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| 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...CeN/YbN = 8-18. These two rock types as well as the Glamaig granite have negligible Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu* > |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 2Itbratg BOUGHT W[TH THE INCOME OF THE SAGE ENDOWMENT FUND THE GIFT OF HENRY W. SAGE 1691 Cornell University...igneous rocl(S of Skye 3 1924 004 066 373 Cornell University Library The tine original of tiiis book...copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924004066373... MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. THE TERTIARY IGNEOUS ROCKS OF SKYE. BY ALFRED...BT M.A., F.G.S. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S TREASURY. GLASGOW : |
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| 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 |
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| • \1ie,,r Llp Locl1 Corui k, sl10,,ri11g part of tl1c Ct1illi11 ra11gc. Tl1e mou11tai11s �ce11 a1·e...Sgi1rr Dt1bl1 Bl1eag i11 the foregrot111d; tl1e top of Sgi1rr Dearg (,\r jtl1 tl1e '' l11accessible l)i1111acle...tl1e brol,e11 rid 0·e of Sgi.1rr 11a l3cl11acl1dicl1; tl1e doL1ble sL11n111it of Sgi.11-r a' Gl1readaidl1...Gl1readaidl1 i11 t11e ce11tre; tl1e foL1r pc,ll'-:s of Sgt1rr a' l\111adaidl1; Bidei11 Druim r1a11 Raml1 (partl)r...\ra]le}'" 011 tl1e right. MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICATj SURVEY OF THE UNITED I{INGDOll . ---=====· . |
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| 151 MICROPROBE STUDIES OF REE-RICH ACCESSORY MINERALS: IMPLICATIONS FOR SKYE GRANITE P E T R O G E N...MOBILITY IN HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS R.A. EXLEY Department of Geology and Mineralogy, University o f Oxford, Oxford...REE geochemistry of accessory aUanites, sphenes, apatites and zircons from a range of granitic, sedimentary...rocks from Skye has been investigated using the electron microprobe. Allanites and sphenes in Skye Tertiary...contain up to 50% of whole rock LREE (La-Nd). These phases are late crystaUisation products of redidual magmatic |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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...Lewisian basement. Analysis of different magnetic and size fractions of zircon shows no significant correlation...low 6180 magmas with a whole rock 6180 -< 6.0%0. Quartz separates from four granites are close to the calculated |
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| 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 |
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| 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, |
 | 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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| online April 2013 Apatite-supergroup minerals in UK Palaeogene granites: composition and relationship...JOKUBAUSKAS1 1 Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw...Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK *Corresponding author, e-mail: r.macdonald@lancaster...macdonald@lancaster.ac.uk Abstract: The Palaeogene granites of Scotland and Northern Ireland range mineralogically from...metaluminous to peralkaline. Five members of the apatite supergroup of minerals are reported from the granites |
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| 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...early Tertiary granites from Skye and one from Rhum, together with a quartz rnonzonite from Ardnamurchan...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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| Associated Rocks of the Eastern Part of the Western Redhills Complex, Isle of Skye. By J. D. Bell, Department...Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Parka Eoad, Oxford. Communicated by Professor F. H. STEWABT, P.R...the head of Loch Ainort and the northern end of the Blaven Range in central Skye forms part of a Tertiary...lavas which show the effects of thermal metamorphism by a later intrusion of eucrite and gabbro. This latter...latter, which is part of the Blaven mass, has features of a layered intrusion such as igneous lamination |
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| 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...combinations of secondary alkali feldspar, chlorite and montmorillonite. Lesser amounts of muscovite, calcite...mineralogical alteration of the granites there was a net addition to rock of H and a net loss of Ca, Fe, and probably |
 | 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, z...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...process of magma mixing because it is considered to be a classic example of magma mixing of diverse magma...liquids were present throughout the area. The results of this study are that the chemical data for the Marsco |
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| University of Toronto on November 24, 2016 THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF T[IE GEOLOGICALSOCIETY OF LONDON.... PROCEEDINGS OF T H E G E O L O G I C A L SOCIETY. F~BI~UAI~I26, 1873. James ]~enry Johnson, :Esq...; and William Henry Holloway, Esq., of the Geological Survey of :England and Wales, 28 Jermyn Street...:Fellows of the Society. The following communications were read : - - 1. Ou the 5VRASSlCItoe~:s of S~:rE...XII.] IN~I~ODUCTIOX.--The portion of Skye which is the subject of the present paper has received only |
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| com/locate/epsl Oxygen isotope ratios of zircon: magma genesis of low N18 O granites from the British Tertiary...western Scotland Salma Monani, John W. Valley * Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsion...zircons from granites of the British Tertiary Igneous Province (BTIP), in western Scotland, preserve magmatic...ratios in spite of hydrothermal alteration and thus provide new evidence for the genesis of granites. CO2...zircon N18 O, regardless of zircon size and magnetism (average reproducibility of N18 O (Zrc) in a single |
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| years, when he lived in Edinburgh under the shadow of Arthur’s Seat, an ancient volcano. After a good Scots...the University of Edinburgh, before undertaking research on the metamorphic rocks of the southwest Highlands...Highlands of Scotland. He then spent three years in the Middle East, teaching geology at universities...every summer to studying the rocks of the Highlands for a series of scientific papers, while teaching...structural geology and field-mapping at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He took early retirement in |
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| -... .,.. •. 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 |
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| (21 ) II.—The History of Volcanic Action during the Tertiary Period in the British Isles. By ARCHIBALD...GEIKIE, LL.D., F.R.S., Director General of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom. (Plates I., II.)...Geographical Distribution, 2. Two Types of Protrusion, 3. Nature of Component Rocks, 1. External Characters...Breadth, - . 6. Interruptions of Lateral Continuity, 7. Length, 8. Persistence of Mineral Characters, . . ...Intersection of Dykes—Repeated Dykes in the same Line of Fissure, 15. Contact-Metamorphism, 16. Relation of Dykes |
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| HIGHLAND GEOLOGY TRAIL The very best localities in the Highlands, described simply for the visitor,...the nature of the underlying geology. JOHN e INVERNESS ULLAPOOL e ASSYNT e FORT ISLE OF SKYE WRATH CAPE...OBAN WILLIAM HIGHLAND GEOLOGY TRAIL By JOHN L. ROBERTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Nae of tne Geological ReCONd...st'yaeWecntiy.OF LOCIIAISIS 66 “A EVENTS 1 Spe apne yal Soiace...4XR CODE Geologising like any in the outdoor OF CONDUCT field is not activity. The IN THE without |
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| 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...Marsco is associated, is not itself a hybrid, but one of the parents from which the hybrids were formed. Among...mugearites, on the one hand, and with the ferrogabbros of the Skaergaard intrusion on the other, but is probably |
