 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | V I I . — A PETROGRAPHICAL SKETCH OP THE CARRICK HILLS, AYRSHIRE.I By G. W . TYRRELL, A.R.C.Sc,...[Read 10th April, 1913.] INTRODUCTION. THE Carrick Hills form an upland region abutting on the shore...shore of the Firth of Clyde about 6 miles to the south-west of the town of Ayr. They consist of a series of...By far the largest is that which forms the Carrick Hills proper. This area is irregular in shape, approximating...by a cliff of Old Red Sandstone. About 2 miles south of Dalrymple there are two small inter calations |  | | Report (edition) | | British Regional Geology The Midland Valley of Scotland THIRD EDITION BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Natural...British Regional Geology The Midland Valley of Scotland THIRD EDITION By I. B Cameron, BSc, and D. Stephenson...the area around Distinkhorn and Tincorn Hill, Ayrshire 45 16 Palaeolatitudes for the British Isles during...and ice limits 40 Sequence of shorelines in SE Scotland 41 Isobases of the 11ain Late Glacial shoreline...Lesmahagow Inlier l 2 Silurian succession in the Hagshaw Hills Inlier 3 Classification of the more common rock-types |  | Stephenson, D., Bevins, R. E., Millward, D., Highton, A. J., Parsons, I., Stone, P., Wadsworth, W. J. (1999) Chapter 9: Late Silurian and Devonian volcanic rocks of Scotland. In Caledonian Igneous Rocks of Great Britain (Geological Conservation Review Series - Geological Conservation Review No. 17. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough. p.479-574. | Book (chapter) | | Late Silurian and Devonian volcanic rocks of Scotland Introduction INTRODUCTION D. Stephenson The...magmatism within the Caledonian Igneous Province of Scotland took place during the later stages of orogenesis...rocks and swarms of minor intrusions. On mainland Scotland the products of this volcanism are restricted...many of the more prominent hill ranges of lowland Scotland. The locations of all significant outcrops of...volcanic rocks in Scotland are shown on Figure 9.1. The volcanic province extends south-westwards into Antrim |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Eur. J. Mineral. 2002, 14, 1109–1118 Agate: a study of ageing TERRY MOXON 55 Common Lane, Auckley, Doncaster...measured using X-ray powder diffraction. A plot of agate crystallite size vs log age of host rock shows a...increase in density. A high correlation between agate crystallite size and age of host rock shows that...determination of crystallite size in wall-lining agate allows either an estimation of the approximate age...rock or an identification of a known agate region. Key-words: agate, dating, silica, X-ray, genesis, density |  | | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Regional geochemistry of southern Scotland and part of northern England Keyworth, Nottingham...History Museum Earth Galleries, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2DE 11' 071-589 4090 11'...SURVEY. 1993. Regional geochemistry of southern Scotland and part of northern England. (Keyworth, Nottingham:...are likely to become increasingly important in the UK, and no doubt in many other parts of the world, in...volume covers the south-west Highlands, Midland Valley and Southern Uplands areas of Scotland, and the northern |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Vol. 71(4), pp. 461–476 Metamorphic effects on agate found near the Shap granite, Cumbria, England: as...ZHANG2 55 Common Lane, Auckley, Doncaster DN9 3HX, UK Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge...Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK [Received 18 June 2007; Accepted 18 December 2007] ABSTR...and Western Australian agates demonstrate that an agate or chalcedony infill can be used to identify post-deposition...palaeoheating within a host rock. K EY WORDS : agate, chalcedony, moganite, IR, Raman, XRD, cathodoluminescence |  | | Report (edition) | | BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY THE MIDLAND VALLEY OF SCOTLAND EDINBURGH HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE price...BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY The Midland Valley of Scotland SECOND EDITION, REVISED By M. MACGREGOR, M.A...Institute of Geological Sciences, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW1 IDE. I CONTENTS T. Introduction...north-eastern end of Pentland Hills, Midlothian B.—Section across Pentland Hills at North Esk Reservoir ....n-Hagshaw Hills district in Lanark¬ Fig. 3. Section across Lesmahagow and Hagshaw Hills Silurian inliers |  | | Report (issue) | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | LlBR-ARY WHITMAN f;OJ I l[ii • , GEOLOGY OF SCOTLAND GEOLOGY OF • SECOND EDITION Edited by G....Geology of Scotland '' A Halsted Press book." Includes bibliographies and index. I. Geology-Scotland. I. Craig...ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I. THE GROWTH AND ST RUCTURE OF SCOTLAND The formation of the crystalline craton Hebridean...Ordovician North-west Highlands Highland Border South of Scotland Later Ordovician Northern Belt Central Belt...Limestone Group Passage Group Coal Measures Southern Scotland Lower Border Group Middle Border Group Upper Border |  | | Book (edition) | | VICTORIA LIBRARY . THE GEOLOGY OF SCOTLAND • THE GEOLOGY OF SCOTLAND Edited by GORDON Y. CRAIG Senior...1965 PREFACE The last book on the geology of Scotland was published 120 years ago. This may seem surpr...geology. With this early impetus to the science Scotland has emerged as one of the classical geological...Undoubtedly the initiator of geological thought in Scotland was James Hutton (1726-97). He and his friends...geologist who spent much of his time travelling about Scotland. From Boue's pen came the first book on Scottish |  | | Book | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | mere isolated remnants of lava, perched upon the hills, and overlooking the valleys which had been excavated...others of hardly less monienf were advancing in' Scotland. Thera likewise Nature had provided ample material...actually before him in Saxony examples of basalt hills which entirely disprove his assertions. Fortunately... They clung to their errors longer perhaps in Scotland than anywhere else out of Germany—a singular paradox...some of the volcanic groups of the lowlands of Scotland. Kamsay, Selwyn, and Jukes, following these pioneers |  | | Report (issue) | | to the Director, and in charge of the ,vork in Scotland since October, 1920. l\iost of his 32 years' service...lVIidla11d area. During the four yea1·s l1e spent in Scotland he contributed greatly to the efficiency of the...for the year were as follows :2. (a) London and South Eastern District (primary six-inch survey) . (b)...survey). (c) Ayrshire Coalfield ... ... ... (revision continued). (d) Central Coalfield of Scotland ... (e)...particular, the survTey of the Ayrshire Coalfield and the Central Coalfield of Scotland has been accelerated, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens wore exhibited : - Nodule of Malachite from South Australia, exhibited by E. Charlesworth, Esq., F...t E GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Assoc.M.Inst.C.E., 13 South Hill Park Gardens, ]:Iampstead, N.W. ; and William...G.S. 2. " A Comparison of the Red Rocks of the South Devon Coast with those of the Midland and ~Testern...; Charles Chewings, Esq., La~gs Bay, Adelaide, South Australia ; John Rule Daniell, Esq., Polstrong,...Edinb urgh; William Fox, Esq., :M.Inst.C.E., 15 South Norwood Hill, S.E. ; Henry William Ford, Esq., Cunninghame |  | | Book | | the late Thomas Brown, Esq., of Lanfine House, Ayrshire; H. Bullen, Esq., of Tavistock ; John Taylor,...the Isle of Man. Scotland . At Craigman coal -mine, near New Cumnock in Ayrshire, massive and columnar...coke, as at New Bridge, near Merthyr Tydvil in South Wales ; at Newcastle, & c. The annual weight of...the Isle of Man . Scotland. At Craigman coal-mine, near New Cumnock in Ayrshire, massive and columnar...coke, as at New Bridge, near Merthyr Tydvil in South Wales ; at Newcastle, & c. The annual weight of |  | | Report (issue) | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | Ring-dyke of Loch Ba, Mull 11. 15 17 18 the Karroo, South Africa Laccoliths Lopoliths 5 14 70 80 81 ....Gneisses . 78. Palingenesis, Anatexis, Injection- m South Germany 334 and Contact- Metamorphism 335 —...G\cLy\Ut., tic Fig. 5.—Sills in the Karroo, South Africa. Diagrammatic section showing the distribution...of the best examples is the Karroo region of South Africa where, according to Dr. A. L. du Toit, dolerite...sill character, penetrate the strata over an In South Africa, as in Scotarea of 220,000 square mtles.^ |  | | Book | | Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, UK August 2001 xv Editor’s Preface As the member...Zanettin (1980– 1984, Italy), Mike Le Bas (1984–2001, UK) and Bernard Bonin (2001–, France). The secretaries...Bellieni (1980–84, Italy) and Alan Woolley (1984–2001, UK). During this time the Subcommission has held official...corresponds with archetypal rocks from Kimberley, South Africa, which were formerly termed “basaltic kimberlites”...and unique occurrence in the Orange Free State of South Africa. Wagner (1928) previously suggested that |  | | Book (edition) | | Eruption, Lai Ieland . 4 ; $ sn in the Karroo, South Africa 2. . Laccoliths lis Dykes . . . . 9...Anatexis, Injection- and Contact-Metamorphism ia South Germany . s e e e THE PRINCIPLES OF PETROLOGY...One of the best examples is the Karroo region of South Africa where, according to Dr. A. L. du Toit, dolerite...strata over an area of 220,000 square miles.! In South Africa, as in Scot- 1 Trans. Geol. Soc. S, Africa...shape, is also a lopolith. The Insizwa gabbro of South Africa is part of a great basin-shaped mass which |  | | Book | | Regional geochemistry of the Northern Highlands of Scotland 117 BREWER,M. S., BROOK,M. & POWELL,D. Dating...tectono-metamorphic history of the southwestern Moine, Scotland 129 PIASECKI, M. A. J. & VAN BREEMEN, O. The...Deformation in the Caledonides of England, Ireland and Scotland 165 COWARD, M. P. • SIDDANS, A. W. B. The tectonic...Dalradian rocks of the SW and Central Highlands of Scotland 199 THOMAS, P. R. New evidence for a Central...EALES, M. H. Structure of the Southern Uplands of Scotland 263 269 KELLY,T. J. & MAX,M. D. A strain section |  | | Report (issue) | | INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SCOTLAND The Geology of I Ben Nevis and Glen Coe and...is situated in one of the most rugged parts of Scotland. Ben Nev.is (4406 ft) is the highest mountain...Loch Ness, cuts obliquely across the region from south-west to north-east, and admits the sea far inland...the ground north-west of Loch Linnbe, and on the south-west side of that loch he took in hand considerable...much of the eastern portion of the Sheet as far south as Glen Coe, and subsequently, after an interpre |
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