 | | Report (edition) | | Regional Geology The Palaeogene volcanic districts of Scotland FOURTH EDITION CH Emeleus BR Bell Contributor:...regional geology: the Palaeogene volcanic districts of Scotland (Fourth edition). (British Geological Survey...Printed in the UK b>f Hawthornes, Nottingham C/0 7105 Authors CH Emeleus Department of Earth Sciences...University of Durham, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham DH I 3LE BR Bell Division of Earth Sciences...Sciences, University of Glasgow, Gregory Building, Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G 12 BQQ Contributor D Stephenson |  | | Book (chapter) | | 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 Unpublished M.Sc...University of Durham.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 |  | | Report (issue) | | 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 |  | | Book (chapter) | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | EVIDENCE CONCERNING THE ORIGIN OF GRANITES OF THE ISLE OF SKYE, NORTHWEST SCOTLAND R.S. THORPE, P.J. POTTS and...and M.B. SARRE Department of Earth Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK 7 6AA...Eleven samples of Skye granites, two samples of Torridonian sandstone and one sample of Lewisian gneiss...activation analysis. The granites are representative of the main granite centres and compositional types...Hills granite intrusions show a systematic relation of REE content with Eu/Eu*. We suggest that the Glamaig |  | Vogel, Thomas A., Younker, Leland W., Wilband, John T., Kampmueller, Elaine (1984) Magma mixing: the Marsco suite, Isle of Skye, Scotland. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 87 (3) 231-241 doi:10.1007/bf00373056 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Springer-Verlag 1984 Magma mixing: the Marsco suite, Isle of Skye, Scotland Thomas A. Vogel t, Leland W. Younker...proposed as a major mechanism for the origin of a wide variety of rock suites. In mid-ocean basalts there...obstacles to mixing because of the similarities in chemical and physical properties of the proposed end-members...present obstacles to mixing. The Marsco suite is ideal to evaluate the process of magma mixing because it is...is considered to be a classic example of magma mixing of diverse magma types and because compositionally |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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...centres. An assessment of the number and types of the constituent units of these foci of activity reveals a...geological map of central Skye. The origin of various rock-types is investigated in the light of chemical, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Rocks from the Isle of Skye North-West Scotland by s. MOORBATH and j . D. BELL Department of Geology and...THE application of strontium isotope abundance variations to the problem of the origin of igneous rocks...earnest with the studies of Hurley and his colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Faure &...& Hurley (1963) measured the abundance of Sr87, conveniently expressed as the Sr8T/Sr86 ratio, in twenty-five...samples was found to be 0-7078 with limits of variations of +0-002 and —0-003, although this average value |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ferrodiorite from the Isle of Skye. By L. R. WAOER and E. A. VINCENT Dept. of Geology and Mineralogy...an account of the marscoite suite of the Western Redhills Tertiary igneous centre of Skye, a description...here of one unit, the ferrodiorite. While accepting Harker's hypothesis of the hybrid origin of marscoite...with which marscoite on Marsco is associated, is not itself a hybrid, but one of the parents from which...mugearites, on the one hand, and with the ferrogabbros of the Skaergaard intrusion on the other, but is probably |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | aspects of the origin of Hebridean Tertiary acid magmas. II. Experimental melting behaviour of the granites...kbar PH20 R. N. THOMPSON Department of Geology, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London SW7...reported for three early Tertiary granites from Skye and one from Rhum, together with a quartz rnonzonite...high temperatures the morefusible crustal rock types of the region would be almost completely molten. If...they would inherit the incompatible element ratios of their sialic progenitors. This is demonstrably not |  | | Report (edition) | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Askja 1875, Skye 56 Ma: Basalt-triggered, Plinian, Mixed-magma Eruptions during the Emplacement of the Western...Western Redhills Granites, Isle-of-Skye, Scotland By R. N. THOMPSON,London *) With 8 figures and 1 table...anzusehen. Die Eociinen Granite yon Western Redhills, Skye, Schottland, weisen auf eine zweimalige Mischung...published accounts of the chronology of various Plinian explosive eruptions, notably that of Askja, Iceland...1875, have stressed the role of basic magma injected into the lower parts of stagnant semi-crystalline magma | | | Report (edition) | | DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC GEOLOGICAL BRITISH AND SURVEY INDUSTRIAL AND REGIONAL RESEARCH MUSEUM...MUSEUM GEOLOGY SCOTLAND: THE TERTIARY VOLCANIC a DISTRICTS (THIRD EDITION) EDINBURGH HER MAJESTY’S...Districts, Scotland (Geo/. 