 | | 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,...INTRODUCTION The Isle of Rum (Fig. 3.2) was the site of a major volcano which was active for a period of one or...before the present. The volcano developed on a ridge of Precambrian rocks (Torridonian sandstones unconformably...overlying Lewisian gneiss) which was covered by a veneer of Mesozoic sediments and Palaeocene lavas. The ridge...Minch to the west and the Sound of Rum to the east in which thick sequences of Mesozoic sediments accumulated |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Metamorphism of Siliceous Limestones and Dolomites 175 A Note on the Progressive Metamorphism of Siliceous...Dolomites By C. E. TILLEY npiHE stages of progressive thermal metamorphism of siliceous _L carbonate sediments...mineral assemblages revealed in the highest grades of alteration were first delineated by Bowen (1940)...treatment of the whole subject. In his account the successive stages in the metamorphism of siliceous...dolomites were, in general, linked with a series of reactions of increasing decarbonation in which thirteen |  | | Report (issue) | | ternish, north-eastern Skye. In the foreground is the Old Man of Storr, a stack of basalt lava tl1at l1as...escarpmemt of the Storr due to the instability of the underlying Jurassic Clays. Beyond is the Sound of Raasay...Raasay and the Lewisian gneiss of the island of Rona. On the far side of Rona lies the Inner Sound, beyond...mainland is dominated by the Torridon sandstone hills of Ben Alligin, Bet1 Eighe and Liathach. Beneath rhe...margi11 of the Sea of cl1e Hebrides-Little Minch Trough. Photo. D Evans. ' . ' The geology of the Malin-Hebrides |  | | 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 | | | 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,... 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 | | 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 |  | | Book | | [ l BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Geolo of Rum and the adjacent islands . • • .. Na Exrvird TABLE...Late-glacial raised beach deposit<; Eocene Sgurr of Eigg Pitchstone Formation Lavas, ash Iloivs and...Subaerial erosion of the Rum (;en tral Con1plex RtHvf CENTRAL Co�tPLEX Stage 2: Emplacement of the Rwn Layered...Intn1sion (probably coc,-;.tl \\/itl1 early cornponents of the (�entral Intrt1sio11) Peridotite, gabbro and...dyke s,vann (probably continuous tl1rottghoul n1uch of tagc 1 , v,·ith �poradir dykes basaltic cone-sheets |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Volume 99, pages 1683–1693, 2014 Characteristics of djerfisherite from fluid-rich, metasomatized alkaline...Busemann1 1 School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester...School of Physical and Geographical Sciences, Keele University, Keele ST5 5BG, U.K. 3 School of Geosciences...Geosciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, U.K. Abstract Djerfisherite is a K-Cl-bearing...and skarns. Major element chemistry of two terrestrial occurrences of djerfisherite (from the Ilímaussaq |  | Lazic, B., Armbruster, T., Savelyeva, V. B., Zadov, A. E., Pertsev, N. N., Dzierżanowski, P. (2011) Galuskinite, Ca7(SiO4)3(CO3), a new skarn mineral from the Birkhin gabbro massif, Eastern Siberia, Russia. Mineralogical Magazine, 75 (5) 2631-2648 doi:10.1180/minmag.2011.075.5.2631 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | P. DZIERŻANOWSKI5 Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestr. 3, CH-3012 Bern...Bern, Switzerland Institute of the Earth Crust SB RAS, Lermontov St. 128, 664033 Irkutsk, Russia OOO Science...Altuf’evskoye Highway 43, Moscow, Russia Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry...Moscow, Russia Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Warsaw, al. Żwirki i...high-temperature skarn formed ~500 Ma ago when gabbroid rocks of the Birkhin complex (Baikal area, Eastern Siberia |  | | Book (edition) | | UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA LIBRARY . THE GEOLOGY OF SCOTLAND • THE GEOLOGY OF SCOTLAND Edited by...Geology The University of Edinburgh OLIVER & BOYD EDINBURGH AND LONDON UNIVERSITY OF '/!CTORIA LIBRA.RV...1965 PREFACE The last book on the geology of Scotland was published 120 years ago. This may seem surpr...for long been one of the classical areas for geology and the home of leading pioneers of the science. Yet...Yet in spite of- perhaps because of - the appeara nce of a wealth of specialised papers, few general texts |
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