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| from the Tertiary Lavas and the Cambro-Ordovician Skarns on Isle of Skye, Scotland Brian Jackson Location...largest of the Inner Hebridean islands. Its location in the north-west of Scotland is both remote and isolated...lochs and several large bays. The island is hilly and much land lies above 150 metres. Most of its hills...but the Black Cuillins are very high and rugged with the peak of Sgurr Alasdair reaching 993 metres. Skye...Skye is about 80km from north to south, and at its widest around 40km from west to east. No point is |
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| '"'"-~" '. . ' _The Tertiary Volcanic Districts of Scotland • • · • THIRD EQITION ""'" ".· '·. -~ ... .... Front cover Fingal's Cave, StafTa: a columnar-jointed basalt lava Oow of the Mull Plateau Group...regular columns at the base of the flow are overlain by an upper tier of narrow, poorly developed irregular...in the top right of the photograph. (D 2218) Tertiary Volcanic Districts, Scotland (Ceo!. Sure.) A...(Frontispiece) THE C-U ILLI N H ILLS AND BLAVEN, SKYE, FORMED OF TERTIARY PLUTONICROCKS (GABBRO), FROM |
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| the Old Man of Storr, a stack of basalt lava tl1at l1as slipped down fro1n the escarpmemt of the Storr...instability of the underlying Jurassic Clays. Beyond is the Sound of Raasay and the Lewisian gneiss of the island...island of Rona. On the far side of Rona lies the Inner Sound, beyond whicl1 the Scottish mainland is...dominated by the Torridon sandstone hills of Ben Alligin, Bet1 Eighe and Liathach. Beneath rhe sea, Mesozoic...margi11 of the Sea of cl1e Hebrides-Little Minch Trough. Photo. D Evans. ' . ' The geology of the Malin-Hebrides |
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| M A G I C OF MINERALS A N D ROCKS DIRK J. W I E R S M A MAGIC OF MINERALS A N D ROCKS DirkJ... DirkJ.Wiersma Title of original version: Exposure of Mineral and Rock published by Inmerc bv,Wormer,The...978-3-642-18695-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-18695-0 Library of Congress Control Number 2004103199 Bibliographic...part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations...microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof |
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| RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE FERSMAN MINERALOGICAL MUSEUM volume 42 New Data on Minerals FOUNDED IN 1907...photos, and drawings. Editor: Margarita I. Novgorodova, Doctor in Science, Professor. Publication of Fersman...Fersman Mineralogical Museum of Russian Academy of Science This volume contains articles on new mineral...rocheritegroup mineral from Brazil, and Ferroskuterudite, arsenide of iron and cobalt from the Norilsk ore field;...field; the description of new finds of recently discovered minerals – Pertsevite and Megacyclite with the |
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| MINERALS OF SCOTLAND PAST AND PRESENT Alec Livingstone National Museums of Scotland Publishing Limited... Publishedby NMS PublishingLimited NationalMuseumsof Scotland ChambersStreet EdinburghEHl lJF © 1MS PublishingLimited...PublishingLimited 2002 Text: © AlecLivingstone Nopart of t!risp11blicatio11 may be reproduced, storedin a...tirepublislrer. The right of AlecLivingstoneto be identifiedas the author of this bookhas been assertedby...Cataloguing in Publication Data A cataloguerecord of this book is availablefrom the British Library. |
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| • Textbook of Petrology VOLUME ONE PETROLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS Textbook of Petrology VOLUME...RASTALL THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS A Description of the Sediments and their Metamorphic Derivatives Fourth Edition...WELLS AND J. F . KTRKALDY OUTLINE OF HISTORICAL GEOLOGY Revised Sixth Edition PETROLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS...Past-President Inst. Mining and Metallurgy Past-President Geol. Soc. of South Africa A. K. WELLS o.sc...University of London, King's College AND M. K. WELLS PH.D. Reader in Geology University of London, University |
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| UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA LIBRARY . THE GEOLOGY OF SCOTLAND • THE GEOLOGY OF SCOTLAND Edited by...Geology The University of Edinburgh OLIVER & BOYD EDINBURGH AND LONDON UNIVERSITY OF '/!CTORIA LIBRA.RV...RV Victo, ia , B C. OLIVER AND BOYD LTD Twecddalc Court Edinburgh I 19A Wclbe~k Street London WI First...First publtshed .. © 1965 Oliver and Boyd Ltd Printed in Great Britain by Robert Maclehose & Co Ltd...1965 PREFACE The last book on the geology of Scotland was published 120 years ago. This may seem surpr |
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| Minerals and Rocks 14 Editor in Chief P. J. Wyllie, Chicago, IL Editors A. EI Goresy, Heidelberg W...Kenzo Yagi Petrology and Genesis of Leucite-Bearing Rocks With 99 Figures and 43 Tables Springer-Verlag... Dr. ALOK K. GUPTA Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Roorkee Roorkee 247672, u.P., India...India Professor Dr. KENZO YAGI Department of Geology and Mineralogy Hokkaido University Sapporo, Japan...series appeared under the title Minerals, Rocks and Inorganic Materials ISBN -13: 978-3-642-67552-2 e-ISBN |
