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Porphyritic granite from
Marsco, Sligachan, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK


Classification
Type:Porphyritic granite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Porphyritic granite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Marsco, Sligachan, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1106627
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1106627:9
GUID (UUID V4):57d65fac-da40-419d-8682-acdb9686bac5
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
S0016-7037(97) 00297-4 Low 61sO magma, Isle of Skye, Scotland: Evidence from zircons CARRIE E. GILLIAMand...GILLIAMand JOHN W. VALLEY* Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin...n s in Tertiary granitic rocks from the Isle of Skye, Scotland were resistant to measurable oxygen isotope...activity in the subvolcanic environment. Five granite bodies from the Western Red Hills complex were...that zircons in the granite are not xenocrysts from the Lewisian basement. Analysis of different magnetic
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
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 Unpublished M.Sc...University of Durham.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 (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
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...Magmakammern anzusehen. Die Eociinen Granite yon Western Redhills, Skye, Schottland, weisen auf eine zweimalige...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
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
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Anderson Emeritus Professor of Geology, University College, Cardiff, UK PERGAMON PRESS QE 2fcl ASI7...vj* v Srt Cl 26 PERGAMON INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY of Science, Technology, Engineering and Social Studies...paperback library in aid of education, industrial training and the enjoyment of leisure Publisher: Robert...TEXTBOOK INSPECTION COPY SERVICE An inspection copy of any book published in the Pergamon International...recommendation. Copies may be retained for a period of 60 days from receipt and -eturned if not suitable
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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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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK International Geology Review Publication details...Northeast Brazil: Origin of the Biotite Diorite/ Quartz Monzonite to Granite Association and Implications...Implications for the Evolution of the Borborema Province a Sérgio P. Neves & Gorki Mariano a a Departamento...de Pemambuco, Recife PE, 50740-530, Brazil Version of record first published: 06 Jul 2010. To cite this...Northeast Brazil: Origin of the Biotite Diorite/Quartz Monzonite to Granite Association and Implications
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE ROCK GROUPS OF JERSEY, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO INTRUSIVE PHENOMENA By A. J,IJ\;l;SLEY WELLS, D...rocks o~ the Channel Islands have attracted a n~mber of geologlsts,* notable among whom may be mentioned...Jersey, although out of date in some particulars, remains a valuable record of keen and accurate observation...Hill and Bonney, in a number of brief petrological papers, described some of the more interesting rock-types...which the island abounds; while the observations of Dr. J. Parkinson and Dr. G. H. Plymen are summarized
Book (edition)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Coastal Mobile Belt in southern Espirito Santo consists of Archean to Upper Proterozoic units which have been...Luisenstrage 37, 8000 Mtinchen 2, Fed. Rep. of Germany. Towards the end of the Brasiliano-Cyc]e diapirically ascending...anatectic melting and production of granitic melts. Intensive mechanical mixing of basic and granitic magma during...buoyant and/or forced convection led to a wide variety of hybrid rocks. The structures suggest liquidsolid...or mushy-mushy interaction of the contrasting magmas. Different stages of mechanical mixing and homogenization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Successive: mixing and mingling of magmas in a plutonic complex of Northeast Brazil S.P. Nevesa*b,A...Languedoc, 34095, Montpellier Cedex 5, France bDepartment of Geology, Federal Universityof Pernambuco, Recife...geochemistry suggest that mixing and mingling of magmas of contrasting compositions were important petrogenetic...Japeganga plutonic complex of Northeast Brazil. The complex was emplaced at pressures of 300-500 MPa in amphibolite...rocks of Neoproterozoic age and consists of three main rock types: ( 1) coarse-grained granite; (2) porphyritic
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C J' -- .:t:.·: .. ;.• TITLES CLASSIC OF RELATED GEOLOGY INTEREST IN EUROPE SERIES l...Islands Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris Stillman & George...Highlands of Scotland Con Gillen 9. The Inner Hebrides of Scotland Con Gillen 11. The Gulf of Corinth Mike...Neill, Clive Portman, Peter Rowe OTHER TITLES OF RELATED I"t\TEREST Co,zfi·onting catastrophe: nell'perspecrh·es...sters Da,·id Alexander Geology and landscapes of Scotland Con Gillen La catastrophe: A1ow11Pelee and the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GLOSSARY OF SCOTTISH MINERAL SPECIES 1981 · H. ·G. MACPHERSON AND A. LIVINGSTONE Department of Geology... GLOSSARY OF SCOTTISH MINERAL SPECIES 1981 H . G. MACPHERSON AND A. LIVINGSTONE Department of Geology...EDINBURGH & GLASGOW Copyright © Scottish Journal of Geology 1982 Printed by The Universities Press, (Belfast)...Compilation of the glossary . Style and guidelines Comments on the glossary . Statistical survey of Scottish...Scottish minerals 1901-1981 Number of species Increase by decades Value of mineral collections M. F. Heddle
