 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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....seefig.33B, p. 128. The Geology of North Arran, South Bute, and the Cumbraes (Mem. Geol. Surv.), 1903...riebeckite-trachyte. The rock differs from that of Ailsa Craig in being entirely devoid of quartz, which occurs |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OF KINTYRE DYKES TO THE DYKE-SWARMS OF WESTERN SCOTLAND. PETROGRAPHY OF KINTYRE DYKES. (a) (/;) (c) (d)...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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 4. Sills in the Meall Damh Area C. The Teschenite Boss of South Rona . . . 375 376 376 376 378 378...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 |  | Gregory, J.W., Dinham, C. Hawker, Scott, Alexander, Smellie, W.R., Stark, James, Tyrrell, G.W., Young, G.W. (1915) Report of an excursion to the district around Glasgow. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 26 (4) 276 doi:10.1016/s0016-7878(15)80029-7 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sediments overlain by lavas a little farther to the south. Before the lavas come on a second time a small...__ i1... rl;I, J .~ , r , "" . r PANORAMA Of SOUTH BUTE, SHOWING COMPOSITE SILL AND LAVA ESCARPMEl'iTS...Limestones, and are penetrated by a thin sill of teschenite, which is exposed in an adjacent quarry. A thinning...vol. xlv, r889, pp. 626-32) proceeding from the teschenite, cuts through one of the trees just above the...into a flat anticline, pitching slightly to the south-east. The great east-west fault which separates |  | | Book (chapter) | | Rockall, lie in the North Atlantic to the west of Scotland (Fig. 1.1). St Kilda is formed by a central complex...granulites exposed in the Outer Hebrides and north-west Scotland. The Helen's Reef microgabbro is associated with...with the earlier, alkali-microgranite boss of Ailsa Craig (62 Ma; Harrison et al., 1987) and with some...Shiant Isles lie about 20 kin north of Skye and 8 km south-east of Lewis. They consist of sheets of dolerite... at base of sill 1.2 Picrite at -7m to -28m Teschenite (1.2m) at-29m Sediments at -29.5m Shiant Islands |  | | Book (chapter) | | 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 |  | | Book (chapter) | | + Dippin Head N 0 0 kilometres miles 10 South Coast of Arran 5 Figure 6.2 Map of the Isle of...to Kildonan and beyond. This shore section, the South Coast site, has been chosen to represent this feature...porphyry) examples occur within both the Drumadoon and South Coast sites. These sills encompass a wide range...1 Olivine dolerite J Tholeiitic dolerite Ailsa Craig Microgranite = Holy Island Trachyte (oldest)...gabbroic strips north-west of Binnein na h-Uaimh and south-eastern boundaries, where adjacent (NR 943 335) |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | PAGE I.-Some Upper Carboniferous Corals from South Wales, by STAN• LEY SMITH, M.A., D.Sc., F.G.S. •...the Pentland Fault, near Portobello, Midlothian, Scotland, by A. F. HALLIMOND, ... . . . . .. . . . . ....\TI ONS (co,itcl.) V FIG. 1.-The Blackness teschenite sill ••• ••• sho\ving distribution of T,veeddale... 47 59 60 ••• ••• ••• ,. 2.-The picrite-teschenite sill of Easter Dalmeny. Variation of •• • ..... '" I.-S01\ilE UPPER Ci\RBONif EROUS CORALS FRO�! SOUTH '\VALES. BY STANLEY SMITH, M.A., D.Sc., F.G.S. |  | | Book (edition) | | 219 The Dolerite Family 221 The Mugearite-Teschenite Family The Aplite-Pegmatite Family 225 The...9 MODE OF OCCURRENCE in the Western Isles of Scotland, where granites and gabbros, etc., have been intruded...dykes of the North of England and the West of Scotland . Veins.— Veinsare produced by the injection...the acid intrusives of the Central Highlands of Scotland. According to Harker, some of the acid and basic...English Lake District, North Wales, Western Isles of Scotland, and Fife. The Whin Sill in the North of England |  | | Book (edition) | | Mining and Metallurgy Past-President Geol. Soc. of South Africa A. K. WELLS o.sc. Fonnerly Reader in Geology...Crystal habits of topaz fronz Kleine Spitzkop, South-West Africa 51. Three crystal habits of corundum...thin section, from contaminated 110rite, Arnage, Scotland 54. Simplified ,nap of the Carboniferous lava...Causeway, Co. Antrim, Ireland 59. Sketch-map of the South-West Highlands, showing a system of northwest basic...Iceland 83. Riebeckite-microgranite, Ailsa Craig, Firth of Clyde, Scotland 84. Riebeckite-microgranite, Mynydd |  | | Book | | super£cial geology of a wide area of Southern Scotland which is extren1ely rich in geological interest...NOBLE HOUSE, LAMANCHA: LEADI-ULLS DISTRICT: G. Y. Craig 89 102 115 E. B. Bailey and R. J. A. Eckford...generally fonning the chilled margin of an intrusion. Teschenite. A variety of dolerite characterized by the presence...sediments with a Silurian core, sweeps up fro1n the south-west straight into the centre of Edinburgh and fonns...hills lies the basin of the co1nbined North and South Esk rivers, draining Carboniferous rocks which include |  | | Book | | 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 |  | | Report (edition) | | .,.... Memoi1..s of t,he Geological Survey, Scotland THE GEOLOGY ()F THE GLASGO DISTRICT P...