 | | Report (issue) | | Island which lies 162. 7 nau tical 1niles west of Sr Kilda in rhe north-east Arlanl'ic Ocean. The island is...photograph courtesy of Andy Strangeway (www.island-man.co. uk) BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BGS RESEARCH REPORT...fullest exrent permined by law. Keyworth, Nottingham, UK: British Geological Survey 2013 Bibliographical...catalogue is available online from v,rww.bgs.ac. uk/catalogue. Chapter authors: The British Geological...1000 Fax 0131- 668 2683 e-mail: scorsales,@bgs.ac. uk J2 10 11 Introduction 1-litchen, K 1 Structure |  | | Book (chapter) | | sites, St Kilda and Rockall, lie in the North Atlantic to the west of Scotland (Fig. 1.1). St Kilda is formed...similar to granulites exposed in the Outer Hebrides and north-west Scotland. The Helen's Reef microgabbro is...nonporphyritic central magma-type rocks of the Inner Hebrides (for example, those of Centre 2, Mull), pointing...first detailed map and account of the geology of St Kilda and recognized several subdivisions to the mafic...number of unusual features better represented on St Kilda than elsewhere. In 1979 and 1980 the islands were |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University of St Andrews on June 7, 2015 The Mullach Sgar Complex, St Kilda, Outer Hebrides R. R. HARDING...one square mile on the islands of Hirta and Dun, St Kilda. It consists of dolerite, microdiorite, microgranite...fracture and central subsidence. INTRODUCTION The St Kilda group of islands is the remnant of a Tertiary...in the Outer Hebrides 20 8* Scale o __j * < S t Kilda -X— ^ ^ FIG. 1. Map of the St Kilda group...to the tertiary plutonic centres of the Inner Hebrides. * Present address: Bureau of Mineral Resources |  | | Journal (issue) | | membership. Anyone joining the Society after January 31 st pays half the appropriate annual subscription. MEETINGS...our initial slow bidding with our equivalents in Scotland. There were eight good and varied specimens including...Journal 211 Jan/Feb 2008 THE GEOLOGY OF ST. KILDA Where is St Kilda (Fig .1)? If you start from the Isles...travel way out to the west (65km), beyond the Outer Hebrides to the middle of the Atlantic, the edge of...reach Canada. The main islands are Hirta (or St. Kilda) the largest one; Soay just off the NW coast, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | generated within different upper crust along the St Kilda/Skye - Carlingford zone. New whole-rock (and mineral)...silicic magma genesis still poses many 0 miles 50 ST KILDA • ROCKALL C o SK RHUM ARDNAMURCHAN, BLACKSTONES...Mull Sr, (Pb), (Nd), O (H) Arran Sr, Pb (O) St Kilda Sr Carlingford Sr Initial "'Sr/^Sr: 0-7028...0-7028 ± 9 (Ailsa Craig), 0-70379 ± 5 (St Kilda)— c. 0-732 (Coire Uaigneich Granophyre, Skye): many intrusions...+9-5%» (none > + 10%o) There are no published U-Pb zircon studies Figure 1 Location map illustrating the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | underplating-driven uplift and denudation of western Scotland from low temperature thermochronometry Cristina...Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK Isotope Geosciences Unit, Scottish Universities Environmental...Enterprise Technology Park, East Kilbride G75 0QF, UK Received 21 December 2006; received in revised form...and fission track data from profiles in western Scotland constrain the timing and magnitude of denudation...from 104 ± 10 Ma to 166 ± 17 Ma at Clisham, Outer Hebrides. At both locations apatite fission track (AFT) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Major Ultrabasic and Basic Intrusions of St Kilda, Outer Hebrides. By R. R. Harding, Department of Geology... before intrusion of the first acid rocks on St. Kilda. Five major-element and twenty-two trace-element...PLATES . . . . 444 I. INTRODUCTION THE St Kilda group of islands (text-fig. 1) represents the...T H E TERTIARY PLUTONIC CENTRES OF THE INNER HEBRIDES TEXT FIG. 1 whether any were cryptically layered...the late Dr Cockburn. The ultrabasic rocks of St Kilda occupy a discontinuous, arcuate zone from Soay |  | | Catalog/List | | of England and Wales, and a geothermal map of the UK are listed under Hydrogeological Maps. All maps...titles are listed below, with ISBN references. Scotland 1* Orkney and Shetland. W. Mykura, 1976 (0 11...