 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fission track dating of the Tardree Rhyolite, Co. Antrim F. J. FITCH and A. J. HURFORD FITCH , F. J...HURFORD, 1977. Fission track dating of the Tardree Rhyolite, Co. Antrim. Proc. Geol. Ass., 88, (4), pp. 267-74...Tardrec Rhyolite shows the Interbasaltic Formation of the Antrim Lava Group in Northern Ireland to be -65...contention that early Tertiary volcanism in Northern Ireland began around or just before 66 Ma and that...stratigraphical relationships and rock types of the Tardree Rhyolite Complex are described in a recent paper from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Prof. G. A. J. Cole—The Volcano of Tardree. 303 amount of time to examining this special point, I could...to reach it. IV.—THE VOLCANO OF TARDEBK, COUNTY ANTRIM. By GBENVILLE A. J. COLE, M.R.I.A., F.G.S., Professor...of Geology in the Royal College of Science for Ireland. I PROPOSE in the autumn of the present year...detailed obser%'ations on the rhyolites of County Antrim before the Royal Dublin Society; but meanwhile...locality, the neighbourhood of Carnearney and Tardree. Mr. A. MoHenry, F.G.S, some four years ago, while |  | | Journal (issue) | | CONTENTS PAGB I. The Portrush Sill, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, by J. R. Hawkes, B.Sc., Ph.D . and H...relationships of the Tardree Tertiary Rhyolite Complex, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, by R. A. Old, B...geology of the Templepatrick area, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, by A. Brandon, B.Sc., Ph.D. and H. E...PLATH 4. The Tardree Rhyolite Dome from Camearny Plantation Columnar rhyolite of Tardree Dome Fan-shaped...Fan-shaped arrangement of rhyolite columns Platy rhyolite of Scolboa Flow Welded rhyolitic tuff with eutaxitic |  | | Report (issue) | | Sandy Sraes, -Co. Antrim REPORT No. 6 9/6 0 ' ' HMSO N ATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESE ARCH CO UNCIL IN ST...AGGLOMERATE AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS AT SANDY BRA ES, CO. ANTRIM by I. B. CAMERON, B. Sc., and P . A . SAB IN...agglomerate and associated rocks at Sandy Braes, Co. Antrim. Rep No. 69/6, Inst. geol. Sci . • • 11 CONTENTS...SETTING 1 THE VENT Boreholes 2 PETROLOGY 3 Rhyolite 3 The Vent-Tuffs and Agglomerate 3 Porphyritic...Geological sketch-map of the Sandy Braes district Co. Antrim Cut specimen of core in agglomerate. Photomicrographs |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Rhyolites of Tardree. 553 Further Evidence for the Contemporaneous Age of the Mourne Granite and...and the Rhyolites of Tardree in Northern Ireland. By HERBERT P. T. ROHLEDER, Dr.Phil., Ph.D., D.I.C...C., F.G.S., Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia. TOURING the second half of the nineteenth century, when the...Survey, the acid rocks (rhyolites) near Antrim town at Tardree Cottage, Scolboa, and Sandy Braes were...basalt sets, the lower and the upper basalts of Co. Antrim (1). Later on McHenry (2) obtained evidence at |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Space group of a low tridymite, Tardree Mountain, Northern Ireland A. VON LASAULX (1879) discovered...the Tardree Mountain where it occurred as thin hexagonal plates in the cavities of the rhyolite locally...locally known as the Tardree or Sandy Brae rhyolite. Recently Dr Macpherson of the Royal Scottish Museum...Mr Rowan of Lisburn, Co. Antrim, collected some of the tridymite-bearing rhyolite from the above locality...tridymite, C222 ~, can not be justified for the Tardree tridymite because the 900 reflection is definitely |  | | Report (issue) | | S CIENCES Perlitic obsidian at Sandy Braes, Co. Antrim: its devitrification and volumetric relationships...No. 70/11 Perlitic obsidian at Sandy Braes, Co. Antrim: its devitrification and volumetric relationships...P.A. 1970. Perlitic obsidian at Sandy Braes, Co. Antrim: its devit rification and volumetric relationships...porphyritic obsidian of Sandy Braes, Tardree Mountain, Co. Antrim, which has been sought and worked to...L'obsidienne porphyritique de Sandy Braes, Tardree Mountain, Co. Antrim, quel I on a cherchee et travaillee |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Some aspects of Tertiary acid magmatism in NE Ireland I. G. MEIGHAN, D. GIBSON, AND D. N. HOOD~ Department...Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland ABSTRACT. Geochemical data (including R E...all five Mourne Mountains granites and three Northern Ireland rhyolites. These confirm (1) the extremely...Mourne intrusions G2 (Revised)-G5 inclusive. The N. Ireland Tertiary acid rocks exhibit general geochemical...counterparts. The more fractionated acid magmas of NE Ireland are believed to have evolved from primitive granitic |  | | Report (chapter) | | timing of Tertiary central complex magmatism in NE Ireland I. G. Meighan, A. G. McCormick, D. Gibson, J. A...analyzed and the rhyolitic rocks of the Tardree area (Co. Antrim), and crustal involvement is indicated...comprehensive suite of Tertiary rhyolites from NE Ireland, some separated by > 50 km, define a linear array...considered. The Lower Tertiary major intrusions of NE Ireland were emplaced into Southern Uplandstype crust N...the main outcrop of Tertiary volcanic rocks (the Antrim Plateau basalts) which in places are seen to rest |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | petrochemical study of the Tertiary lavas of north-east Ireland. EDWARD M. PATTERSON Department of Geology and...1952) ABSTRACT The Tertiary lavaa of north-east Ireland consist principally of olivine-bsaalt, together...of tholeiitic basalt and rare quartz-trachyte, rhyolite and rhyolitic obsidian. In the course of a petrochemical...INTRODUCTION The Tertiary lavas of north-east Ireland cover an area of some 1550 square miles and are...revision of the succession in the north part of County Antrim [2]. There is little doubt however that the dominant |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | p is jJY;lIteti all f ape ,..suitable for usater-co/our, VI. T tie narrow nnsttadcd a1'cas on tlu:...'o zl'" L ou.!Jh- JVR..ajllv. GEOLOGICAL MAP OF CO UNTY AN TRDI, By A. ~ IcIlE:\RY S(t"~' 4 tI, J...~1lI \t.) . ) 12 9 SKETCH OF THE GEOLOGY OF CO. ANTRIM. BvALEX. McHENRY ~I.R.I.A., ofthe Geological...SZI1vey of Ireiand, Read 5th Juty, I895.) County Antrim is particularly interesting to the Irish T H Egeologist...occurs throughout Ireland. Beginning with the older formations, we have, in the northern portion of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The sub-basaltic surface in northeast Ireland and its significance for interpreting the Tertiary history...2000 . The sub-basa ltic surface in nort heast Ireland and its significance for interpreting the Tertiary...Geologists' Association, 111, 32 1-336. In northeast Ireland a striki ng unconform ity exists between late Cretaceo...Paleocene, subaerially emplaced, basalt flows (Antrim Lava Group) above . Th e well-cemented nature of...thermal or loading effects associated with the Antrim Lava Group. However, the geomorphology of the palaeokar |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from certain acid lavas, for example, the Tardree rhyolite (von Lasaulx, 1877) and certain Icelandic...e w q u a r r y , T a r d r e e M o u n t a i n , Co. A n t r i m . A n a l y s t : W . H . H e r d s...certain other Skye granites, and of the Tardree rhyolite, Co. Antrim, for purposes of comparison. Harker...granites of St. Kilda, the Mourne Mountains, and northern Arran, and in Skye by the Beinn an Dubhaich mass...has some similarities with the rhyolite of Tardree Mountain, Co. Antrim, also a tridymite-beuring rock |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | generalization. I t was obtained from Sandy Braes, ir~ Antrim, and was a specimen of t h e ' pearlstone' of Portlock...Braes, 11 mile N.E. of Tardree Mountain, in the northern part of the great rhyolite mass which is shown...shown on Sheet 28 of the Geolo~cal Survey map of Ireland. I have reason to believe that the description of...Londonderry,' 1843, p. 212. 8 Journ. Roy. Geol. Soc. Ireland, set. ii. eel. iv. (1877) p. 227. and Tschertank's...~ACROSCOPICALCHARACTERS. The ordinary type of Tardree rhyolite is well known ; it is a light grey, or pinkish-grey |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | BT9 5AB, Northern Ireland AND E I L E E N FARLEY Geological Section, National Museum of Ireland, 7-9 Merrion...occurrences in Ireland more recent than the Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland of Greg and...known from the British Isles, about 360 occur in Ireland. Forty of these Irish minerals are listed here...the recent growth in mining and quarrying. The Antrim basalts have long been quarried and a notable source...exploration of metalliferous deposits in the Republic of Ireland. Indeed, about half the entries in the list below |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (Reporter). T the present time this Committee enjoys the co-operation of 38 similarly equipped observing stations...nationalities inviting international co-operation. The Report before us indicates that co-operation of this nature...between the lava-plateaux of Cainozoic age in ±j Antrim and the undulating surface of Silurian rocks in...scarcely represented in Ireland. Schists and gneisses in the north-east of county Antrim possibly represent...Carboniferous Limestone, which is so marked a feature of Ireland as a whole, plays only a small part in the north-eastern |  | | Report (issue) | | GOVERNMENT OF NORTHERN IRELAND MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY The Composition and Origin of the Antrim Laterites...Copyright Reserved PUBLISHED FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF NORTHERN IRELAND BY HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE To be...INTED IN NORTHERN IRB:,AND • ,' , • PREFACE the war years it had become apparent in Northern Ireland...appropriate Department of the Government of Northern Ireland, proposed, after discussion with the Department...Survey of Northern Ireland