 | | Report (edition) | | 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...south Bute 90 Tighvein lntrusion -complex,Arran 90 Raasay Sill 91 Gars-bheinn Ultrabas ic Sill, Skye 91 Other...fields, sill-complexes and dyke swarms in western Scotland and north-east Ireland 2 2 North Atlantic Igneous |  | | Report (issue) | | underlying Jurassic Clays. Beyond is the Sound of Raasay and the Lewisian gneiss of the island of Rona....Group 24 Appin Group 24 Argyll Group 24 Southern Highland Group 24 Colonsay and Bowmore groups 25 Cambrian...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...this report has been produced as one of a series of UK Offshore Regional Reports which integrate BGS data |  | | Report (edition) | | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY SCOTLAND: THE TERTIARY VOLCANIC DISTRICTS (THIRD EDITION)...£1.00 NET — Tertiary Volcanic Districts, Scotland (Geol. Surv.) PLATE I (Frontispiece) A. THE...SURVEY AND MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY Scotland: The Tertiary Volcanic Districts (THIRD EDITION)...Rocks. 1. Lewisian Gneiss: Skye, Raasay and Rum. 2. Torridonian: Skye, Raasay and Rum .• 3. Moine Schists:...of the Tertiary Volcanic Region of the West of Scotland Fig. 2. Map showing the Tertiary dyke-swarms and | | | Report (edition) | | INDUSTRIAL AND REGIONAL RESEARCH MUSEUM GEOLOGY SCOTLAND: THE TERTIARY VOLCANIC a DISTRICTS (THIRD EDITION)...LONDON. \ N Tertiary Volcanic Districts, Scotland (Geo/. Surv.) PLATE I __ (Frontispiece) A...INDUSTRIAL AND REGIONAL RESEARCH MUSEUM GEOLOGY Scotland: The Tertiary Volcanic Districts (THIRD EDITION)...Gneiss: Skye, Ranray and Rum Torridonian: Skye, Raasay and Rum a Moine Schists: Ardnamurchan, Morvern...of the Tertiary Volcanic Region of the West of Scotland Map showing Britain Se COA On Sa tea Fic. |  | | Report (issue) | | MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN SCOTLAND The Geology of Northern Skye Explanatio11 of... •• •• •• 177 Glaciation, 177; Retreat of Highland Ice, 181; Late Glacial Re-advance, 182; Valley...Gunnaichean Heribusta Flodigarry Vaternish Point Unish Eilean Iosal Balgown Sgeir a'Chapuill Totscore Suidh'...a memoir by G. W. Lee (1920) on Applecross and Raasay. The present memoir deals with the remaining part... G. W. 1920. The Mesozoic Rocks of Applecross, Raasay and North-East Skye. Mem. Geol. Surv. PEACH, B | | | Report (edition) | | '"'"-~" '. . ' _The Tertiary Volcanic Districts of Scotland • • · • THIRD EQITION ""'" ".· '·. -~ ...photograph. (D 2218) Tertiary Volcanic Districts, Scotland (Ceo!. Sure.) A. PLATE 1 (Frontispiece) THE...Regional Geology The Tertiary Volcanic Districts of Scotland THIRD EDITION By J. E. Richey, MC, ScD, FRS,...Gneiss: Skye, Raasay and Rum 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 7 Torridonian: Skye, Raasay and Rum Moine...of the Tertiary Volcanic Region of the West of Scotland 2. Map showing the Tertiary dyke-swarms and plutonic |  | | Report (issue) | | •••··· I MEMOIRS OF . THE . GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SCOTLAND THE PRE-TERTIARY GEOLOGY 0 F MULL, • LOCH ALINE...44 and 45 of the one-inch geological_ l\lap of Scotland-have already appeared. A short description of...those of the gre.at basin of that age in central Scotland, wl1ich I have distinguished -by the name of '...istic of the Lower Old Red Sa,ndstone of central Scotland is of sing1.1lar interest and importance for it...Geikie, ' On the Chronology of tl1e Trap-Rocks of Scotland,' Tram. • Roy. Soc. Edi·n., vol. xxii., 1861, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tertiary Fumaroles on the Island of Raasay, Inverness-shire By R. C. SELLEY ABSTRACT Three large pipes...matrices of calcite and calcareous mudstone occur on the island of Raasay. Previous work has shown that these...INTRODUCTION THE island of Raasay lies off the north-west coast of Scotland between Skye and the mainland... MAG. VOL. 1 0 3 NO. 6 Tertiary Fumaroles on Raasay, Inverness-shire 559 about 75 metres and is surrounded...\r. 1.