 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | G O W . XIII.—THE IGNEOUS GEOLOGY OP THE CUMBRAE [Trans. ISLANDS, By G. W. T Y R R E L L , A...INTRODUCTION. THE picturesque and conspicuous Cumbrae Islands, in the Firth of Clyde, have often been...igneous suite as a whole in connection with the great Clyde Carboni ferous lava-plateau of which it forms...islands, and gives an excellent sketch of the Little Cumbrae, showing its fine regular lava escarpments. In...several groups of dykes (and sills) in the Great Cumbrae he follows the work of W. Gunn (1903), which |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | or petrographical point of view; but they are of great interest, not only in themselves, but as providing...between the dykes of the better known areas of the North of England, and of Skye and Mull. The material is...of Tertiary dyke, typically exposed in the Great Cumbrae, and to indicate its relationships to other...other types already described from Mull and the North of England. Furthermore, a few other dykes from the...Tertiary dykes of Bute, the Cumbraes, and the Ayrshire and Argyllshire mainland. Sir A. Geikie has gathered |  | Gunn, W., Geikie, A., Peach, B. N., Harker, A. (1903) The Geology of North Arran, South Bute and the Cumbraes, with parts of Ayrshire and Kintyre (Sheet 21, Scotland) Memoirs of the Geological Survey. Geological Survey of the United Kingdom | Report (issue) | | View from top of Goatfell loolNorth. The so-called North top of Goatfell forms the prominent peak...THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH ARRAN, SOUTH BUTE, AND THE OUMB R.A ES, WITH PARTS OF AYRSHIRE AND KINTYRE. (SHEET...(SHEET 21, SCOTLAND.) THE DESCRIPTION OF NORTH ARRAN, SOUTH BUTE, AND THE CUMBRAES BY w. GUNN, F.G.S...S. ; PART OF AYRSHIRE BY SIR A. GEIKIE, D.C.L.,F.R.S.; PART OF KINTYRE BY B. N. PEACH,F.R.S.; ,vITH CHAPTER...TERTIARY IGNEOUS ROCKS OF ARRAN, SOUTH BUTE, AND THE CUMBRAE ISLANDS BY A. HARKER, M.A., F.R.S. PUBLISHED BY |  | | Report (edition) | | BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY THE MIDLAND VALLEY OF SCOTLAND EDINBURGH HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE price...BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY The Midland Valley of Scotland SECOND EDITION, REVISED By M. MACGREGOR, M.A...by the incorporation of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and the Museum of Practical Geology with...across north-eastern end of Pentland Hills, Midlothian B.—Section across Pentland Hills at North Esk Reservoir...Fig. 6. Map of Darvel-Galston-Sorn district, Ayrshire and Lanarkshire .. 27 Fig. 7. Section across |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of twelve square miles is occupied by pyroxene-andesite, associated with intrusive rocks described as...OF THE DISTRICT. rock s occur near Galston, North Ayrshire, where they are associated with intrusions..., pp . 26-7,34, 17 1-3 ). Early Carbonifirous.-Great scarps of volcanic rocks of thi s age, belonging...Clyde Plateau, overlook the Glasgow basin on the north, west, and south . These are conveniently divided...which, on the north, are named the Kilsyth, Cam psie, and Strathblane Hills; and on the north-west, the Kilpatrick |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | are similar to those of the Lower Group of North Ayrshire 3 and the Kilpatrick 4 and Campsie Hills.5...J. E. Richey and others in " The Geology of North Ayrshire " : Mem. Geol. Surv., 1930, 69. 4 G. W. Tyrrell...is of common occurrence throughout the West of Scotland and implies a close community of origin, a fact...Kip Valley (Sketch-map, p. 168) some two miles north-east of Inverkip. The two uppermost flows which...Glen immediately adjacent to the aqueduct. Further north the trap featuring has been obliterated and in its |  | | Report (issue) | | is responsible both for the geological survey of Great Britain and for the programmes of British Technical...by the incorporation of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and the Museum of Practical Geology with...23 Bute and the Cumbraes 23 Inner Clyde 23 Ayrshire Coast 25 Grain Size and Provenance of the Gravels...from the Isle of Sanda through Ailsa Craig to the Ayrshire coast at Girvan. The results of the investigation...across two of the major topographical features of Scotland, the Midland Valley and the Highlands. The Highland |  | | Report (edition) | | British Regional Geology The Midland Valley of Scotland THIRD EDITION BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Natural...British Regional Geology The Midland Valley of Scotland THIRD EDITION By I. B Cameron, BSc, and D. Stephenson...STATIONARY OFFICE 1985 1835 Geological Survey of Great Britain 150 Years of Service to the Nation 1985...continues to cany out the geological survey of Great Britain a:ncl Northern lrela:ncl (the latter as...the area around Distinkhorn and