Sources of information and references

General sources of further information in relation to The Geodiversity Audit

Exploring the landscape of Assynt. Goodenough, KM, Pickett, E, Krabbendam, M, Bradwell, T. (2004). British Geological Survey. A walkers guide to some geological features in the Assynt area.

Northwest Highlands: A landscape fashioned by geology. Mendum, JR, Merrit, J, McKirdy (2001). Scottish Natural Heritage. A well-illustrated introductory text to the landscape and geology of the NW highlands.

The Highlands Controversy. Oldroyd, D (1990). University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

A historical account of the scientific controversy surrounding the Moine Thrust in the 19th century.

Classic landforms of the Assynt and Coigach area. Lawson, TJ. (2002). A guidebook on the geomorphological features in the southern part of the NWH Geopark.

The Quaternary of Western Sutherland and adjacent areas: Field Guide, Lukas, S & Bradwell, T (2010) Quaternary Research Association, London. A Quaternary geological excursion guide aimed at university and geological society parties, covering parts of the Geopark.

A geological excursion guide to the North-West Highlands of Scotland, KM, Pickett, E, Krabbendam, M,. (2011). Edinburgh Geological Society, Edinburgh. A geological excursion guide aimed at university and geological society parties, covering most of the Geopark.

List of academic references to be used in relation to The Geodiversity Audit

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BALLANTYNE, C. 2010. Relic talus slopes on Quinag and Stac Pollaidh. In Lukas, S. & Bradwell, T. (eds) The Quaternary of Western Sutherland and adjacent areas: Field Guide, Quaternary Research Association, London, 131–135.

BARNICOAT, A.C. 1987. The causes of the high-grade metamorphism of the Scourie complex, NW Scotland. In Park, R. G. & Tarney, J. (eds) Evolution of the Lewisian and comparable Precambrian high-grade terrains. Special Publication of The Geological Society of London, 27, 73–79.

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BRADWELL, T. 2005. Bedrock Megagrooves in Assynt, NW Scotland. Geomorphology, 65 195–204. BRADWELL, T. 2010. Elphin Megagrooves. In Lukas, S. & Bradwell, T. (eds) The Quaternary of Western Sutherland and adjacent areas: Field Guide, Quaternary Research Association, London, 137-144.

BUTLER, R.W.H., HOLDSWORTH, R.E. & MATTHEWS, S.J. 2006. Styles of basement involvement in the Moine thrust belt, NW Scotland. In Mazzoli, S. & Butler, R. W. H. (eds) Styles of continental contraction. Special Paper Geological Society of America, 414, 133–151.

BUTLER, R.W.H. 2009. Stronchrubie cliff. In Mendum, J. R., Barber, A. J., Butler, R. W. H., Flinn, D., Goodenough, K. M., Krabbendam, M., Park, R. G. & Stewart, A. D. (eds) Lewisian, Torridonian and Moine rocks of Scotland. Geological Conservation Review Series, 34, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, 276–279.

BUTLER, R.W.H. 2009. Traligill Burn. In Mendum, J. R., Barber, A. J., Butler, R. W. H., Flinn, D., Goodenough, K. M., Krabbendam, M., Park, R. G. & Stewart, A. D. (eds) Lewisian, Torridonian and Moine rocks of Scotland. Geological Conservation Review Series, 34, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, 279–280.

BUTLER, R.W.H. 2009. Foinaven. In Mendum, J. R., Barber, A. J., Butler, R. W. H., Flinn, D., Goodenough, K. M., Krabbendam, M., Park, R. G. & Stewart, A. D. (eds) Lewisian, Torridonian and Moine rocks of Scotland. Geological Conservation Review Series, 34, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, 261–267.

BUTLER, R.W.H. 2009. Sango Bay. In Mendum, J. R., Barber, A. J., Butler, R. W. H., Flinn, D., Goodenough, K. M., Krabbendam, M., Park, R. G. & Stewart, A. D. (eds) Lewisian, Torridonian and Moine rocks of Scotland. Geological Conservation Review Series, 34, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, 257–261.

BUTLER, R.W.H. 2009. Eriboll. In Mendum, J. R., Barber, A. J., Butler, R. W. H., Flinn, D., Goodenough, K. M., Krabbendam, M., Park, R. G. & Stewart, A. D. (eds) Lewisian, Torridonian and Moine rocks of Scotland. Geological Conservation Review Series, 34, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, 242–249.