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| E N C; U N I REFERENCE BOOKS A Dictionary of Geology G.W. HIMUS It is a common common accusation...with other scientists are guilty of inventing and using a barbarous and repellent jargon which man prehensible... incom- is and may even be adopted as a protection against criticism. The purpose of this dictionary...dictionary is to interpret the special language of geology to the general reader, in the hope that, with its...its aid, he may be able to ascertain the meaning of geological terms when reading scientiand may even |
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| MINERALS AND ROCKS IN COLOR This gives all the most important information relating to mineral and rock species...species, with details of the localities where they may be found, mode of occurrence and economic uses. It...this book. These are supplemented by a large number of drawings. It is an excellent reference book, in convenient...written by Professor J. F. l(irkald y, Head of the Department of Geology, Queen Mary College, London. The...mineralogy and petrology, and the nature of the composition of the Earth, with its basic rock groups and geological |
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| THE STORY OF IGNEOUS PETROLOGY Davis A. Young PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS Princeton and Oxford Copyright...Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Young, Davis A. Mind over magma: the story of igneous...Young. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-691-10279-1 1. Rocks, Igneous. 1. Title...available This book has been composed in Berkeley and Albertus Printed on acid-free paper. = www.pupress...in the United States of America 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Dedicated to the memory of RICHARD HENRY JAHNS |
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| • \1ie,,r Llp Locl1 Corui k, sl10,,ri11g part of tl1c Ct1illi11 ra11gc. Tl1e mou11tai11s �ce11 a1·e...Sgi1rr Dt1bl1 Bl1eag i11 the foregrot111d; tl1e top of Sgi1rr Dearg (,\r jtl1 tl1e '' l11accessible l)i1111acle...tl1e brol,e11 rid 0·e of Sgi.1rr 11a l3cl11acl1dicl1; tl1e doL1ble sL11n111it of Sgi.11-r a' Gl1readaidl1...Gl1readaidl1 i11 t11e ce11tre; tl1e foL1r pc,ll'-:s of Sgt1rr a' l\111adaidl1; Bidei11 Druim r1a11 Raml1 (partl)r...\ra]le}'" 011 tl1e right. MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICATj SURVEY OF THE UNITED I{INGDOll . ---=====· . |
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| 550.3 CHA ADictionary of geology / 1463 ,,,ill ' Al the pre-..ent day lhL' ",L'iet1L'e ()r 1_.!L'lli...()h, itlll'-1: it j., of thL' fir:-.! i111p(11t;111L·e that it-- 11,lnlenclaturc and tern1i111dP!-'.\ µr...L·lcarly l111dcr-,tnud and appreL·i;1tL·d: :, et it i-.. jlhl hen: that -..tudy and puhlicati(lll ha\L'...;\ hotik 01· thi" kind i-.. therc1',lrl' needed. and the prL'"ent (lllL' ha-.. cl a i111" to he a pi ()fleer...()fleer. S1 lllll' fi t'tce 11 hundrt'd 11;11nc-.. and lL'rrn-.. h:I\L' been L·arel·ulh '>L'icctcd l'tir |
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| Textboo/<, of Petrology VOLUME ONE PETROLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS l • I • , Textbook of Petrology...Petrology VOLUME TWO PETROLOGY OF THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS by J. T. Greensmith & the late F. H. Hatch & R. H...H. Rastall Fifth Edition PETROLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS THE LATE F. H. HATCH O.B.E., PH.D., M.I.C...Past-President Inst. Mining and Metallurgy Past-President Ceo/. Soc. of South Africa A. K. WELLS D.SC...University of London, King's College AND M. K. WELLS D.SC. Reader in Geology University of London, University |
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| identification of minerals, rocks and gemstones is notable for its compactness and ease of reference. It...mode of occurrence and localities of nearly 200 minerals. These are first classified by colour and their...characteristics- hardness, streak, lustre, etc.- and their associations and chemical composition are stated. The...rearranged in another table according to their streak and hardness. The second section provides an introduction...their uses and structural properties, and includes a glossary of important rock names and petrographic |
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| 2Itbratg BOUGHT W[TH THE INCOME OF THE SAGE ENDOWMENT FUND THE GIFT OF HENRY W. SAGE 1691 Cornell University...igneous rocl(S of Skye 3 1924 004 066 373 Cornell University Library The tine original of tiiis book...copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924004066373... MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. THE TERTIARY IGNEOUS ROCKS OF SKYE. BY...BT M.A., F.G.S. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S TREASURY. GLASGOW : |
