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The geology of Ardnamurchan, north-west Mull and Coll. Memoir for geological sheet 51, part 52 (Scotland)
By J. E. Richey and H. H. Thomas
British Geological Survey
(Title page) The geology of Ardnamurchan, North-west Mull and Coll.
(Front cover)The geology of Ardnamurchan, North-west Mull and Coll.
(Plate 1) Frontispiece. A. View of Ben Hiant, Ardnamurchan, from west. Main mass of this rocky hill is Ben Hiant Intrusion (see (Figure 19), p. 160). Maclean's Nose to right is agglomerate. Junction of these rocks extends from shore up well-marked hollow, seen on photograph above Mingary Castle (see also Plate 1, B). Stallachan Dubha is formed of outlying portion of Ben Hiant Intrusion. Scarp-features in middle distance are due to cone-sheets. Mingary Castle stands on a craignurite sill. Promontory beyond is Rudha a' Mhìle ((Figure 25), p. 177). Geological Survey Photograph, No. C2829. B. Marginal Scarp of Ben Want Intrusion, seen from south-east. The view is taken from west of Stallachan Dubha (see Plate 1, A and Explanation). The Ben Hiant Intrusion is closely jointed. Vent-agglomerate forming foreground contains two large masses of big-felspar basalt (p. 126), one in centre of view, the other to the left. Geological Survey Photograph, No. C2850 .
Contents
Title page and preliminaries
Contents
Preface
List of illustrations
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2 Lewisian Complex of Coll
Chapter 3 Moine Schists of Ardnamurchan
Chapter 4 Trias and Jurassic, Ardnamurchan and North-west Mull
Chapter 5 Review of Tertiary igneous activity in Britain
Chapter 6 Tertiary igneous rocks, Ardnamurchan, History of Research
Chapter 7 Tertiary igneous rocks, Ardnamurchan and North-west Mull, Time Sequence
Chapter 8 Tertiary igneous rocks, Ardnamurchan, General Petrology
Chapter 9 Tertiary basal sediments, Ardnamurchan
Chapter 10 Tertiary basalt Lavas, North-west Mull and Ardnamurchan
Chapter 11 Tertiary volcanic vents, Centres 1 and 2, Ardnamurchan
Chapter 12 Tertiary major intrusions, Centre 1, Ardnamurchan
Chapter 13 Tertiary major intrusions, Centre 1, Ardnamurchan
Chapter 14 Tertiary cone-sheets, Centres 1, 2, and 3, Ardnamurchan
Chapter 15 Tertiary ring-dykes of Ardnamurchan, Introduction
Chapter 16 Tertiary ring-dykes of Centre 2, Ardnamurchan
Chapter 17 Tertiary ring-dykes of Centre 2, Ardnamurchan (continued)
Chapter 18 Tertiary ring-dykes of Centre z, Ardnamurchan
Chapter 19 Tertiary ring-dykes of Centre 3, Ardnamurchan
Chapter 20 Tertiary ring-dykes of Centre 3, Ardnamurchan
Chapter 21 Tertiary ring-dykes of Centre 3, Ardnamurchan
Chapter 22 Tertiary dykes, Ardnamurchan and North-west Mull
Chapter 23 Dykes of Coll
Chapter 24 Tertiary basic plugs and sheets of North-west Mull
Chapter 25 Close of Tertiary Igneous Period to Recent
Chapter 24 Economics
Appendix 1 Itineraries
Appendix 2 List of Geological Survey photographs, Ardnamurchan
Appendix 3 Bibliography
Figures and plates
Systematic Series rock specimen images
BGS maps of Ardnamurchan