(0 11 880155 4) £1.75 5 The Midland Valley of Scotland. I. B. Cameron and D. Stephenson (Edition 3, 1985)...1985) (0 11 884365 6) £5 6* The South of Scotland. D. C. Greig and others (Edition 3, 1971) (11 880152...miles to one inch) maps of England and Wales and Scotland• 14* 16* All but four (Scottish sheets) of this |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | XXI.—The Geology of St Kilda. By A. M. Cockburn, B.Sc, Ph.D., Department of Geology, University of Edinburgh...538 540 544 545 546 546 546 PHYSICAL FEATURES. St Kilda (PI. V), the largest of a group of four islands...Cambir (693 feet), the most northerly point of St Kilda (PL I, fig. 1). Inland exposures of rock are comparatively...three remaining islands, the Dun is separated from St Kilda by a channel 100 yards wide and forms a great...The island of Boreray lies 4 miles north-east of St Kilda and Soay J mile to the north-west of the Cambir |  | | Report (chapter) | | Tertiary basalts and tuffaceous sandstones from the Hebrides Shelf and Wyville-Thomson Ridge, NE Atlantic M...recovered from three boreholes on the northern Hebrides Shelf and Wyville-Thomson Ridge. The basalts,...cored in boreholes 85/5B and 85/7 on the northern Hebrides Shelf, can be seismically correlated with the...trough, on the Wyville-Thomson Ridge and northern Hebrides Shelf, as part of a reconnaissance mapping programme...Tertiary igneous and sedimentary rocks on the Hebrides Shelf (Bullerwell 1972; Jones 1978; Brewer & Smythe |  | | Catalog/List | | National Grid, each designated by a let ter. For the UK, a false origin (0) is taken at the south-west corner...of England and Wales, and a geothermal map of the UK are listed under Hydrogeological Maps. Some of the...titles are listed below, with ISBN references. Scotland I* 2 3 4 5 6 Orkney and Shetland. W. Mykura...11880155 4) Out of. print. The Midland Valley of Scotland. I. B. Cameron and D. Stephenson (Edition 3,1985)...1985) (0 11 884365 6) £5 The South of Scotland. D. C. Greig and others (Edition 3, 1971) (11 880152 X) |  | | Catalog/List | | National Grid, each designated by a letter. For the UK, a false origin (0) is taken at the south-west corner...of England and Wales, and a geothermal map of the UK are listed under Hydrogeological Maps. 1:2 500 000...880155 4) Out of print. The Midland Valley of Scotland. I. B. Cameron and D. Stephenson (Edition 3,1985)...1985) (0 11 884365 6) £5 The South of Scotland. D. C. Greig and others (Edition 3, 1971) 01 880152 X)...of reports describing the offshore geology of the UK is being published to complement the popular Regional |  | | Report (edition) | | Geology The Palaeogene volcanic districts of Scotland FOURTH EDITION CH Emeleus BR Bell Contributor:...geology: the Palaeogene volcanic districts of Scotland (Fourth edition). (British Geological Survey,...licence number I 000 I 789712005. Printed in the UK b>f Hawthornes, Nottingham C/0 7105 Authors CH Emeleus...oftlie oldest Palaeogene igneous rocks in the Hebrides, wl,ereas the Sgurr ofEigg Pitcl,stone Formation...and older structures 41 Late Palaeozoic to Mesozoic st ructu res 42 5 Palaeogene igneous geology: regional |  | | Catalog/List | | National Grid, each designated by a letter. For the UK, a false origin (0) is taken at the south-west corner...of England and Wales, and a geothermal map of the UK are listed under Hydro geo logical Maps. * Available...880155 4) Out of print. The Midland Valley of Scotland. I. B. Cameron and D. Stephenson (Edition 3,1985)...1985) (0 11884365 6) £5 The South of Scotland. D. C. Greig and others (Edition 3, 1971) (0 11 880152 X)...of reports describing the offshore geology of the UK is being published to complement the popular Regional |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Cambro-Ordovician Skarns on Isle of Skye, Scotland Brian Jackson Location Skye is the largest of...Hebridean islands. Its location in the north-west of Scotland is both remote and isolated. The coastline is...beginning of the Tertiary Era, the area of the Hebrides was elevated above sea level and the chalky oozes...North