as an agency service under Section 63 of the Government of Northern Ireland Act |  | | Book | | LIBRARY j s i~sc_::. HISTORICAL GEOLOGY OF' IRELAND Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2023 with...org/details/historicalgeolog0000jkch HISTORICAL GEOLOGY OF IRELAND BY J. K. CHARLESWORTH C. B.E., D .Sc., PH.D....been attempted for Ireland since Cole and Hallissy's Handbook of the Geology of Ireland of 1924: the author's...author's Geology of Ireland: An Introduction ( r 953) had in mind the elementary student or the general...improve our knowledge of the various systems in Ireland. Many problems, however, await their final solution |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Spencer—The Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. rhyolite, -with banded structure, comparable in type to...west end, on the airy summit of the moor, rhyolite of the Tardree type crops out; and in between, near a...to form a sand. A resisting layer of pale pink rhyolite occurs a few yards farther north, and no doubt...of glassy and dark hemicrystalline fragments of rhyolite, embedded in a firm yellowish ground. This can...wealth of the material on the heights north of Tardree Mountain ; but I trust 1 have said enough to sustain |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | a region of Newry gra nodiorit e on the lower northern slopes of Camlough Mt. It is rega rded by Richey...sid e of Camlough Mt . Western en d of the N ewry Co mplex . Analyst, L . S. Theobald . ]. Newry granodiorite...summit and Calliagh Berms Lough. Rhyolite, Tardree Mountain, Co. Antrim. (Holmes, 193 6, p. 94.) quartz-felspar-porphyry...quartz-felspar-porphyry, Glasdrumman Port; Co. Down. (Tornkeieff and Marshall, 1935, p. 261.) Hornblende-granite...785-6) : " The mass of gabbro west of Mullaghbawn mountain, with which. the Newry granite is considered to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Arran: Introduction The Northern Granite Central Ring Complex IRELAND: . Introduction Slieve Gullion...Survey Tertiary Memoirs and Maps, Scotland and Ireland 139 ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE Fig. 1 „ 2 » - 3...Old Red Sandstone Granite of Newry, North-east Ireland Map of Slieve Gullion district Map of Carlingford...districts and also farther south, in North-east Ireland, a field for much further research. It is partly...d acid fragments—trachyte, bostonite, dacite, rhyolite—in addition t o country rocks, while pitchstone |  | | Book | | Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris Stillman & George SeYastopulo...Peter Rowe OTHER TITLES OF RELATED I"t\TEREST Co,zfi·onting catastrophe: nell'perspecrh·es on n:iwra...& Jean-Claude Tanguy Minerals of Britain and Ireland A. G. Tindle The Open University T: 'XI 'Jo ~6...stage of MB! that focusing only on Britain and Ireland might be too restrictive, and that what was really...personally discovered new species to Britain and Ireland, and colleagues permitted me to record their unpublished |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 4 70.2 Ma; Dromedary Mountain apatite and zircon 98.7 70.6 Ma; Tardree Mountain zircon 58.7 71.1 Ma and...(biotite) age of 98.87 0.6 Ma; 8 samples of Tardree Rhyolite zircon with a K–Ar age of 58.7 71.1 Ma, and...Fish Canyon Tuff zircon Buluk Member zircon Tardree Rhyolite zircon Dromedary Mt. apatite Dromedary Mt...Fish Canyon Tuff zircon Buluk Member zircon Tardree Rhyolite zircon Dromedary Mt. apatite Dromedary Mt...Fish Canyon Tuff zircon Buluk Member zircon Tardree Rhyolite zircon Dromedary Mt. apatite Dromedary Mt |  | | Book | | K E L L I S . VOLCANOES; PAST AND PRESENT. 2 CO -2 i1 l ì Ò VOLCANOES; P A S T AND P R E S E...Stanford. The Physical Geology and Geography of Ireland. 2nd edit. (1891.) 1C. Stanford. Treatise on...Ornamental Stones of Great Britain and Macmillan and Co. Memoir on the Foreign Countries. Physical (1872...(1885.) C. W. Deacon and Co. Sketch of Geological History. Deacon and Co. (1887.) c. w . PREFACE...V olcanoes of N ew Z ea lan d - 14 6 -15 3 Xll CO N TEN TS. PART IV . TERTIARY VOLCANIC DISTRICTS |  | Boswell, P. G. H., Cole, Grenville A. J., Davies, Arthur Morley, Davison, Charles, Evans, John W., Gregory, J. Walter, Harker, Alfred, Jones, Owen Thomas, Kendall, Percy Fry, Richardson, Linsdall, Watts, William Whitehead, White, H. J. Osborne (1918) Geology of the British Isles. Springer Netherlands. doi:10.1007/978-94-017-6199-4 | Book | | ì ë x J é L ~ K å É = with ç î É ú Å Ü ú ì ë ` = Co N.W. F,g. 1. Te c t o n i c M a p o f t h e B r...and partly of post-Triassie age. Starting at the northern end in the neighbourhood of Manchester with a...Map of the British Isles.-Section IV.-North-East-Ireland, ScotIand (Grampian Highlands, Central Va!ley,...coalfield (Fig. 7) and the Mendip Hills (Fig. 8). The northern margin of the former is partly influenced by Caledonian...(Gothlandian). They repeat the structure of the South of Ireland, except that (possibly owing to Malvernian influence) |
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