Floyd, P.A., Exley, C.S. & Styles, M.T. 1993. Igneous Rocks of South-west England, Geological Conservation Review Series No. 5. JNCC, Peterborough, ISBN 0 412 48850 7. 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
Igneous rocks of south-west England
Contents
Acknowledgements
Access to the countryside Preface
1 The igneous rocks of south-west England
Introduction and site synthesis
The regional setting – Variscan Orogen
The local setting – Rhenohercynian zone of south-west England
Devonian volcanic activity
Carboniferous volcanic activity
Carboniferous–Permian plutonic activity
Post-orogenic volcanic activity
3 Lizard and Start Complexes (Group A sites)
Introduction
List of sites
Lithological and chemical variation
A7 Porthallow Cove–Porthkerris Cove
A10 Elender Cove–Black Cove, Prawle Point
4 Pre-orogenic volcanics (Group B sites)
Introduction
List of sites
Lithological and chemical variation
B6 Botallack Head–Porth Ledden
B14 Tintagel Head–Bossiney Haven
5 Cornubian granite batholith (Group C sites)
Introduction
List of sites
Lithological and chemical variation
Petrogenesis
C4 Luxulyan Quarry (Golden Point, Tregarden)
6 Post-orogenic volcanics (Group D sites)
Introduction
List of sites
Lithological and chemical variation
D5 Killerton Park and quarries
Index