Tincorn Hill, Ayrshire 45 16 Palaeolatitudes for the British Isles during |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | roadside north-east of Dippin, near the twelfth milestone from Brodick. This dyke runs from north-west to...to south-east, and is intrusive into the great teschenite (or crinanite) sill of Dippin. I t is probably...referred to in the Geological Survey Memoir on North Arran, South Bute, and the Cumbraes (1903), p. 119...belongs to a distinctive group of the Tertiary north-west dykes, which appears to be abundantly distributed...These dykes have frequently been called ' basaltic andesite' or ' andesitic basalt', and are distinguished |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1929. Vol. XXII. The tholeiite dilces of the north of England. 1 (With Plates I and II.) By ARTHUR...Cleveland-Cockfield-Armathwaite dike, and on the north by the nearly parallel and more continuous Acklington...across the southern margin of the Cheviots into Scotland. Between these b o u n d a r y dikes lie several...several sets of shorter dikes all trending north of west. The distribution of the suite is shown in fig....showing the relation of the ~holeiite dikes of the north of England to the Mull swarm of dikes. [The Arran |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Snake River Plain, basalts of Mount Fuji, andesite of the Usu volcano (Fig. 1 J), and numerous well...glass, and Teall (1883) described a hypersthene andesite from nearby Steinerne Mann as having a "truely...Hawaii (Washington 1923) Olivine basalt CamNo. Andesite The Tanks, Aden 45422 Porphyritic basalt Rustad...45~ mid-Atlantid ridge, Discovery II Collection Andesite Iceland 1845 lava, Hekla 86921 20506 Basalt...Timor 68351 Olivine basalt North face, Krakatau 11648 Basaltic andesite Late Island, Tonga Islands |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pumpellyite, 8I Y Garn, Pembrokeshire, pumpellyite, 8~ SCOTLAND An Gearna, Ben More, Isle of Mull, corundophilite...of Rogie, Ross and Cromarty, djurleite, 172 Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde, tholeiite, 4~7 Halkirk, Caithness...Prefecture, valencianite, 453 Usu volcano, Hokkaido, andesite, 417 AFRICA Morocco Continental shelf off, phosphorite... 93 Kanowna, Kalgoorlie, tu~ekite, 278 and M2I North Pole deposit, Pilbara, baryte with H2S-bearing inclusions |  | | Book | | Namurian Clackmannan Group Passage Formati,,n Ayrshire Bauxitic Clay Member Troon Vc)lcanic Member basal...Measures Middle Coal Measures Lower Coal Measures Ayrshire Bauxitic Clay Member (! Clyde Plateau Volcanic...000 Geological Sheet 22W and part of Sheet 21E (Scotland) Hydrogenlog;y N S R()bins �u;neotts -rocks D...��u-n,ey, Sheet 22\V and pa1·t of Sheet 2 1 E (Scotland) i\11,thar S K l\.1onro, BSc, Pl1D, CGeol B,ritisli...British (;eologi,cal �S·11,n1ey Pri11ted in the UK for The Stationeryl Office J7421 2 C6 2/99 R B |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from the Midland Valley and adjacent regions of Scotland are mildly alkaline and intraplate in nature....intraplate alkaline magmas. The Midland Valley of Scotland and adjacent regions provide an opportunity to...region. 2. Regional geology The Midland Valley of Scotland developed as a graben structure in early Devonian...Montrose area, the Highland Border, the Sidlaw, Ochil, north Fife 115 LEGEND I Lower Carboniferous volcanic...volcanic rocks E~ Old Red Sandstone volcanic rocks North Berwick ~u GLASGOW J st' N T / ~ / o ~o |  | | Book (edition) | | author of a recent work on the Minis of the West of Scotland, which has already taken a high position; and...Dun-fion range and fort Evening aspects, The great Porphyry and pitch68 X CONTENTS. III. To THE...-foot Age of the terraces, VIII. 100 To THE NORTH SHORE Corrie-The base of two systems VII. 84 ...Ancient Chapel Barytes veins Discovery of the pass Great dikes Singular pitchstone dike The adder, dissemination...OTHER CLYDE ISLANDS 349 Inohinarnock, Great Cumbrae, Little Cumbrae, Pladda, Ailsa Craig, . ....... |  | | Report (issue) | | Front cover: The view east-north-eastwards from the Storr in Trot ternish, north-eastern Skye. In the foreground...post-Carboniferous sedimentary basins 14 North Lewis and North Minch basins 14 Sea of the Hebrides-Little...basins 15 Loch lndaal Basin and Rachlin Trough 16 North Channel Basin and the Firth of Clyde region 16 3...Palaeozoic 18 Lewisian 18 Basement gneisses south of the Great Glen Fault 21 Torridonian 21 Moine 23 Dalradian...Devonian (Old Red Sandstone) 26 Firth of Lorne and the Great Glen fault zone 26 The Firth of Clyde to Northern |  | | Book | | Bedrock Geology UK North An explanation of the bedrock geology map of Scotland, northern England,...2008. Bedrock Geology UK North. An explanation of the bedrock geology map of Scotland, northern England...Nottingham: British Geological Survey.) Printed in the UK by Hawthornes, Nottingham