 | | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES Report No. 75/1 Expeditions to Rockall 1971-72 Edited by R. K. Harrison, MSc London:...HARRISON, R. K. (Editor). 1975. Expeditions to Rockall 1971-72. Rep. Inst. Geol. Sci., No. 75/1. 72 pp... PREFACE Though a minute island situated in a hostile environment, Rockall is of considerable scientific...largest microcontinent in the North Atlantic, the Rockall Plateau. Our knowledge of this immense area is...from the participation in three cruises to Rockall Island in June 1971 and June 1972, by officers drawn |  | | Report (issue) | | 997{10.020 Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Rockall Island, Scotland. 3.80 (100), 2.800 (100), 5.85 (35), 3... 100.01 100.45 100.00 26.98 (1{2) Rockall Island, Scotland; by electron microprobe. (3) BaZrSi3 O9...interstitial mineral in aegirine-riebeckite granite (Rockall Island, Scotland); in granular celsian-bearing...pyrochlore, xenotime, barite, titanite (Rockall Island, Scotland); taramellite, celsian, diopside, actinolite...Ridge, Rockall Island, in the North Atlantic Ocean, 294 km west of St. Kilda Island, Outer Hebrides, Scotland |  | | Report (chapter) | | offshore igneous activity to the northwest of the UK and its relationship to the North Atlantic Igneous...Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA, UK Abstract: Offshore occurrences of Early Tertiary...(1) Faeroe Plateau Lava Group; (2) North Rockall Trough-Hebrides Lava Group; (3) central igneous complexes;... St Kilda, Rockall). Exceptions to this trend (i.e. Rosemary Bank, Anton Dohrn, Hebrides Terrace) are...genetically linked to crustal thinning in the Rockall Trough. The age of the Faeroe Plateau Lava Group |  | Young, B. R., Hawkes, J. R., Merriman, R. J., Styles, M. T. (1978) Bazirite, BaZrSi3O9, a new mineral from Rockall Island, Inverness-shire, Scotland. Mineralogical Magazine, 42 (321) 35-40 doi:10.1180/minmag.1978.042.321.04 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | BaZrSi309, a new mineral from Rockall Island, Inverness-shire, Scotland B. R. YOUNG, J. R. HAWKES, R....minerals present in the aegirine-riebeckite granite of Rockall Island. Crystals are hexagonal, probably...pabstite. ROCKALL ISLAND (57 ~ 36' N.; I3 ~ 4I' W.), an isolated pinnacle of Eocene aegirine-riebeckite granite...Invernessshire. Despite problems of access, the island has been a focus of scientific interest since the...with quartz (q), acmite (a), and elpidite (e). A riebeckite crystal (r) forms one margin to this patch of |  | | Report (issue) | | Cover The picture shows the south face of Rockall Island which lies 162. 7 nau tical 1niles west of...Sr Kilda in rhe north-east Arlanl'ic Ocean. The island is approximarely 18 1n high and has a 1naximum...east-north-east intrudes the lower part of the island. It is of a similar granitic composition and, on...the sourh face ' can be seen ro bifurcate . T he island is cur bv ., a series of joints, one set of which...associated geophysical anomalies, suggests that Rockall was once part of a large volcano probably active |  | | Report (chapter) | | and complexity of igneous activity. Much of the island is covered with lavas (basalts, mugearites and...Tertiary igneous rocks occupy the southern half of the island and consist of a central intrusive complex, lavas...The small island of Ailsa Craig, to the S of Arran and consisting of a mass of riebeckite microgranite...Activity in Ireland differed somewhat from that in Scotland, for neither the very extensive Antrim lavas nor...intrusions (Brook 1984). Most of the units on the main island were sampled for palaeomagnetic measurements and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Geology and Petrograj)1iy of Rockall. 19 EXPLANATION OP PLATES. AH fossils figured are in the Author's...Corbicula sp. The Geology and Petrography of Rockall. By G. W. TYRRELL, A . R . C . S C , Ph.D., F.G...learn of the landing effected on the islet of Rockall in June, 1921, by Dr. Charcot, of Antarctic fame...1923, pp. 417-22. " La constitution du bane de Rockall " : ibid. pp. 437-40. 