Anderson, F.W. and Dunham, K.C. 1966. The geology of Northern Skye
The geology of Northern Skye
Explanation of the Portree (80) and parts of the Rubha Hunish (90), Applecross (81) and Gairloch (91) sheets
By F. W. Anderson and K. C. Dunham
Institute of Geological Sciences, Natural Environment Research Council
Contents
List of illustrations
Explanation of plates
List of six-inch maps
Area and physical features
Summary of geology
General, Lias and Inferior Oolite
General Account
Middle Lias
Upper Lias
Inferior Oolite
Great Estuarine Series
General description
Oil-Shale
White Sandstone
'Estheria' Shales
Concretionary Sandstones
Lower 'Ostrea' Beds
Ostracod Limestones
Mottled Clays
Upper 'Ostrea' Beds
Belemnite Sands
Oxford Clay to Kimmeridge Clay
Oxford Clay
Corallian
Kimmeridge Clay
Palagonite Tuffs
Interbasaltic Sediments
General Account
Beinn Edra Group
Ramascaig Group
Beinn Totaig Group
Bracadale Group
Osdale Group
Magmatic Sources for the Lava Suite
Chapter 7 Petrography of the volcanic rocks
History of research
Palagonite tuffs
Tholeiitic pillow lavas
Main lava series
Hebridean type
Vaternish Hebridean type
Feldspar-phyric olivine-basalt
Mugearite
Big-feldspar mugearite and mugearite-basalt
Trachyte
Chapter 8 Intrusive igneous rocks
Tertiary sills
Dykes
Trachyte
Mugearite
Dolerite
Picritic dolerite
Gabbro and allivalite
Regional dolerite dykes
Multiple intrusions
Age relations of dykes
Inclined sheets
Vents and agglomerates
Chapter 9 Petrography of the minor intrusions
History of research
Petrography of the sills
Olivine-dolerite
Picrodolerite
Crinanitic and teschenitic dolerites
Pegmatitic dolerite
Chemical composition
Petrography of the dykes
Normal olivine-dolerite and basalt
Crinanitic variants
Picritic dolerites--picrites
Mugearite
Variolite
Leidleite
Trachyte
Feldspar-phyric dolerite and basalt
Allivalite, olivine-eucrite, gabbro
Tholeiite
Porphyritic tholeiites
The initial eruption in North Skye
The Alkaline Olivine-basalt Suite
Allivalitic and Feldspar-phyric Rocks
Summary
Pre-Triassic
Post-Triassic—Pre-Tertiary
Tertiary Movements
Glaciation
Retreat of highland ice
Late-glacial re-advance
Valley glacier retreat stages
Glacial erosion
Glacial deposits
Erratic boulders
Moraines
Sands and gravels
Raised beaches
Landslip
Rockfalls and scree
Diatomite
Alluvium
Blown sand
Olivine sand
Musical sands
Nullipore 'sands'
Ironstone
Jet
Oil-shale
Lignite
Peat
Diatomite
Road metal
Limestone
Shell sand
Honestone
Water
Appendix List of Geological Survey photographs 203
Index