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| Province C. H. Emeleus Reader in Geology, University of Durham and M. C. Gyopari Senior Hydrogeologist,... Chapter 2 The Isle of Skye Introduction INTRODUCTION Skye is one of the classic areas of Great Britain...Britain for the study of igneous geology. The sea cliffs and hills in the north of the island magnificently...succession of mainly basaltic lavas which overlie Mesozoic sediments intruded by a suite of dolerite sills...Basaltic dykes of the northwest-trending swarm cut all these rocks. The Cuillins and Red Hills of central Skye |
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| Province C. H. Emeleus Reader in Geology, University of Durham and M. C. Gyopari Senior Hydrogeologist,... References Agrell, S.O. (1965) Polythermal metamorphism of limestones at Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan. Mineralogical...structure and petrology of the Tertiary volcanic rocks of Eigg. Muck and Canna, N.W. Scotland. Unpublished M.Sc...University of Durham. Allwright, A.E. and Hudson, J.D. (1982) The Sgurr of Eigg. Journal of the Geological...Society of London, 139, p. 215 (abstract). Almond, D.C. ( 1960) The Tertiary igneous geology of Strathaird |
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| Province C. H. Emeleus Reader in Geology, University of Durham and M. C. Gyopari Senior Hydrogeologist,...INTRODUCTION The Isle of Rum (Fig. 3.2) was the site of a major volcano which was active for a period of one or...before the present. The volcano developed on a ridge of Precambrian rocks (Torridonian sandstones unconformably...overlying Lewisian gneiss) which was covered by a veneer of Mesozoic sediments and Palaeocene lavas. The ridge...Minch to the west and the Sound of Rum to the east in which thick sequences of Mesozoic sediments accumulated |
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| the Isle of Skye J. D. BELL BELL, J. D. 1976. The Tertiary intrusive complex of the Isle of Skye. Proc...history of investigations into the nature of the Tertiary intrusive complex of the Isle of Skye is reviewed...centres of activity have now been identified and mapped in variable detail: these are, in order of chronological...chronological development, the Cuillin complex and the Srath na Creitheach, Western Redhills and Eastern...centres. An assessment of the number and types of the constituent units of these foci of activity reveals a |
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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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| 1958) Noo 13: The Tertiary Igneous Geology of the Isle of Skye by G. M. BROWN, 1vith contributions by...Trottemish Southern and Western Cuillins Northern Skye Eastern Cu illins Wcs1ern Redhills References EDITED...sketch-maps are 110 evidence of existence of a right-of-way. The onus of obtaining permission to use tracks...rests 011 the user of the Guide. Any information (e.g. change or u11s11itability of footpaths, new expos11res...expos11res, filling in of q11arries) that will help to make this G11ide more serviceable will be welcomed |
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| DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY...GEOLOGY SCOTLAND: THE TERTIARY VOLCANIC DISTRICTS (THIRD EDITION) EDINBURGH HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE...Districts, Scotland (Geol. Surv.) PLATE I (Frontispiece) A. THE CUILLIN HILLS AND BLAVEN, SKYE, FORMED...FORMED OF TERTIARY PLUTONIC ROCKS (GABBRO), FROM SOUTH-EAST Strathaird penninsula (middle distance) is composed...composed of Jurassic strata overlain by Tertiary basalt lavas and the nearer headland of Torridonian B |
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| BIRKELBY NIVERSITY Of ICAUPORN.A EARTH SCIENCES y REESE LIBRARY "TOlVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA THE... THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND VOL. II. Printed by Neill and Company, Limited, Edinburgh FOR DAVID DOUGLAS...Pyrites. DRAWN! eV DR HCDDLE THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND BY THE LATE M. FORSTER HEDDLE, M.D., F.R... CONTENTS OF VOLUME DlSILICATES. II. CONTENTS. VI CLINTONITE GROUP. VOLUME LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS... Loch an . . of Actinolite Crystals, Groups MAPS IN II. Frontispiece . Eilean (M'Tier), To face |