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| CHALLINOR'S DICTIONARY OF GEOLOGY CHALLINOR'S DICTIONARY OF GEOLOGY EDITED BY ANTONY WY A TT...TT SIXTH EDITION I CARDIFF UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS 1986 © Antony Wyatt, 1986 British Library...Dictionary of geology.-6th ed. 1. Geology-Dictionaries I. Title II. Challinor, John. Dictionary of geology...works of geology for one that will probe the subject by examining the meaning and usage of names and terms...things, facts, and concepts of the science. This small book is an essay towards a critical and historical |
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| information: contents Issue 1 MINERALS '• Pyrite PY UK and Ireland: 0870 890 2730 Australia: (03) 9872 4000...265 4304 • Or visit the De Agostini website at: UK: AUS: SA: NZ: Rose quartz RO Ruby RU www.deagostini...deagostini.co.nz Missed a copy? Ring Customer Services UK: 0870 870 2575 Australia: (03) 9872 4000 New Zealand:...Africa: (011) 265 4304 What are minerals? 1 Glossary of terms 2-4 Native elements 5-6 The Big Bang 1...Photo library: Discovery 6;TRH: Story of the Earth, Editorial and Design by T he Brown Reference Group |
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| published 1974 in USA by Galahad Books A division of A & W Promotional Book Corp. 95 Madison Avenue, New...Page 90 ,:__ Chapter7 Chapter3 MINERALS, ROCKS AND MAN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS _ Page 1 10 Page 58 Index...Spectacular evidence exists in many parts of the world of the mountain building processes which have...years ago. 6 The study of minerals and rocks forms one small part of the science of geology - the science...study of the earth as a whole. Geology, like any other science, can be broken down into a number of specialized |
 | Harris, Norman, Fenton, Carroll Lane, Cooper, Chalmer L., Collins, Henry Hill, Haslau-Perry, Olivia V. - Eds. (1961) Larousse Encyclopedia of The Earth (1st ed.) Prometheus Press, New York. | Book (edition) |
| LAROUSSE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE EARTH authoria comprehensive and and anatomy the of accovint tative the aU...aU answers history of our planet. It THIS is and why it where questions of how, when, manner the...the worldhvely and presents in lucid have preceded our fashioning events that may well follow it that t'me;...t'me; it suggests those been a source of have phenomena Earth's first ^nan^saw the constant curiosity...history then From first raindrop fall. of his environcharacteristics and the physical together. Chment have |
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| i II o^^r\M^\ yn 4 '*, $17.95 The Rocks and Minerals all the information that the rock collector...clearly and authoritatively It everything from the formation of the earth to the practicalities of rock...rock and mineral collecting. It opens up the subject to the beginner and gives him an insight into its unique... it renders the invaluable service of putting the facts, some of which he will already know, into a systematic...knowledge. The book made up of four sections, each fully with color photographs and diagrams. part, on the |
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| ff HOLMES’ PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICAL GEOLOGY HOLMES’ PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICAL GEOLOGY FOURTH EDITION...Professor of Applied Geology, University of Strathclyde Honorary Fellow, Department of Geology and Geophysics...University of Edinburgh Ej Trent University Library CHAPMAN & HALL Peterborough, Ont University and Professional...8HN, UK Blackie Academic & Professional, Wester Cleddens Road, Bishopbriggs, Glasgow G64 2NZ, UK Chapman...the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the UK Copyright Designs |
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| WORLD OF MINERALS AND GEMS WITH HOW TO GET THE MOST FROM YOUR COLLECTION Beneath the surface of the Earth...lies the fascinating world of minerals and gemstones. Mineralogy- the study of minerals - gives us great...great insight into a whole range of human history · and achie vement Mineralogy can teach us a Jot about...sciences, too, and the subject is a good introduction to many other areas of interest As Treasures of th e Earth...Earth unfolds you will encounter a w ealth of fascinating information on chemistry, physics, astronomy |
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| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES The RALPH D. REED LIBRARY < DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY UNIVERSITY...UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES, CALIF. UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES LIBRARY CAMBRIDGE... 136 LEWIS AND Gower Street, W.C. E.G. 4 CO., LTD., i LONDON WILLIAM WESLEY AND : 28 Essex Street...BOMBAY \ CALCUTTA [ MACMILLAN AND CO.. LTD. MADRAS j TORONTO THE MACMILLAN CO. OF : CANADA, LTD. TOKYO ...Formerly Fellow of Christ's College and Lecturer in Economic Geology in the University of Cambridge Cambridge |