BGS photograph registration...of the Uf( geology. The northern sheet covers Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of lvfan and part...produced by the BGS Digital Geological Ivlap of Great Brit.am project (DiG1vlapGB) which is responsible |  | | Report (issue) | | gravel resources of the Strathclyde Region of Scotland • • • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • •...gravel resources of the Strathclyde Region of Scotland I. B. Cameron, I. H. Forsyth, I. H. S. Hall and...gravel resources of the Strathclyde Region of Scotland. Rep. Inst. Geol. Sci., No. 77/8, 51 pp. CAMERON...available to methods of extraction traditional in Scotland and the much larger resources available in some...Kirkswald-Maybole-Straiton area and Dailly area North-western part of Lanark District The Carstairs area |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | fractions. For example, in a tholeiitic basalt from the North Shore volcanic group of Lake Superior, immiscible...mesostasis of a tholeiitic dyke from Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde, Scotland. Scale bar is 50/zm. FIG. 3. Mesostasis...Mesostasis of the prehistoric flow in the quarry north-east of the Volcano Observatory, Kilauea. Brown...stages of entraprnent in the plagiodase of an andesite from the Usu volcano, Hokkaido. Note that the |  | | Book (volume) | | "TOlVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND VOL. II. Printed by Neill and Company, Limited...Pyrites. DRAWN! eV DR HCDDLE THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND BY THE LATE M. FORSTER HEDDLE, M.D., F.R.S...Stereograms of Gypsum, & and c Projections, Map of Scotland, Index to the one- inch Ordnance Survey . . ... Orthoclase. J . G. GOODCHILD. THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND, VOL. II. OXYGEN II. SILICATES. ANHYDKOUS... bartonshire; Greenock and at Berry Glen, in Ayrshire. [Some have been placed by Dr Heddle with Albite |  | | Book (edition) | | & CO. LTD. E. P. DUTTON & CO. INC. PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN PREFACE N this book the task of summarising...Lamprophyre Rhyolite and Dacite Trachyte and Phonolite Andesite and Basalt Paga 101 — — — — ..... CHAPTER...for every 317 metres of depth, or and averages In North America the roughly 50® C. per mile, in Europe....crease falls off with depth.^ Similarly, very great pressures must occur, even at moderate depths within...circumstances, the thin crust would experience great distortion in response to the attraction of the |  | | Book | | Geology and Scenery in Scotland J.B. Whittow The scenery of Scotland is, in its range and scale, as...variety lies a geology of enormous complexity and great age, which has been thrust, faulted and eroded over...Dr Whittow explains a complicated subject with great clarity, passing with ease from the hard facts of...Studies Editor: Peter Hall Geology and Scenery in Scotland After graduating in Geography at Reading University...1952, John Whittow studied landform evolution in North Wales, for which he was awarded a Ph.D. in 1957 |  | | Book (edition) | | P EERS ga HE CATALOGUE NO. 4263/U PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN PREFACE N this book the task of summarising...Lamprophyre—Rhyolite and Dacite—-Trachyte and Phonolite— ‘Andesite and Basalt nO CU Mo p aU rpm CHAPTER VII THe...depth, or roughly 50°C. per mile, in Europe. In North America the e c-—— a T INTRODUCTION 3 temperature...increase falls off with depth.! Similarly, very great pressures must occur, even at moderate depths within...circumstances, the thin crust would experience great distortion in response to the attraction of the |  | | Book | | GEOLOGY EXPLAINED AROUND GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WEST SCOTLAND, INCLUDING ARRAN The aim of this book is to provide...comprehensive introduction to the geology of south-west Scotland. The wideness of the area covered enables the... GEOLOGY EXPLAINED AROUND GLASGOW AND SOUTH WEST SCOTLAND, INCLUDING ARRAN JUDITH A. LAWSON and JAMES D...LAWSON DA YID & CHARLES NEWTON ABBOT LONDON NORTH POMFRET ( VT) VANCOUVER MID LO Tl·-i IAN DISTRICT...Limited Set in 11 on 13pt Times Roman and printed in Great Britain by Redwood Burn Limited Trowbridge & Esher |  | | Book | | GEOLOGY EXPLAINED AROUND GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WEST SCOTLAND, INCLUDING ARRAN The aim of this book is to provide...comprehensive introduction to the geology of south-west Scotland. The wideness of the area covered enables the... GEOLOGY EXPLAINED AROUND GLASGOW AND SOUTH WEST SCOTLAND, INCLUDING ARRAN JUDITH A. LAWSON and JAMES D...LAWSON DA YID & CHARLES NEWTON ABBOT LONDON NORTH POMFRET ( VT) VANCOUVER MID LO Tl·-i IAN DISTRICT...Limited Set in 11 on 13pt Times Roman and printed in Great Britain by Redwood Burn Limited Trowbridge & Esher |
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