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GEOLOGY OF THE BRITISH ISLES BY P. G. H. BOSWELL, GRENVILLE A. J. COLE, ARTHUR MORLEY DAVIES, CHARLES...completeness of the geological record in the British Isles, the variations in the facies of the different...formations from place to place, and the immense volume of the Iiterature that has accumulated, render it impossible...Regional Geology of the area. It was therefore decided to divide the work among a number of specialists,... each of whom could write with authority on the subject allotted to him and be individually responsible
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
– 88 www.elsevier.com/locate/lithos Petrogenesis of Mesozoic granitoids in the Dabie UHP complex, Central...b,*, Bor-ming Jahn b, Chunjing Wei a a Department of Geology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China...characterized by the near contemporaneous intrusion of voluminous granitoids and minor mafic magmas in the...Penghe intermediate suite covers a wide spectrum of rock types, including diorite, monzodiorite, quartz...monzogranitic rocks, and all of them contain hornblende and mafic enclaves. The existence of compositional and textural
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COLLECTION: PERSPECTIVES ON ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF CRUSTAL MAGMAS Mafic replenishments into floored...Robert A. Wiebe1,* Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California at Davis, One Shields...magmas is now widely recognized in a broad range of intrusions and intrusive complexes. These interactions...important features for two main of reasons: (1) the rapidly chilled margins of mafic magma against silicic...silicic magma commonly preserve the compositions of mafic liquids, and (2) because the mafic magma solidifies
Book
MINERALS OF SCOTLAND PAST AND PRESENT Alec Livingstone National Museums of Scotland Publishing Limited... Publishedby NMS PublishingLimited NationalMuseumsof Scotland ChambersStreet EdinburghEHl lJF © 1MS PublishingLimited...PublishingLimited 2002 Text: © AlecLivingstone Nopart of t!risp11blicatio11 may be reproduced, storedin a...tirepublislrer. The right of AlecLivingstoneto be identifiedas the author of this bookhas been assertedby...Cataloguing in Publication Data A cataloguerecord of this book is availablefrom the British Library.
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS Chicago and London • NO LONGER THE PROPERTY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DELA.Wft...the School of Science and Technology Studies, University of New South Wales. The University of Chicago...60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London © 1990 by the University of Chicago All rights reserved...reserved. Published 1990 Printed in the United States of America 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 5 4 3 2 l...This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Oldroyd,
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Textboo/<, of Petrology VOLUME ONE PETROLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS l • I • , Textbook of Petrology...Petrology VOLUME TWO PETROLOGY OF THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS by J. T. Greensmith & the late F. H. Hatch & R. H...H. Rastall Fifth Edition PETROLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS THE LATE F. H. HATCH O.B.E., PH.D., M.I.C...Past-President Ceo/. Soc. of South Africa A. K. WELLS D.SC. Formerly Reader in Geology University of London, King's... M. K. WELLS D.SC. Reader in Geology University of London, University College REWRITTEN THIRTEENTH
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tc Textbook of Petrology VOLUME ONE PETROLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS Textbook of Petrology VOLUME...VOLUME TWO PETROLOGY OF THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS by J. T. Greensmith & the late F. H. Hatch & R. H. Rastall...Rastall Fifth Edition PETROLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS THE LATE F. H. HATCH O.B.E., PH.D., M.I.C.E. Past-President...Past-President Geol. Soc. of South Africa A. K. WELLS D.SC. Formerly Reader in Geology University of London, King’s...University of London, University College REWRITTEN THIRTEENTH EDITION HAFNER PRESS A Division of Macmillan
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IGNEOUS ROCKS: A CLASSIFICATION AND GLOSSARY OF TERMS Decades of field and microscope studies and more recent...overwhelming, array of nomenclature and terminology associated with igneous rocks. Under the auspices of the International...International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), a group of petrologists from around the world has laboured...book presents the results of their work and gives a complete classification of igneous rocks based on all...all the recommendations of the IUGS Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks. Revised from the
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550.3 CHA ADictionary of geology / 1463 ,,,ill ' Al the pre-..ent day lhL' ",L'iet1L'e ()r 1_.!L'lli...hee1111H1r(· -,ignilic,1111. ()h, itlll'-1: it j., of thL' fir:-.! i111p(11t;111L·e that it-- 11,lnlenclaturc...reference (1r fpr the "L'ckirH! ut' lht: 111canin!.! of cvcrv- out-lll'the-,,ay \\ord: ih ai,n. ratht:r....1igatiP11. ~ ~ I A DICTIC)NARY OF GEOLOGY A DICTIONARY OF GEOLOGY BY JOHN CHALLINOR FIFTH...UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS NEW YORK: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1978 © John Challinor I978 Library of Congress
 
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