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Clay minerals from
Scotland, UK


Locality type:Country
Classification
Species:'Clay minerals' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Clay minerals data
Locality Data:Click here to view Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1092986
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1092986:5
GUID (UUID V4):3bc3cc67-f4d7-4891-af50-8917e39aaacc
Localities for Clay minerals in this Region
Meadowfoot Smelter slag locality, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Clay Minerals (1984) 19, 709-735 THE SOIL CLAYS OF GREAT SCOTLAND M . J. W I L S O N , D. C. BAIN ...revised 13 June 1984) A B S TR A C T: The soils of Scotland are relatively young, being developed mainly on...and gravels, and estuarine silts and clays. The clay mineralogy of the soil associations developed on...materials is described and the origin of the clay minerals is interpreted. It is concluded that the influence...Inheritance has contributed a wide variety of clay minerals to the soils, including illite, kaolinite, chlorite
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Clay Minerals (2019), 54, 181–196 doi:10.1180/clm.2019.25 Article Clay mineral dating of displacement...Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonic evolution in northern Scotland Simon J. Kemp1*, Martin R. Gillespie2, Graham...Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, UK; 2British Geological Survey, The Lyell Centre, Research...Research Avenue South, Edinburgh, EH14 4AP, UK and 3Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Kyoto University...Scheme above Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland exposed a clay-rich fault gouge in Dalradian Supergroup
Report (chapter)
2015 Clay mineral stratigraphy in Palaeozoic and Mesozoic red bed facies onshore and offshore UK C. V...Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK Abstract: Different methods of clay mineral correlation within sedimentary...(1) precise time correlation by the recognition of clay-forming events; (2) levels of general stratigraphical...stratigraphical significance based upon changes in clay mineral assemblages reflecting widespread climatic, topographic...stratigraphical significance where the distribution of clay minerals reflect patterns of detrital dispersal, pore-fluid
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Clay Minerals (2006) 41, 433±471 S. Hillier wishes to dedicate this paper to Graham `Jack' Hobbs (formerly...da. Clay mineralogy of the Old Red Sandstone and Devonian sedimentary rocks of Wales, Scotland and England...Aberdeen AB15 8QH, UK, and 2 2 British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, UK A B S T R A...A C T : The Devonian sedimentary rocks of the UK are made up of a continental red bed facies, the Old...Midlands, Northern England, the Midland Valley of Scotland and the Orcadian basin. The ORS also occurs extensively
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AB24 3UE, UK Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, East Kilbride G75 0QF, UK School of...1999). The Moine Thrust in the NW Highlands of Scotland is one of the most important geological structures...constrained by the palaeomagnetic dating of Fe minerals that have a clear paragenetic relationship with...to remove carbonate minerals. X-ray diffraction (XRD) revealed no accessory minerals in these samples....the Moine Thrust Zone on the western seaboard of Scotland. It is particularly abundant along a 60 km segment
Report (chapter)
University on March 9, 2015 Middle Jurassic clay-minerals from the Minch Basin: isotopic tracing of provenance...G75 OQU, UK -+School o f Environmental Sciences, University o f East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK Although...Although clay-mineralogical studies can potentially yield information on depositional palaeoclimate, sediment...and fluid-sediment interactions of basin fills, clay-mineralogy used alone is often difficult to interpret...of understanding the origins and evolution of the clay component of basin fills. The mudrocks of the upper
Report (chapter)
Nottingham NG12 5GG, UK 2 British Geological Survey, 19 Grange Terrace, Edinburgh EH9 2LF, UK 3 Present address...cathodoluminescence properties, heavy mineral assemblages, clay mineral assemblages, whole rock geochemistry and...feldspar (e.g. Trevena & Nash 1981) and certain heavy minerals such as garnet (Haughton & Farrow 1989; Morton...properties of rock fragments, heavy mineral assemblages, clay mineral assemblages, whole rock and trace element...studies. Geological setting The study area lies within UK Block 31/26 at the southern end of the Central Graben
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
