Geological regions of Scotland Introduction Geological regions Geological evolution |