—Geological map of the Brochel region of Raasay, Inverness-shire. of the vent, though recent beach |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Broadford Beds (Lower Jurassic), Skye, north-west Scotland ALISON SEARL School of Earth Sciences, University...of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B 15 2 TT, UK The Broadford Beds comprise a basal carbonate-dominated...Slapin, and Broadford Bay on Skye, and at Hallaig on Raasay (Figure 1). The Skye sections are readily accessible...Sedimentary logs for the Broadford Beds on Skye and Raasay are shown in Figures 2-4. The lower part of the...vertical burrows. At Boreraig (Figure 2) and on Raasay (Figure 4) a muddy unit containing calcareous bands |  | | Report (chapter) | | system: Elgol Formation (Great Estuarine Group), NW Scotland J. P. Harris SUM MARY: Deposition of N-S prograding...climate. Sections in N Trotternish, S Trotternish, Raasay (Sea of the Hebrides Basin) and Strathaird (Inner...sediments at the delta shoreline. In S Trotternish and Raasay, probable brackish-marine salinities and a deeper...hydrodynamics (S Trotternish, up to 27 m thick; Raasay, 15.5 m thick) and (iii) fluvial-dominated successions...2015 Sedimentology of a lagoonal delta system, Scotland SALINITY $TRATHAIRD TROTTERNISH 149 SALINITY |  | | Report (volume) | | The Later Proterozoic Torridonian Rocks of Scotland: their Sedimentology, Geochemistry and Origin Geological...2002. The Later Proterozoic Torridonian rocks of Scotland: their Sedimentology, Geochemistry and Origin...24 The Later Proterozoic Torridonian Rocks of Scotland: their Sedimentology, Geochemistry and Origin...University of Reading, PO Box 227, Reading RG6 6AB, UK 2002 Published by The Geological Society London...is Registered Charity 210161. The Society is the UK national learned and professional society for geology |  | | Report (issue) | | geology of the Minches, Inner Sound and Sound of Raasay • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • • •...geology of the Minches, Inner Sound and Sound of Raasay J. A. Chesher, D. K. Smythe and P. Bishop © Crown...geology of the Miches, Inner Sound and Sound of Raasay. Rep. Inst. Geol. Sci., No. 83/6. Authors ]....geology of the Minches, Inner Sound and Sound of Raasay J. A. Chesher, D. K. Smythe and P. Bishop Observations...either side of the islands of Raasay and Rona are the Sound of Raasay to the west, and the Inner Sound |  | | Report (edition) | | Geological Survey and Museum BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY SCOTLAND: THE NORTHERN HIGHLANDS (THIRD EDITION) EDINBURGH...Geological Survey and Museum BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY Scotland: The Northern Highlands By J. Phemister, M.A...Peach and J. Home, ‘Chapters on the Geology of Scotland’ (Oxford University Press), 1930. The illustrations...Highlands .. Section across the northern mainland of Scotland. Section across the Loch Maree belt of paragneiss...HIGHLANDS I. INTRODUCTION The Northern Highlands of Scotland is the region which lies west of the Great Glen |  | | Report (edition) | | RESEARCH COUNCIL British Regional Geo·logy ■ I of Scotland FOURTH EDITION Front cover Suilven Sutherland...British Regional Geology The Northern Highlands of Scotland FOURTH EDITION G S Johnstone, BSc and W Mykura...8270 ~ 020 7942 5344/45 e-mail: bgslondon@bgs.ac. uk The British Geological Survey carries out the geolog·ical...British regional g·eology:the 1VorthernHighlands of Scotland ( 4th edition). (Nottingham: British Geological...Old Red Sandstone palaeogeography of northern Scotland 33 Lithological log of cyclic sequences in the |  | | Report (chapter) | | of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK (Present address: Simon-Robertson, Llandudno, Gwynedd...Hebrides and adjacent Inner Hebrides basins, NW Scotland. The Mesozoic sediments of these two Hebridean...Estuarine Group. At outcrop on the islands of Skye, Raasay, Eigg and Muck in the Inner Hebrides (Fig. 1),...(outcrops in Trotternish and Waternish on Skye and on Raasay) and the Inner Hebrides Basin (outcrops in Strathaird...in the Sea of the Hebrides Basin (Waternish and Raasay) demonstrate the basin wide extent of these three |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Diabaig facies in other foreland areas, for example Raasay (about 200 m according to Selley, 1965a, Fig. 4)...Formation in Skye and with the Diabaig Formation of Raasay and the mainland. The strata above the Bagh na...relatively fine-grained horizons of laminated mudstone, siltstone, and fine sandstone. Both features...the grey developments of the Diabaig Formation in Raasay and on the mainland. The Diabaig in these latter...to 100 cm thick. Db 2a . . . Grey siltstone and mudstone with laminae of pink or white sandstone, often |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | very numerous cone-sheets. Linear vent of Glas Eilean, later than Outer Cone-sheets. Ring-dykes, the...Cone-sheets of Centre 2 and the elongate vent of Glas Eilean. x For information additional to that given in... North-West Hull and Coll." Mem. Geol. Suru., Scotland, '930. ~ ~ t ~ 0"'."'4/' -: P rJl C ...may be of a like early date. Linear Vent of Glas Eilean.