BUTLER, R.W.H. 2009. Beinn a'Chappuill. In Mendum, J. R., Barber, A. J., Butler, R. W. H., Flinn, D., Goodenough, K. M., Krabbendam, M., Park, R. G. & Stewart, A. D. (eds) Lewisian, Torridonian and Moine rocks of Scotland. Geological Conservation Review Series, 34, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, 279–280.

BUTLER, R.W.H. 2009. Skiag Bridge. In Mendum, J. R., Barber, A. J., Butler, R. W. H., Flinn, D., Goodenough, K. M., Krabbendam, M., Park, R. G. & Stewart, A. D. (eds) Lewisian, Torridonian and Moine rocks of Scotland. Geological Conservation Review Series, 34, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, 273–276.

BUTLER, R.W.H. 2009. Glencoul. In Mendum, J. R., Barber, A. J., Butler, R. W. H., Flinn, D., Goodenough, K. M., Krabbendam, M., Park, R. G. & Stewart, A. D. (eds) Lewisian, Torridonian and Moine rocks of Scotland. Geological Conservation Review Series, 34, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, 268–273.

BUTLER, R.W.H. 2009. Knockan Crag. In Mendum, J. R., Barber, A. J., Butler, R. W. H., Flinn, D., Goodenough, K. M., Krabbendam, M., Park, R. G. & Stewart, A. D. (eds) Lewisian, Torridonian and Moine rocks of Scotland. Geological Conservation Review Series, 34, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, 292–295.

BUTLER, R.W.H. 2009. Cam Loch. In Mendum, J. R., Barber, A. J., Butler, R. W. H., Flinn, D., Goodenough, K. M., Krabbendam, M., Park, R. G. & Stewart, A. D. (eds) Lewisian, Torridonian and Moine rocks of Scotland. Geological Conservation Review Series, 34, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, 288–293.

BUTLER, R.W.H. 2009. Sgonnan More–Dubh Loch beag–Upper Glen Oykel. In Mendum, J. R., Barber, A. J., Butler, R. W. H., Flinn, D., Goodenough, K. M., Krabbendam, M., Park, R. G. & Stewart, A. D. (eds) Lewisian, Torridonian and Moine rocks of Scotland. Geological Conservation Review Series, 34, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, 286–288.

BUTLER, R.W.H. 2009. Ben More Assynt–Conival–Na Tuadhan In Mendum, J. R., Barber, A. J., Butler, R. W. H., Flinn, D., Goodenough, K. M., Krabbendam, M., Park, R. G. & Stewart, A. D. (eds) Lewisian, Torridonian and Moine rocks of Scotland. Geological Conservation Review Series, 34, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, 281–285.

COWARD, M.P. 1984. The strain and textural history of thin-skinned tectonic zones: examples from the Assynt region of the Moine thrust zone. Journal of Structural Geology, 6, 89–99.

COWARD, M.P. 1985. The thrust structures of southern Assynt, Moine thrust zone. Geological Magazine, 122, 596–607.

DAVIES, F.B. 1974. A layered basic complex in the Lewisian, south of Loch Laxford, Sutherland. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 130, 279–284.

DAVISON, S. & HAMBREY, M.J. 1996. Indications of glaciation at the base of the Proterozoic Stoer Group (Torridonian), NW Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 153, 139–149.

ELLIOTT, D. & JOHNSON, M.R.W. 1980. Structural evolution in the northern part of the Moine thrust belt, NW Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 71, 69–96.

FRIEND, C. 2009. Badcall. In Mendum, J. R., Barber, A. J., Butler, R. W. H., Flinn, D., Goodenough, K. M., Krabbendam, M., Park, R. G. & Stewart, A. D. (eds) Lewisian, Torridonian and Moine rocks of Scotland. Geological Conservation Review Series, 34, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, 126–130.

FRIEND, C.R.L. 2009. Scourie Mor. In Mendum, J. R., Barber, A. J., Butler, R. W. H., Flinn, D., Goodenough, K. M., Krabbendam, M., Park, R. G. & Stewart, A. D. (eds) Lewisian, Torridonian and Moine rocks of Scotland. Geological Conservation Review Series, 34, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, 130–134.

FRIEND, C.R.L. 2009. Scourie Bay. In Mendum, J. R., Barber, A. J., Butler, R. W. H., Flinn, D., Goodenough, K. M., Krabbendam, M., Park, R. G. & Stewart, A. D. (eds) Lewisian, Torridonian and Moine rocks of Scotland. Geological Conservation Review Series, 34, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, 137–141.