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...is composed of Jurassic strata overlain by Tertiary basalt lavas and the nearer headland of Torridonian |  | | Book (chapter) | | Province C. H. Emeleus Reader in Geology, University of Durham and M. C. Gyopari Senior Hydrogeologist,...proportion of the total igneous activity that occurred during the Palaeocene—Eocene opening of the North...spectacular remnants of that activity in and around the central complexes and the majority of the sites described...surroundings. Nevertheless, a number of important aspects of the igneous geology of the Province occur elsewhere...a spectacular feature of the Province and examples of dense concentrations of dykes are described or | | | Report (edition) | | '"'"-~" '. . ' _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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Hydrothermal alteration of Tertiary igneous rocks from the Isle of Skye, northwest Scotland II. Granites John...John M. Ferry Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218...Hydrothermal alteration of Tertiary granites from Skye involed the reaction of igneous amphibole, biotite...biotite, ferroaugite, fayalite, alkali feldspar, plagioclase feldspar, magnetite, and ilmenite with aqueous...combinations of secondary alkali feldspar, chlorite and montmorillonite. Lesser amounts of muscovite, calcite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 33 OF T H E M I N E R A L O G I C A L SOCIETY September 1963 No. 262 Melting relations of Tertiary...granitic rocks in Skye and Rhum By G. M. BROWN,M.A., B.Se., D.Phil., F.G.S. Department of Geology and Mineralogy...Oxford [Read 8 November 1962] Summary. The results of reconnaissance melting experiments on Tertiary granophyres...water-vapour pressure show that the melting behaviour of these rocks can be viewed in relation to the synthetic...are constructed for Skye granophyres and, viewed in relation to the stability of tridymite, the depth |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Petrology of Some Volcanic Rocks from the British Tertiary Province: The Islands of Rhum, Eigg, Canna...hypersthene. They have anomalously low concentrations of Rb, Sr and K20 compared to Tertiary tholeiites from...in contrast to the normal one-pyroxene rocks of the alkali basalt-trachyte association (Muir and Tilley...closer affinities to the icelandites, the presence of basic plagioclase xcnocrysts suggesting an hybrid...plagioclase are involved in the low-pressure fractionation of the transitional basalts, whereas pyroxene and titanomagnetie |  | | Report (issue) | | -... .,.. •. THE GEOLOGY . .' ..·... _ · . N OF . . . . .. . . .� . . ., . .. S··. . ....' . .. ". , .•. .,. . • Geology of Nortl1ern Skye (Mem. Geol. Surv.) A. PLATE I (Frontispiece)...THE SOUTH; PART OF THE TROTTERNISH LAVA-SCARP B. (D3172) LANDSLIP TOPOGRAPHY SOUTH OF FLODIGARRY HOTEL...INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN SCOTLAND The Geology...Geology of Northern Skye Explanatio11 of the Portree (80) and parts of the Rubha Hu1zis/1 (90), Applecross |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 263 A granophyre from Coire Uaigneich, Isle of Skye, containing quartz paramorphs after tridymite. (With...Department of Geology and Mineralogy, University Museum, Oxford. [Read March 26, 1953.] narrow belt of granophyre...west of Blaven in the Isle T HofESkye showed so admirably the effects of chilling that a series of specimens...collected by one of us (L.R.W.) and found to contain, in the chilled marginal rock, phenoerysts of tridymite...to phenocrysts of tridymite inverted to quartz, there is present in the groundmass of the unehilled granophyre |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | aspects of the origin of Hebridean Tertiary acid magmas. I. An experimental study of partial fusion of Lewisian...sediments R. N. THOMPSON Department of Geology, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London SW7...ABSTRACT.Thermal aspects of the conflictinghypotheses that the acid magmas of the British Tertiary Igneous...either fractional crystallization of basic magmas or partial fusion of country rocks around basic intrusions...(up to 12 m2 outcrops) of Lewisian gneiss occur in the ferrodiorite member of the Marscoite Suite in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 40, PP. 89I-3 Alkali amphiboles in the Eocene high-level granites of Skye, Scotland IT has been known...known for a long while that some of the Skye Eocene granites contain alkali amphibole, traditionally referred...that the optical properties of alkali amphiboles within granites of the Marsco area, Western Redhills, were...analytical data presented here show that the compositions of these amphiboles range between ferro-richterite and...(SK 887), the other from a local peralkaline facies of the chemically variable Southern Porphyritic Epigranite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in the Petrogenesis of the Coire Uaigneich Granophyre, Isle of Skye, N.W. Scotland Alan P. Dickin and...and Richard A. Exley Department of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PR, United...(CUG) was formed by the mixing of two magmas. One of these, a liquid of high 8:Sr/S6Sr ratio (ca. 0.731)...731) formed by the anatexis of late Precambrian Torridonian sediments, contained relict quartz and zircon...zircon. The other liquid was an acid differentiate of basaltic magma and was enriched in incompatible elements |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Significance of Initial 87Sr/86Sr Ratios in the North Atlantic Tertiary Igneous Province in the Light of Rb-Sr...Rb-Sr, K-Ar and 18O-abundance Studies of the Sarqata qaqa Intrusive Complex Ubekendt Ejland, West Greenland...A WRE, Aldermaston, Reading RG7 4PR * Department of Geology, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ ABSTRACT...Ejland, yields an age and initial " S r / ^ r ratio of 65 ± 5 m.y. (Xp = 1-47x 10"11 yr"1) and 0-7045±00003...from the gabbro give ages of 55-4±l-5 and 54-0±l-5 m.y. Determinations of 16O/18O ratios in two gabbro |  | Macdonald, R., Baginski, B., Dzierzanowski, P., Fettes, D. J., Upton, B. G. J. (2013) CHEVKINITE-GROUP MINERALS IN UK PALAEOGENE GRANITES: UNDERESTIMATED REE-BEARING ACCESSORY PHASES. The Canadian Mineralogist, 51 (2) 333-347 doi:10.3749/canmin.51.2.333 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 3749/canmin.51.2.333 CHEVKINITE-GROUP MINERALS IN UK PALAEOGENE GRANITES: UNDERESTIMATED REE-BEARING ACCESSORY...DZIERŻANOWSKI Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warszawa...Edinburgh EH9 3LA, UK Brian G.J. UPTON School of Geosciences, Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh...Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK Abstract Chevkinite-group minerals were sought in 26 granitic bodies from the Palaeogene...Palaeogene sequences of Scotland and Northern Ireland, ranging from biotite ± amphibole granites through |
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