distribution across the Southern Uplands terrane, Scotland P. Stone, N. Breward, R. J Merriman and J. A....Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA, UK; N. Breward, R. J Merriman and J. A. Plant are at...5GG, UK. © 2004 IoM Communications Ltd. Published by Maney for the Institute of Materials, Minerals and...on Environmental Geochemistry, held in Edinburgh, UK on 7–11 September 2003; accepted 16 September 2003...Cryptic geology, Trace elements, Southern Uplands of Scotland lithostratigraphy, coupled with an assessment
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studies of the Cretaceous Lochaline Sandstone, NW Scotland B E N L O W D E N I, S H A R O N B R A L E Y 2...SW7 2BP, UK 2 Department of Geology, Polytechnic South West, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK -~ Unocal UK Ltd., 32...7LU, UK 4 Department o f Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK Sediments...Sediments of Cretaceous age in northwest Scotland outcrop in small, often isolated exposures throughout the...1. Lithostratigraphy for the Cretaceous of NW Scotland. the Atlantic Seaboard: PetroleumGeology, Sedimentology
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Clays and Clay Minerals , Vol. 54, No. 3, 314±323, 2006. COMPARISON OF K-Ar AGES OF DIAGENETIC ILLITE-SMECTITE...MAGNETIZATION (CRM): AN EXAMPLE FROM THE ISLE OF SKYE, SCOTLAND W . C R AW F O R D E L L IO T T 1 , * , A N KA...State University, Portland, OR 97207, USA ÐThe clay fractions of Jurassic marls in the Great Estuarine...magmatism. Key Words ÐIllite, Isle of Skye, K-Ar, Scotland, Paleomagnetism. Abstract INTRODUCTION Determining...1346/CCMN.2006.0540303 Copyright # 2006, The Clay Minerals Society Chemical remanent magnetization (CRM)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Edinburgh EH9 3LA, UK British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, UK ABSTR ACT Stream...resistate minerals will be concentrated, whereas one residing in unstable ferromagnesian minerals, which...geochemistry, Caledonian geology, Southern Uplands, Scotland, Lake District, England, sedimentary provenance...parts of the paratectonic Caledonides in southern Scotland and northern England that are the focus of this...resistate minerals which might be concentrated in a sediment, and unstable ferromagnesian minerals which
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
weathering profiles (saprolites) in north east Scotland Janet S. Wright Downloaded by [University of...University of Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent ST4 2DF, UK INTRODUCTION The terms 'saprolite' and 'deep weathering...components have been removed by leaching and secondary minerals such as kaolinite or iron oxides have been formed...conditions responsible for their formation. North east Scotland is an excellent example of a high latitude region...GENERAL GEOMORPHOLOGY The geology of north east Scotland consists predominantly of Precambrian to Dalradian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
261-271. 261 Primed in Great Britain Jurassic clay mineral assemblages and their post-depositional...post-depositional alteration: upper Great Estuarine Group, Scotland J U L I A N E. A N D R E W S * Department of Geology...1986; accepted 24 September 1986) Abstract - Clay minerals from Middle Jurassic lagoonal mudrocks, siltstones...kaolinite. Assemblage 2 is dominated by smectitic clay. These assemblages are indicative of primary Jurassic...major Tertiary igneous intrusions these depositional clay mineral assemblages have been altered. Assemblage
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
stream sediments from a former lead mining area in Scotland S. Hillier a,*, K. Suzuki b, J. Cotter-Howells...Aberdeen, Scotland AB15 8QH, UK b Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Aberdeen, Scotland AB24...AB24 3UU, UK Received 30 July 1999; accepted 1 June 2000 Editorial handling by R. Fuge Abstract Most current...sediment samples from Leadhills/Wanlockhead, SW Scotland, an historic Pb mining area. Comparison of the...silt fraction and is even a minor component of the clay-size fraction. However, quantitative analysis of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Clay Minerals Society www.clays.org THE PRESIDENT’S CORNER 2018 CMS PROFESSIONAL AWARD RECIPIENT...Chrystie M. Jackson Mid-Career Clay Scientist Award at the 55th Clay Minerals Society Annual Meeting, which...speech titled “Digital Soil Mineralogy”. Steve is a clay mineralogist working in the Environment and Biochemical...Macaulay Institute) (Scotland). He undertook his PhD at the University of Southampton (UK), followed by postdocs...in the identification and quantification of clay minerals by X-ray diffraction methods. He is also well
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
close eye on developments in Westminster (London, UK) and in Brussels (Belgium) and are making every reasonable...Executive Director IMAGES OF CLAY Following the recent ‘Images of Clay’ competition, 20 new images were...panel of five judges from The Clay Minerals Society and the Clay Minerals Group of the Mineralogical Society...(VSG) at Birkbeck College, University of London (UK) in 1963 by Dr Archibald T.J. Dollar and Dr George...hosted by at least 14 different institutions in the UK and Ireland and typically attract >200 delegates