FRIEND, C.R.L. & MENDUM, J.R. 2009. Sithean Mor. In Mendum, J. R., Barber, A. J., Butler, R. W. H., Flinn, D., Goodenough, K. M., Krabbendam, M., Park, R. G. & Stewart, A. D. (eds) Lewisian, Torridonian and Moine rocks of Scotland. Geological Conservation Review Series, 34, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, 134–136.

GOODENOUGH, K.M., PICKETT, E.A., KRABBENDAM, M. & BRADWELL, T. 2004. Exploring the landscape of Assynt. A walkers guide to the rocks and landscape of Assynt and Inverpolly. With map.,British Geological Survey, Keyworth.

GOODENOUGH, K.M., YOUNG, B.N. & PARSONS, I. 2004. The minor intrusions of Assynt, NW Scotland: early development of magmatism along the Caledonian Front. Mineralogical Magazine, 68, 541–559.

GOODENOUGH, K.M., PARK, R.G., KRABBENDAM, M., MYERS, J.S., WHEELER, J., LOUGHLIN, S.C., CROWLEY, Q.G., L, F.C.R., BEACH, A., KINNY, P.D. & GRAHAM, R.H. 2010. The Laxford Front: an end-Archaean terrane boundary? In Law, R., Butler, R. W. H., Holdsworth, R. E., Krabbendam, M. & Strachan, R. A. (eds) Continental Tectonics and Mountain Building: The Legacy of Peach and Horne. Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 335, 101–118.

GOODENOUGH, K.M. & KRABBENDAM, M. 2011. A geological excursion guide to the North-West Highlands of Scotland, Edinburgh Geological Society, Edinburgh.

GOODENOUGH, K.M., MILLAR, I., STRACHAN, R.A., KRABBENDAM, M. & EVANS, J.A. 2011. Timing of regional deformation and development of the Moine Thrust Zone in the Scottish Caledonides: constraints from the U-Pb geochronology of alkaline intrusions. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 168, 99–114.

GRACIE, A.J. & STEWART, A.D. 1967. Torridonian sediments at Enard Bay, Ross-shire. Scottish Journal of Geology, 3, 181–194.

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HOLDSWORTH, R.E., STRACHAN, R., ALSOP, G.I., GRANT, C.J. & WILSON, R.W. 2006. Thrust sequences and the significance of low-angle, out-of-sequence faults in the northernmost Moine Nappe and Moine thrust zone, NW Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 163, 801–814.

HOLDSWORTH, R.E., ALSOP, G.I. & STRACHAN, R.A. 2007. Tectonic stratigraphy and structural continuity of the northernmost Moine thrust zone and Moine Nappe, Scottish Caledonides. In Ries, A. C., Butler, R. W. H. & Graham, R. H. (eds) Deformation of the continental crust; the legacy of Mike Coward. Geological Society Special Publications, 272, 121–142.

HOLDSWORTH, R.E. 2009. Faraid Head. In Mendum, J. R., Barber, A. J., Butler, R. W. H., Flinn, D., Goodenough, K. M., Krabbendam, M., Park, R. G. & Stewart, A. D. (eds) Lewisian, Torridonian and Moine rocks of Scotland. Geological Conservation Review Series, 34, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, 253–257.

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KRABBENDAM, M. & LESLIE, A.G. 2010. Lateral variations and linkages in thrust geometry: the Traligill Transverse Zone, Assynt Culmination, Moine Thrust Belt, NW Scotland. In Law, R., Butler, R. W. H., Holdsworth, R. E., Krabbendam, M. & Strachan, R. A. (eds) Continental Tectonics and Mountain Building: The Legacy of Peach and Horne. Geological Society. London, Special Publication, 333–356.

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PARK, R.G. 2009. Tarbet to Rubha Ruadh. In Mendum, J. R., Barber, A. J., Butler, R. W. H., Flinn, D., Goodenough, K. M., Krabbendam, M., Park, R. G. & Stewart, A. D. (eds) Lewisian, Torridonian and Moine rocks of Scotland. Geological Conservation Review Series, 34, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, 141–144.

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STEWART, A.D. 2009. Rubha Dunan. In Mendum, J. R., Barber, A. J., Butler, R. W. H., Flinn, D., Goodenough, K. M., Krabbendam, M., Park, R. G. & Stewart, A. D. (eds) Lewisian, Torridonian and Moine rocks of Scotland. Geological Conservation Review Series, 34, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, 208–211.

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