-\RTS...Killearn in the north to the Cathkin Hills in the south, and from Renfrew and Barrhead in the west to Bothw-ell...western suburbs of Glasgow north of the Clyde, and-south of the river-the ground between Renfrew and Barrhead...Anderson were allotted the City and suburban areas south of the Clyde between Govan and Thornliebank, the...observations made by local geologists in the west of Scotland and published in the Transactions of the Geological |  | | 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 | | Professor of Geology, University College, Cardiff, UK PERGAMON PRESS QE 2fcl ASI7 Date due 97 11...Northern Highlands Shetland The Grampian Highlands (Scotland and Ireland) Connemara and its flanks CALEDONIAN...Ireland South-East Ireland HERCYNIAN TERRAINS 156 7.1 7.2 156 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 South-West England...England South Wales and Pembrokeshire Coalfields and their Borders Central England North-East England Midland...Midland Valley of Scotland Central Ireland Southern Ireland vii 173 188 201 210 231 238 Contents |  | | Book (edition) | | Bostonite Family- - 172 221 . The Mugearite-Teschenite Family The Aplite-Pegmatite Family The Perknite...OF OCCURRENCE i] 9 in the Western Isles of Scotland, where granites and gabbros, etc., have been intruded...North of England and the dolerite West 13 of Scotland. Veins are produced by the injection 01 the into...acid intrusives ; of the Central Highlands of Scotland. According some of the acid and basic intrusions...English Lake District, Wales, Western Isles of Scotland, and Fife. The Whin Sill in the North of England |  | | Report (issue) | | Sands and gravels of the southern counties of Scotland REPORT No. 70/4 CORRECTION Page 8: Selected...kames and their evidence on the glaciation of Scotland. Trans.R. Soc. Edinb., Vol.54, pp. 395-432. HALDANE.... and ECKFORD, R . 1948. Sands and gravels of Scotland, Pt.4. Quarter-inch Sheet 15, Fife - The Lothians...Sands and gravels of the southern counties of Scotland G. A. Goodlet, M.A. London: Her Majesty's Stationery...Sands and gravels of the southern counties of Scotland. Rep. No. 70/ 4, Inst. geol. Sci., 82 pp. •• |  | | Book (edition) | | Mining and Metallurgy Past-President Geol. Soc. of South Africa A. K. WELLS D.SC. Formerly Reader in Geology...1 Wagner, P. A., Platinum Deposits and Mines of South Africa (1929), p. 55. 2 Bowen, N. L., and Schairer...quartz-bearing rocktypes including pitchstones from Arran, Scotland, obsidian from the Yellowstone Park, quartz-porphyries...those occurring in the Markle-type basalts in Scotland. They consist of penninitic chlorite, about 66...form¬ ing the differentiated Lugar Sill in Ayrshire, Scotland, came to be regarded as providing rock sections | | | Book (edition) | | Mining and Metallurgy Past-President Ceo/. Soc. of South Africa A. K. WELLS D.SC. Formerly Reader in Geology... Wagner, P.A. , Platinum Deposits and Mines of South Africa (1929), p. 55. Bowen, N. L., and Schairer...quartz-bearing rocktypes including pitchstones from Arran, Scotland, obsidian from the Yellowstone Park, quartz-porphyries...those occurring in the Markle-type basalts in Scotland. They consist of penninitic chlorite, about 66...forming the differentiated Lugar Sill in Ayrshire, Scotland, came to be regarded as providing rock sections |  | | Book | | I GEOLOGY EXPLAINED AROUND GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WEST SCOTLAND, INCLUDING ARRAN The aim of this book is...comprehensive introduction to the geology of south-west Scotland. The wideness of the area covered enables...Iaws GEOLOGY EXPLAINED AROUND GLASGOW AND SOUTH WEST SCOTLAND, INCLUDING ARRAN JUDITH A. LAWSON and JAMES...scenery : Loch Ranza : Sannox : Corrie : Brodick : South Arran tour: Central Ring Complex 140 9 THE MOULDING...introduction to the geology of the Glasgow and south-west Scotland region, through the study of selected, easily |  | | Book | | I GEOLOGY EXPLAINED AROUND GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WEST SCOTLAND, INCLUDING ARRAN The aim of this book is...comprehensive introduction to the geology of south-west Scotland. The wideness of the area covered enables...Iaws GEOLOGY EXPLAINED AROUND GLASGOW AND SOUTH WEST SCOTLAND, INCLUDING ARRAN JUDITH A. LAWSON and JAMES...scenery : Loch Ranza : Sannox : Corrie : Brodick : South Arran tour: Central Ring Complex 140 9 THE MOULDING...introduction to the geology of the Glasgow and south-west Scotland region, through the study of selected, easily |  | | 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...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 |  | | 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...FORMED OF TERTIARY PLUTONIC ROCKS (GABBRO), FROM SOUTH-EAST Strathaird penninsula (middle distance) is...SURVEY AND MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY Scotland: The Tertiary Volcanic Districts (THIRD EDITION)...the Museum of Practical Geology, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London. iii ' ■ CONTENTS I. General |  | | Book (edition) | | THE GEOLOGY OF SCOTLAND • THE GEOLOGY OF SCOTLAND Edited by GORDON Y. CRAIG Senior Lecturer in...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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