20 G. W. Tyrrell— almost...extent of 117 per cent in the rock. The islet of Rockall, little more than a large stack, measures 20 metres |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Arizona, anal., M25; Donegal, anal., z37 Alnb Island, Sweden, titanomagnetite, 265 Amalgam, Tipperary...cummingtonite, gedrite, hornblende, pargasite, riebeckite Amphibole Subcommittee of the I.M.A. report,...Australia, HES-bearing inclusions in, 4o8 Bazirite, Rockall, Inverness-shire, anal., opt., X-ray, 35 BEVINS...California, tobermorite, 229 ct-Cristobalite, Rockall, Inverness-shire, 35 Crowns Rock, St. Just, Land's...Brazil, colour, absorption spectra, 357 Elpidite, Rockall, Inverness-shire, 35 EMBREY (P. G.), Fourth supplementary |  | | Report (issue) | | • • Photographic Department at Leeds • • • • • Scotland South Lowlands District • • • • • • • North Lowlands...000 ft. Gravity survey by helicopter in northern Scotland. 2, 3. Hoisting and lowering the 10-ton charge...3. Availability of one-inch geological maps of Scotland Availability of one-inch geological maps of Northern...Sea oil reserves all three land field units in Scotland have been called upon to advise the Scottish Development...underground storage in coastal areas. In the south of Scotland the continued planning of the development of the |  | | Report (issue) | | • • . 39 . • Leeds Drawing Office . • • • . 41 Scotland • • • South Lowlands District . . . . 42 • • ...Plate 5 • • • • Underwater photographs of Rockall Bank from the Vickers submersible Pisces III. ...over travertine-covered bedded lime stones on the island of Small Malaita, British Solomon Islands Protectorate...Availability of one-inch geological maps of • • • Scotland • • • • • Fig. 4. Availability of one-inch geological...on the working party. The Assistant Director, Scotland, and I were glad to welcome Lord Polwarth, Minister |  | | Report (issue) | | Unit I • • • • • • • Leeds Drawing Office • • • • Scotland • • South Lowlands District • • • • • • North... . . . Plate 12 . I. Rockall from the south-west. 2. Geological work on Rockall. 101 • • • • •...rock outcrops in the Irish Sea and off western Scotland. Solid rock was sampled at eight locations, either...and sediment sampling in areas of thin drift. Rockall Bank was visited twice during the year. Continental...expedition on the RFA Engadine to Rockall (Plate 12). Although rocks from Rockall had been collected and studied |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | BaZrSirOr, a new mineral from Rockall Island, Inverness-shire, Scotland. Mineral. Mag., 42, 35-4O (see...e stage interstitial minerals in the aegirine-riebeckite granite of R o c k a l l I s l a n d ( 5 7 " |  | | Report (issue) | | District 26 Leeds Drawing Office 27 References 27 Scotland and Northern Ireland Land Survey Division Highlands...Availability of I :50 000 and one-inch geological maps of Scotland 135 Availability of I :50 000 and one-inch geological...the Land Survey divisions in England, Wales and Scotland, and to identify priorities. Report of the Director...elsewhere in this Report. Most of the staff of the Scotland and Northern Ireland Land Survey Division to be...departments in universities and polytecl1nics in the UK were invited and representa tives from 33 departments |  | | Book | | aggregates from the mantle, from the Moon, and from outer space (e.g., meteorites). The components of a specific...term for a biotite eucrite, esp. from Achnaha, Scotland. [Achnaha] (Niggli in 1936) achnelith ig. extra...alkalic rocks from near Golspie, Sutherlandshire, Scotland; ranging from dark ultramafic to light-colored...orthoclase and quartz with minor riebeckite (6%). [Ailsa Craig, Scotland] (Heddle in 1897) aiounite ig....calcic-labradorite, clinopyroxene, and magnetite, j Island of Alboran, off Cabo de Gata, Spain] (Becke in |  | | 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 | | of Strath, Skye, 88,42 105, 191, 236 of of Scotland, 91, 178 Pennine Chain, 80, 92 Pyrenean Granite...Skeleton of ALpyornis, 97, 241 Expedition to Christmas Island, 99, 19 Complete Skeleton of Dmornis maxinnis,...Podocnemis I 482 yEgyptiaca, Monograph 00, 2>2)^ ; Island, ; ; 00, of Christmas Fossil Mam- malia of... 96, 494 Anglo-Belgian Basin, 70, 158 Anguilla Island, W. Indies, Geological and Physical Development...Dermal Tubercle of Ray, 90, 171 Banaba or Ocean Island, 03, 298 BaltGce?-as, Geology of Baker, Bev. |  | | Book | | Alcatore Creek, Eastern Otago, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand. H= 6, Djj4= 3.48, D(,= 3.47, VHIE...Trie. Earthy yellow. Temple Rock, Utah, USA, and. Island Mt., Trinity Co., California, USA. H=?, Djjj=?...white, grey, pink, greenish, yellowish. Cyclops Island, Italy. H= 5-5.5, Djjj= 2.27, D(.