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| '"'"-~" '. . ' _The Tertiary Volcanic Districts of Scotland • • · • THIRD EQITION ""'" ".· '·. -~ ...lava Oow of the Mull Plateau Group (StafTa Suite). Massive, regular columns at the base of the flow are...are overlain by an upper tier of narrow, poorly developed irregular columns. The slaggy flow top is exposed...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 SOUTH-EAST |
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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 ALFRED...BT M.A., F.G.S. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S TREASURY. GLASGOW : |
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| [ l BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Geolo of Rum and the adjacent islands . • • .. Na Exrvird TABLE...till Late-glacial raised beach deposit<; Eocene Sgurr of Eigg Pitchstone Formation Lavas, ash Iloivs and...Subaerial erosion of the Rum (;en tral Con1plex RtHvf CENTRAL Co�tPLEX Stage 2: Emplacement of the Rwn Layered...Intn1sion (probably coc,-;.tl \\/itl1 early cornponents of the (�entral Intrt1sio11) Peridotite, gabbro and...dyke s,vann (probably continuous tl1rottghoul n1uch of tagc 1 , v,·ith �poradir dykes basaltic cone-sheets |
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| Petrology and Geochemistry of Cone-sheets from the Cuillin Igneous Complex, Isle of Skye: Evidence for Combined...1 Department of Geology and Applied Geology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK 2 Isotope Geosciences...and Reactor Centre, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 OQU, UK (Received 11 March 1993; revised typescript accepted...ABSTRACT The origin and evolution of the magma(s) involved in the formation of the olivine tholeiite cone-sheets...cone-sheets which invade the ~60-Ma Cuillin Igneous Complex, Isle of Skye, have been investigated using mineral |
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| Rum Igneous Centre, Scotland C. H. EMELEUS1,* 1 2 AND V. R. TROLL2 Department of Earth Sciences, Durham...Science Labs, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK Department of Earth Sciences, CEMPEG, Uppsala University...Editor: F.C. Hawthorne] ABSTRACT The publication of the British Geological Survey memoir on Rum and the...the Small Isles in 1997 was followed by a period of intense petrological and mineralogical research,...available to provide an overview of the current status of understanding of the centre. New data on the acidic |
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| MEMOIRS 0}' THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. SCOTLAND. CATALOGUE OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF GEOLOGICAL SUBJECTS, SERIES ,...llY OUDER o,· THE LOil.PS CO~!M"ll!~!O:::,,.'"Ens OF ll!S ~L\JES'IT'a TRE.ASUllY. EDINBURGH: PRI NTED...GRAFTON STI\EET, DuDLIN. From any Agent for tl1e sale of Ordnance. Survsy M11ps; 01· through a.ny Bookseller...County of London, ,v. 1910. Price Six_pence. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SCOTLAND...SCOTLAND. Geological Map (2o miles to the inch) of the British Islands. Price, Coloured, 2s. ; Uncoloured |
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| TEXT-BOOK OF PETROLOGY TEXT-BOOK OF PETROLOGY CONTAINING SUMMARY OF THE MODERN THEORIES OF PETRO-...AND A SYNOPSIS OF THE CHIEF TYPES OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS AND GENESIS, A DESCRIPTION OF THEIR DISTRIBUTION...besides the correction of a few typographical errors and of some misspellings of place-names, there are...without alteration of principle, of the tables of classification of the Plutonic and of the Volcanic Rocks...and 248). A new map, showing the volcanic area of Glencoe and the Etive granite complex, has also been |
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| Geology and Scenery in Scotland J.B. Whittow The scenery of Scotland is, in its range and scale, as...the world. And beneath the variety lies a geology of enormous complexity and great age, which has been...millions of years to provide the basis for such extraordinary natural features as the caves of Staffa and...This book is the final volume of a trilogy on the geology and scenery of the British Isles. Dr Whittow...passing with ease from the hard facts of science to the beauties of the landscape. Graced with many illustrations |
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| This is a reproduction of a library book that was digitized by Google as part of an ongoing effort to preserve...1837 SCIENTIA ARTES LIBRARY VERITAS OF THE MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY OF UEPLURIBUSUNUM TUE BORN SI-QUAERIS-PENINSULAM... TEXT-BOOK OF PETROLOGY TEXT-BOOK OF PETROLOGY CONTAISING A SUMMARY OF THE MODERN THEORIES OF PETRO GENESIS..., A DESCRIPTION OF THE ROCK-FORMING MINERALS , AND A SYNOPSIS OF THE CHIEF TYPES OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS...as far as possible the general arrangement of the Edition of 1892, which I believe has been found useful |
