Caledonian Igneous Rocks of Great Britain
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Access to the countryside
Foreword
1 Caledonian igneous rocks of Great Britain: an introduction
Introduction
Site selection
Tectonic setting and evolution
Origin of the late Caledonian magmas
2 Early Ordovician volcanic rocks and associated opholitic assemblages of Scotland
Introduction
3 Mid-Ordovician intrusions of the North-east Grampian Highlands of Scotland
Introduction
Pitscurry and Legatesden quarries
4 Lake District and northern England
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Trwyn-y-Gorlech to Yr Eifl quarries
7 Late Ordovician to mid-Silurian alkaline intrusions of the North-west Highlands of Scotland
Introduction
Alkaline minor intrusive rocks
'Grorudite' (peralkaline rhyolite, comendite)
The Canisp Porphyry (porphyritic quartz-microsyenite)
'Hornblende porphyrite' (microdiorite, spessaritite)
Vogesite (hornblende-rich lamprophyre)
'Nordmarkite' (quartz-microsyenite)
'Ledmorite' (melanite nepheline-microsyenite)
8 Late Silurian and Devonian granitic intrusions of Scotland
Introduction
Knockvologan to Eilean a'Chalmain
Garabal Hill to Lochan Strath Dubh-uisge
Lotus Quarries to Drungans Burn
9 Late Silurian and Devonian volcanic rocks of Scotland
Introduction
The Glencoe Volcano — an introduction to the GCR sites
Sheriffmuir Road to Menstrie Burn
Port Schuchan to Dunure Castle
Turnberry Lighthouse to Port Murray
Pettico Wick to St Abb's Harbour
Index