-This elongate vent is marked by brecciated country-rocks...strip along the coast north-eastwards from Glas Eilean promontory, which forms the south-easterly extremity |  | | Report (edition) | | SURVEY AND MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY SCOTLAND: THE NORTHERN HIGHLANDS (SECOND EDITION) By ...Highlands 2. Section across the northern mainland of Scotland 3. Section across the Loch Maree belt of paragneiss...Peach and J. Horne, ‘ Chapters on the Geology of Scotland ’ (Oxford University Press), 1930. The illustrations...vi THE NORTHERN HIGHLANDS I. INTRODUCTION of Scotland is the region which lies west of the Great Glen...description of these areas. Physical Features.—Scotland beyond the Great Glen is composed mainly of Palaeozoic |  | | Report (chapter) | | sedimentation in Inner Hebrides half grabens, Scotland: the Mid-Jurassic Bearreraig Sandstone Formation...Toarcian-Bajocian), on the islands of Skye and Raasay, in NW Scotland, forms part of the marine infill of one...and from 150 m to 180 m thick in north Skye and Raasay, is a spectacular succession of medium to coarse-grained...sandstones sharply overlie the Dun Caan Shales and Raasay Ironstone and are abruptly blanketed by the Garantiana...sedimentation occurred separately in the north Skye/Raasay and in the south Skye sub-basins. During a late |  | | 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...early Ordovician North-west Highlands Highland Border South of Scotland Later Ordovician Northern Belt Central...Limestone Group Passage Group Coal Measures Southern Scotland Lower Border Group Middle Border Group Upper Border |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | stratigraphy, UK Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX] 3PR, UK (e-mail:...Y OF TH E ON SH ORE BRITISH JUR ASSIC (Mercia Mudstone Group); stra ta that are extremely difficult to...prevalent at out crop in southwestern region s of the UK . Important to this question is the sourc e material...apparent from the Blue Lias elsewhere in the southern UK, although commonly , as on the Dors et coast , these...successions in the more offshore facies of the southern UK present the same problems of interpretation as the |  | | Catalog/List | | England Mr. T. C. Hall and Mr. John Rhodes, in Scotland Mr. Robert Lunn, Mr. David Ta.it and Mr. William...GEOLOGICAL P HOTOGRAPHS ROCK WEATHERING 7 Island of Raasay, Inverness-shire. Carious weathering in Middle...surfacf) of high plateau. C 2234. E. side of Island of Raasay, Inverness-shire. Plateau of Jurassic rocks. P...morainic drift. C 2221-2. E. side of Island of Raasay, Inverness-shire. Landslips masking the outcrops...Pembrokeshire. Nearly vertical beds of Upper Llandovery mudstone and quartzite. Worbarrow Tout, Dorsetshire. Headland |  | Powell, John H., Rawson, Peter F., Riding, James B., Ford, Jonathan R. (2018) Sedimentology and stratigraphy of the Kellaways Sand Member (Lower Callovian), Burythorpe, North Yorkshire, UK. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 62 (1) 36-49 doi:10.1144/pygs2017-402 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Member (Lower Callovian), Burythorpe, North Yorkshire, UK John H. Powell1*, Peter F. Rawson2,3, James B. Riding1...5GG, UK School of Environmental Sciences, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, UK 3 Department...University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK * Correspondence: jhp@bgs.ac.uk 2 Abstract: In the...shelly fauna, ammonites, Planolites burrows and mudstone rip-up clasts are interpreted as the deposits...stratigraphy of Kellaways Sand Member, Burythorpe, N. Yorks, UK 37 Fig. 1. A simplified geological map of the Cleveland |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Diabaig Formation, Torridon Group, northwest Scotland Richard H.T. Callow ⁎, Leila Battison, Martin...University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3AN, UK a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...of the ~ 1000 Ma Diabaig Formation, northwest Scotland, contain a remarkable diversity of macroscopic...biosphere is the ~ 1000 Ma Torridon Group of northwest Scotland, a c. 6 km thick succession of siliciclastic sedimentary...Proterozoic Torridon Group outcrops in northwest Scotland (Fig. 1) is unconformable with the underlying |  | | 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 |
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