Emeleus, C. H. and Troll, V. R. 2008. A geological excursion guide to Rum: the Palaeocene igneous rocks of the Isle of Rum, Inner Hebrides. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Geological Society in association with NMS Enterprises Limited, 2008. ISBN: 9781905267224. Copies of the geological excursion guides can be purchased on the EGS website: purchase excursion guides.

A geological excursion guide to Rum

Contents

Title page and preliminaries

Image Credits

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Summary of the geology of Rum

Pre-Paleocene geology

Paleocene

Excursions on Rum

Excursion 1: Kinloch and surroundings

Excursion 2: The Northern Marginal Zone (NMZ)

Excursion 3: Hallival and Askival

Excursion 4: The Central Intrusion

Excursion 5: The Canna Lava Formation in north-west Rum

Excursion 6: Minishal and north-west Rum

Excursdions 7, 8 and 9. The southern mountains and Dibidil

Excursion 7: Kinloch — Allt nam Bà — Beinn nan Stac

Excursion 8: Lower Glen Dibidil — Nameless and Forgotten corries — Upper Glen Dibidil — Sandy Corrie Sgurr nan Gillean

Excursion 9: Lower Glen Dibidil — southern shoulder of Sgurr nan Gillean — Papadil

References

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(Key) Key for (Figure 6), (Figure 10), (Figure 12), (Figure 19), (Figure 26), (Figure 33), (Figure 44), (Figure 45), (Figure 51), (Figure 58), (Figure 62) and (Figure 71). For scale, see kilometre grid. All heights are in feet.) Key based on RUM – Solid Geology (© Scottish Natural Heritage 1992). Reproduced with the permission of the Scottish Natural Heritage. All rights reserved.