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(Telychian) metabentonites from Ireland and SW Scotland R. A. BATCHELOR1*, D. A.T. HARPER2 and T. B. ANDERSON3...Geosciences, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, UK 2 Geologisk Museum, København, Denmark 3 Department...Department of Geology, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK New occurrences of metabentonites from the Telychian...Telychian Stage of the Silurian successions in SW Scotland, Co. Down and Co. Mayo, Ireland, are described in...potential correlations. One is between a tuffaceous clay from the Finny School Member, Upper Kilbride Formation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
£15.00 (UK), £18.00 (overseas), $28.50 (USA, Canada & Japan), and for institutions £45.50 (UK), £54.50...(UCSDPASCAL) £15.00 + VAT in UK 0 521 30958 1 (FORTRAN-77) £15.00 + VAT in UK 236" pp. 0 521 30956 5 (UCSDPASCAL)...(UCSDPASCAL) £15.00 + VAT in UK 0 521 30957 5 (FORTRAN-77) £15.00 + VAT in UK Full details of the books...writing to Sally Seed at the Cambridge address or Clay Gordon in New York Cambridge University Press The...denote number of issue) ANDREWS, J. E. Jurassic clay mineral assemblages and their post-depositional
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Matter and Materials Conference. Exeter, England, UK. See the following related meeting. [Contact: CMMP97...Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Place, London WIN 4AA, UK. Tel: 44 (171) 470 4800; E-mail: cmmp@iop.org; Info:...Crystallography Group Winter Meeting. Exeter, England, UK. Held in conjunction with the meeting above. [Contact:...Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington WA4 4AD, UK. Tel: 44 (1925) 603 639; Fax: 44 (1925) 603 124;...Association Annual Spring Meeting. St. Andrews, Scotland, UK. [Contact: Dr. Philip Lightfoot, School of Chemistry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
B15 2TT, UK c Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, East Kilbride G75 0QF, UK d Madlavollveien...crop out on Islay and the Garvellach Islands, Scotland. From these values, we calculated 18O and 2H...values of meteoric water that equilibrated with clay at diagenetic conditions which we infer were reached...can be calculated from 18O and 2H values of minerals in rocks using mineral-water isotope fractionation...exposed on Islay and the Garvellach Islands, western Scotland (Thomson, 1871; Spencer, 1971; Fairchild et al
Book
systematic approach to identifying rock-forming minerals in thin-section. This unique approach covers 150+...of the most commonly encountered rock-forming minerals, plus a few rarer but noteworthy ones. Illustrated...provides a comprehensive atlas of rock-forming minerals in thin-section. Commencing with a brief introduction...introduction to mineral systems, and the properties of minerals in plane-polarised and cross-polarised light,...interpretation. A Key for Identification of Rock-forming Minerals in Thin-Section Dr Andrew Barker has taught mineralogy
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Deposition, Climate, Age, Tectonics, Antarctic Ocean, UK FEDERMAN, A. N. et al. 1982. Scotia Arc volcanism...Geology, Continental shelf, South West Atlantic/FAO, UK SCHLICH, R. 1982. Structure and age of the western...Bulletin Geological Society of France, 24(3), 487-496. Clay, Mineral, Distribution, Age, Climate, DSDP. North...geothite, and hematite. Clays and Clay Minerals, 30(3), 207 214. Clay, Mineral, Iron, Temperature, Water...Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 47(3), 47~489. Clay, Mineral, Isotope, Chemical composition, Deposition
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
Report (issue)
Mineral Dossier No 22 Common Clay and Shale by J M Ridgway, BSc, PhD, MIMM Minerals Strategy and Economics... Titles in the series No 1 Fluorspar No 2 Barium Minerals No 3 Fuller's Earth No 4 Sand and Gravel ...8 Sulphur No 9 Tin No 10 Talc No 11 Ball Clay No 12 Slate No 13 Gypsum and Anhydrite No 14...Alumina and Aluminium No 21 Perlite No 22 Common Clay and Shale 11 PREFACE The Mineral Resources Consultative...67 to keep present and future requirements for minerals under review and to identify probJems associated
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for 2018 was held 10–13 July 2018 in Ullapool (Scotland) and had the title ‘Granulites and Granulites...who helped out. Four-Day Field Trip to Assynt (Scotland) Conference Reception and Presentations Almost...Simon Harley (Edinburgh School of Geosciences, Scotland), Kathryn Goodenough (British Geological Survey)...Happy geologists on day 4 of the trip to Assynt (Scotland). Simon Harley also rocked the aisles during...based). Dick White loving the outcrop at Tarbet (Scotland). E lements ‘Molly’, Simon Harley’s mobile scale
 
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