= 2.26, VIIIF...Vitreous/pearly white, yellow, red, green, etc. Pantelleria Island, Italy. H= 6-6.5, Djjj=2.59, D(;=2.60, VIIIF 03...Sub-metallic/pearly bronze-yellow, golden-yellow. Loven Island, Brevik (near), Langesundfjord, Norway. H=3, Din=3 |  | | Book (edition) | | (Japan), William B. Simmons (USA). C.J. Stanley (UK). France ca Stasi (ltaly). Tony Steede (Canada)....of Akatorc Crcek, castcm Otago, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand, 56. 416-426. 79. 189. C\131. 321-329...Pollucite and possibly with Wairakite, Cyclopean Island . Catania. Sicily. ltaly. MR 30, 5-6, ZK 184. 63--69...Angleslte,PbSO4 • orth.. Pary's mine, Island of Anglcscy,Wales,UK, 63. 506-510 (sir.) Celes/inegroup Anhydrlte.... Hingston Down Consol mine. Calstock. Cornwall. UK, 50, 522. NJMA 133, 291-302 (str.) Arthurite group |  | | Report (issue) | | Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania...EUROPE. Iceland. Groat Britain: Northern Islands, Scotland, England, Wales, Cornwall, Ireland France, Corsica...many books on the geology of various suggests the Island of Rhodes rather than the State of regions, books...books of travel, and other volumes were Rhode Island. Warren's name root is adopted in V.. searched for...................................... Survey of Scotland, Memoirs..................................... |  | | Book (edition) | | Massachusetts, and Virginia. Also in Canada, Scotland, England, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, Tanzania...Quebec, Canada, and at localities in Greenland, Scotland, Norway, USSR, Nigeria, Kenya, India, and elsewhere...district, Greenland; in the liparite lavas of the island Pantelleria, Mediterranean Sea, in the Liruei Complex...Inner Mongolia, China, associated with aegirine, riebeckite, barite, fluorite, albite, and phlogopite. Also...the Akagané mine, Iwate Prefecture, Japan; White Island volcano, New Zealand; near the Santo Nino mine |  | | Book (edition) | | microscope. Volcanic glasses are chiefly found on the outer portions of flows or dikes, but instances arc known...surface of well crystallized lava-sheets or the outer portions of dikes. Alteration. — Glasses resist...in Saxony, and on the island of Arran,. vania. off the west coast of Scotland. IHE RHYOLITES. The...finer, also fail and the ground- felsites. outer portions of granite masses are often subjected to...dike on Conanicut the White Mountains. Little Island, R. syenites I., are described by better Dresden | | | Book (edition) | | Massachusetts, and Virginia. Also in Canada, Scotland, England, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, Tanzania...Quebec, Canada, and at localities in Greenland, Scotland, Norway, USSR, Nigeria, Kenya, India, and elsewhere...district, Greenland; in the liparite lavas of the island Pantelleria, Mediterranean Sea, in the Liruei Complex...Inner Mongolia, China, associated with aegirine, riebeckite, barite, fluorite, albite, and phlogopite. Also...the Akagane mine, Iwate Prefecture, Japan; White Island volcano, New Zealand; near the Santo Nifio mine |  | | Book | | Boulangerite, Fluorite, Hematite, Smoky Quartz and Riebeckite / Royal Ontario Museum collection Muscovite and...locality, at Akatore Creek, eastern Otago, South Island, New Zealand. H.H. Khoo In Read, P.B. & Reay, A...that develops when it is heated or rubbed. Cyclops Island, Italy. Hurlbut, CJ. (1937): Geol. Foren. Stockholm... Forms series with magnesio-arfvedsonite and riebeckite. (K,NH,)H,PO,, tet., 142d. Named after Michael...locality, at Awarua Bay, South AuSb), cub., Pa3. Island, New Zealand. From Lat. aurum, gold, plus stibium |  | | Book | | have their origin in all t he geospheres and in outer space. Owing to differences in physicochen1ical...Cosmogeuous Components 'T'he accretion of solids fro1n outer space occurs at such a low· rate that cosmogenous...1938). According to Nash and Marshall (1956), the outer layers of the feldspar become disordered, but beneath...boron content of recent 111arine 111uds fro1n the island of Oahu is consistently higher than that of fresh-water...fresh-water ::;t rea1n and lake muds from the sarne island. Detailed cornparison and interpretation must |
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