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| HIGHLAND GEOLOGY TRAIL The very best localities in the Highlands, described simply for the visitor,...the nature of the underlying geology. JOHN e INVERNESS ULLAPOOL e ASSYNT e FORT ISLE OF SKYE WRATH CAPE...OBAN WILLIAM HIGHLAND GEOLOGY TRAIL By JOHN L. ROBERTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Nae of tne Geological ReCONd...st'yaeWecntiy.OF LOCIIAISIS 66 “A EVENTS 1 Spe apne yal Soiace...4XR CODE Geologising like any in the outdoor OF CONDUCT field is not activity. The IN THE without |
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| years, when he lived in Edinburgh under the shadow of Arthur’s Seat, an ancient volcano. After a good Scots...the University of Edinburgh, before undertaking research on the metamorphic rocks of the southwest Highlands...Highlands of Scotland. He then spent three years in the Middle East, teaching geology at universities...every summer to studying the rocks of the Highlands for a series of scientific papers, while teaching...structural geology and field-mapping at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He took early retirement in |
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| WHITMAN f;OJ I l[ii • , GEOLOGY OF SCOTLAND GEOLOGY OF • SECOND EDITION Edited by G. Y. CRAIG...Academic Press 1983 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced. stored in a retrieval...permission of the Scottish Academic Press Ltd., 33 Montgomery Street, Edinburgh EH7 5JX. Library of Congress...Geology of Scotland '' A Halsted Press book." Includes bibliographies and index. I. Geology-Scotland. I....ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I. THE GROWTH AND ST RUCTURE OF SCOTLAND The formation of the crystalline craton Hebridean craton |
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| �:·• �; I,• • • J • LIBRARY OF THE o to 0 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN. (Scottish Office...• DJ�I>AI{'f!vII�NT OF SCIENTIFIC AND lNDUS1'RIAL RESEAilCH MElVIOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GREAT...BRITAIN 1ca IC ses s, oc Compiled from the Records of t}z,e Geological Surve; 1 By EILEEN M. GUPPY...({. THOMAS, Sc.D., F.R.S., Notes on the Methods of Analysis employed by ENNOS, B.A., B.Sc., A.I.C... ••• •• 111 • PREFACE The Chemi�al laboratory of the Geological Survey came into being in 1839, when |
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| ]IEniOIRSOF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY .. OF 1'HE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF TIIE UNITED ICINGDOlVI • AND MUSEUMOF...l\.CTICALGEOLOGY FOR 1908_ l>UCT,ISllED BY ORDER OF THEl LORDS COMMISSIONBlRSOJ.l'HIS MAJlCSTY'S T.REASURY...GRAFTON STREET, DunLIN; From any Agent for the sale of Ordnance Survey niaps; or tl1rough any BooltSeller... LIST OF MAPS, SECTIONS, AND MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AND MUSEUM OF PRACTICAL...J. J. H. TEALL, 1\1.A., D.Sc., F.R. '., Director of the Geological The !\'laps and Memoirs are now issue |
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| PmuerstitJ of ®oro«ta Ifttbrarg be 3JasepJj Purr Tyrrell Jf.«^.. &<*•£*-&• Of>raouate of of Toronto... s& 9- THE NATURAL HISTORY OF IGNEOUS ROCKS THE NATURAL HISTORY OF IGNEOUS ROCKS BY ALFRED HARKER...FELLOW OF LECTURER IN PETROLOGY WITH I 1 2 ST. IN JOHN S COLLEGE THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE... PREFACE following pages are, in substance, a course of THE delivered at Cambridge; lectures them ment...has been to a larger audience, the general plan of treat- retained. Igneous action and igneous rocks |
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| Mountain ke College Guyton Library In memory of AAA Mrs. Mildred Williams BMC Class 1918 Smith... S$ SS RSSSS 3353533 ee oe ee ee PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY aJ os RA A ie ‘ -— Careade...Switzerland, with part of the Aletsch Glacier in the foreground Note the gullying on the face of the peak, the...stream, and the several lines of moraine. (Bric Kay) [Frontispiece PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY F. J...Monkhouse M.a., D.Sc. formerly Professor of Geography in the University of Southampton AMERICAN ELSEVIER PUBLISHING |
