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| DYKE-SWARMS OF WESTERN SCOTLAND. PETROGRAPHY OF KINTYRE DYKES. (a) (/;) (c) (d) Olivine-dolerite-crinanite group...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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| 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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| 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....sides of the island, and is also intruded by a dolerite mass which forms a continuation of the Kingscross...seefig.33B, p. 128. The Geology of North Arran, South Bute, and the Cumbraes (Mem. Geol. Surv.), 1903 |
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| recognised the close affinities which exist between the Ayrshire rocks and the serpentine, gabbro, and other basic...Silurian conglomerates of Corsewall P oint and Craig Skelly, and in the great Benan Conglomerate of t...exist ence of a land ridge across the sout h of Scotland during Ordovician tim es was of importance t o...took place. This sudden inrush of species from the south undoubtedly indicates the removal of a barrier;... with the spilites and albite-dolerites of South Ayrshire, belonged to the same general period of igneous |
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| Micro-granite containing Riebeekite f r o m Ailsa Craig. By J. J. H. TSALL, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S. (By...occurrence of riebeckite in the so-called syenite of Ailsa Craig, the small island which stands at the entrance...Geological Survey (Explanation of Sheet 7, page 12):-"Ailsa Craig is an oval-shaped island, lying ten miles west...eastern declivity of the island and the waves. The Craig consists of a gray fine-grained syenite, which,...through the Silurian strata of the south of Ayrshire. Dykes of dolerite run in a north-westerly direction |
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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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| a constituent of t h e augitic rocks, such as dolerite, basalt, hypersthenite, &c. Mr. JOHN RENWICK exhibited...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...fusion from contact w i t h heated igneous rock (dolerite). The columns are polygonal, and about half-an-inch |
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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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| 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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| 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 ...............in the vallc)' bottom rcrrcsent the line of a dolerite dyke I Excursion I]. Plate 2. Contact bctwc:c:n |
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| known as " The Heads of Ayr" are about three miles south-west of the town of Ayr. The sections which I am...built is of similar composition. As regards the dolerite dykes in this locality, there are six marked in...the general dip is north-east. At Bourhill it is south-west, dipping under the hill • and a little to the...reaching the bottom at M'Nairston, five or six miles south-east of Ayr," so that in that locality also they...rocks, probably belonging to the North-west of Scotland. Looking from the Heads of Ayr across the Firth |
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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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| appropriate. About three-quarters of a mile to the south of the lowest Doon Bridge, is the old quarry of...found in them. Cutting through these beds several dolerite dykes run seawards, two of them being known b...k e " and " Long Kae." About five hundred yards south of the castle is a dyke, in the centre of which...traps and a few North Highland schists. At the south end of this slope the calciferous sandstone suddenly...the cliffs run two dolerite dykes, which pass out to sea, and towards their south-western extoemity the |
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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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| UNIVERSITY, GLASGOW G12 800 Printed by MeCORQUODALE (SCOTLAND) LTD GLASGOW © The Geological Society of Glasgow...different origin, composition and degrees of hardness. Scotland has been a land surface ever since the floor of...overlooking Kilbrannan Sound. This ridge includes, from south to north, Beinn Bharrain with its twin summits of...of about 5km on its eastern side (from a little south of the Corrie Burn or White Water to the vicinity...dykes which form so characteristic a feature of South Arran geology. Where the more massive sills reach |
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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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| UNESCO Publishing • IAEG • Queen's Printer for Scotland • British Geological Survey and Natural Environment...produced some of the finest building stone in Scotland. BGS © NERC. Photo: A. McMillan. Back cover image:...978-92-3-104031-3 © UNESCO/IAEG/Queen's Printer for Scotland/British Geological Survey and Natural Environment...is vested in NERC. Printed in Spain Stone in Scotland- ISBN 978-92-3-104031-3 - © UNESCO 2006 ■ Authors...QBE, DADun, RIBA, FRIAS, AABC, FSAScot (Historic Scotland) Contributors Joan Walsh, B.Sc., Ph.D., PGCE (University |
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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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| and that part of the county which lies to the south-west of a line drawn from Aberporth on the coast...The coast of Cardiganshire sweeps in a curve from south-west to north-east for nearly 50 miles, so that...east of Gwbert in the south. (See Fig. 1.) It is known that the drifts in the south of the county are the...which originated " in the Caermarthenshire hills of South Wales, where the Upper Palaeozoic pebbles were obtained...Borth. 1. The Teifi Estuary.—From a little distance south of Gwbert to a point on the east side of the estuary |
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| Institute of Geological Sciences Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2DE • • • 111 CONTENTS... 1 FIRTH OF CLYDE 3 SEA OF THE HEBRIDES 7 SOUTH MINCH 7 MORAY FIRTH 7 FIRTH OF FORTH 9 REFERENCES...Colonsay-Jura area 5 Fig. 4. Solid geology of the South Minch 6 Fig. 5. Solid geology of the· Moray Firth...by the latitude and longitude of their south-west corners. South of the Dusk Water Fault system Upper...present, constituting a seaward extension of the Ayrshire coalfield. These pass southwards (as on land) |
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| Geology and Scenery in Scotland J.B. Whittow The scenery of Scotland is, in its range and scale, as...Studies Editor: Peter Hall Geology and Scenery in Scotland After graduating in Geography at Reading University...TEXT FIGURES PREFACE 9 13 17 r. The Shaping of Scotland 19 2. The Border Country 29 3. Galloway 49 4....9. The Grampian Highlands 170 10. The Lands of South Argyll 194 11. Glen Mor and the Western Highlands...based on diagrams ill The Geology of Scotland, edited by G. Y. Craig, and appear by permission of the publishers |
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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...The Kainozoic Igneous Rocks (continued). Quartz Dolerite and related Craignuritic and Felsitic . . . ....-Section along the Uisge nam Fear, half a mile south of High Corrie . 54 . . . . . . . •- ' . 64 3. -Section |
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| Carnarvonshire. This part of the country stretches south-westwards as the broad promontory of Lleyn between...Antrim chalk, often very slightly abraded. . . . The south-western termination of this promontory affords several...Snowdonia, and has a breadth of about 5 miles. South-westwards the breadth varies from 3 to 5 miles,...coast is followed south-westward to the end of Lleyn and thence eastwards on the south side of the promontory...promontory to Criccieth. From Dinas Dinlle south-westwards as far as Gwydir Bay the coast-line is for the |
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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 |
