Stephenson, D., Loughlin, S.C., Millward, D., Waters, C.N. & Williamson, I.T. 2003. Carboniferous and Permian Igneous Rocks of Great Britain North of the Variscan Front. Geological Conservation Review Series, No. 27, JNCC, Peterborough, ISBN 1 86107 497 2. The original source material for these web pages has been made available by the JNCC under the Open Government Licence 3.0. Full details in the JNCC Open Data Policy

Carboniferous and Permian igneous rocks of Great Britain

Title page and preliminaries

List of contributors

Acknowledgements

Access to the countryside

Preface N.V. Ellis

1 Carboniferous and Permian igneous rocks of Great Britain north of the Variscan Front: an introduction

Introduction

GCR site selection

Tectonic setting and evolution

Magma source and evolution

Xenoliths and megacrysts

2 Dinantian volcanic rocks of the Midland Valley of Scotland and adjacent areas

Introduction

North Berwick Coast, East Lothian

Garleton Hills, East Lothian

Traprain Law, East Lothian

Arthur's Seat Volcano, City of Edinburgh

Burntisland to Kinghorn Coast, Fife

Touch, Fintry and Gargunnock Hills, Stirling

Campsie Fells, Stirling and East Dunbartonshire

Dumbarton Rock, West Dunbartonshire

Dunrod Hill, Inverclyde

Machrihanish Coast and South Kintyre, Argyll and Bute

Heads of Ayr, South Ayrshire

3 Dinantian volcanic rocks of the Northumberland, Solway and Tweed basins

Introduction

Gill Beck, Cumbria

Bothel Craggs Quarry, Cumbria

Little Mell Fell Quarry Cumbria

Langholm-Newcastleton Hills, Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Border.

Lintmill Railway Cutting, Scottish Borders

Hareheugh Craigs, Scottish Borders

Cottonshope Head Quarry Northumberland

Kershope Bridge, Scottish Borders

River Esk, Glencartholm, Dumfries and Galloway

4 Silesian and Early Permian volcanic rocks of Scotland

Introduction

East Fife Coast, Fife

Howford Bridge, East Ayrshire

Carron Water, Dumfries and Galloway

5 Alkaline basic sills and dykes of Scotland

Introduction

South Queensferry to Hound Point, City of Edinburgh

Ardrossan to Saltcoats Coast, North Ayrshire

Lugar, East Ayrshire

Benbeoch, East Ayrshire

Craighead Quarry, South Lanarkshire

Dubh Loch, Isle of Colonsay, Argyll and Bute

6 Tholeiitic sills and dykes of Scotland and northern England

Introduction

North Queensferry Road Cuttings, Fife

Wallstale, Stirling

Lomond Hills, Fife

Gloom Hill, Dollar, Clackmannan

Mollinsburn Cuttings, North Lanarkshire

Corsiehill Quarry, Perth and Kinross

Whin Sill Exposures in Upper Teesdale, County Durham

Steel Rigg to Sewingshields Crags, Northumberland

Longhoughton Quarry, Northumberland

Cullernose Point to Castle Point, Northumberland

Budle Point to Harkess Rocks, Northumberland

Greenfoot Quarry, County Durham

Holy Island, Northumberland

Wydon, Northumberland

7 Carboniferous and Permian igneous rocks of central England and the Welsh Borderland

Introduction

Litton Mill Railway Cutting, Derbyshire

Water Swallows Quarry, Derbyshire

Tideswell Dale, Derbyshire

Calton Hill, Derbyshire

Clee Hill Quarries, Shropshire

Barrow Hill, Dudley

Middle Hope, North Somerset

Spring Cove, North Somerset

Golden Hill Quarry, Monmouthshire

References

Glossary

Index

Figures and tables

Tables

References