Atlantic and are now found in the Inner Hebrides, Northern Ireland, the Rockall Bank, the Faroes...Szaibelyite Talc Titanite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Zircon The old marble quarry workings at Kilchrist. |  | | Report (issue) | | distance Geographical index United Kingdom, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland Subject index Sea-bed...Edinburgh EH9 2LF � 031-667 1000 Telex 727343 SEISED G St Just, 30 Pennsylvania Road, Exeter EX4 6BX '6' Exeter... CONTENTS Definition and general character of the UK shelf 1 History of investigation 1 Width of shelf...of the Hebrides 5 The Little Minch, Sound of Raasay, and Inner Sound 5 West of the Outer Hebrides (Harris...of the Hebrides and the Minch 14 Sediment distribution: :Malin Sea and area west of the Outer Hebrides |  | Martin, R. F. (2006) The Pegmatite Mines Known as Palermo.: By Robert W. Whitmore and Robert F. Lawrence Jr., with mineral illustrations by Frederick C. Wilda (2004) Hardcover, 219 pages, 28.6 x 22 cm. Published by the Friends of Palermo Mines. US$150 plus postage. Available from Rubellite Press, attn: Karen Webber, 4976 Saint Roch Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70122-5134, U.S.A. ISBN 0-9740613-4-4. The Canadian Mineralogist, 44 (5) 1270 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.44.5.1270 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geology: The Palaeogene Volcanic Districts of Scotland (4th edition). 2005. By C.H. Emeleus and B.R.... Bell, British Geological Survey, Nottingham, UK. Available online at http://shop.bgs. ac.uk/bookshop/...unconformity may be at Siccar Point on the east coast of Scotland, but earlier, in 1787, he had described one on...is one of twenty such regional guides covering the UK, and the only one not to cover a single contiguous...of the Inner Hebrides, plus Arran, St Kilda, and Rockall, and bits of mainland Scotland. Despite this |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | f chevkinite, allanite, and zirkelite on St. Kilda, Scotland R. R. HARDING, R. J. MERRIMAN AND P. H. A...significantrare earth contents in Tertiary acid rocks of St. Kilda is described.Allanite,zirkelite,and chevkinite...concentrations have been found in the acid rocks of St. Kilda. These rocks are generally fine- to medium-grained...host rocks but occur in quantities comparable with zircon, apatite and other accessory minerals. The commonest...range of compositions but the occurrences on St. Kilda consistently show major Si, Ti, Fe, Ca, La, Ce |  | Macdonald, R., Baginski, B., Dzierzanowski, P., Fettes, D. J., Upton, B. G. J. (2013) CHEVKINITE-GROUP MINERALS IN UK PALAEOGENE GRANITES: UNDERESTIMATED REE-BEARING ACCESSORY PHASES. The Canadian Mineralogist, 51 (2) 333-347 doi:10.3749/canmin.51.2.333 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 3749/canmin.51.2.333 CHEVKINITE-GROUP MINERALS IN UK PALAEOGENE GRANITES: UNDERESTIMATED REE-BEARING ACCESSORY...Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA, UK Brian G.J. UPTON School of Geosciences, Grant Institute...Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK Abstract Chevkinite-group minerals were sought in...granitic bodies from the Palaeogene sequences of Scotland and Northern Ireland, ranging from biotite ± amphibole...compositions. Keywords: chevkinite-group minerals, UK Palaeogene granites, zoning patterns, textural analysis |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | published chemical data of other natural examples from Scotland and elsewhere. Problems over nomenclature have...Williams (1978) on material first described from Scotland, although positive structural identification has...include Fe-Ti oxides, sphene, allanite, apatite, and zircon. The rock-forming minerals of the syenite are aegirine-augite...examples, zirconolites from Rhum (Williams, 1978) and St Kilda (Harding et al., 1982) were reanalysed to include...than 1 ~ in the Rhum and St Kilda specimens). However, zirconolite from St Kilda is extremely rich in Y |  | | Report (chapter) | | than 16 Ma, whereas those of E Greenland-Faeroes-Hebrides were principally erupted in the Palaeocene and...the Mesozoic rifting, just as in the Sea of the Hebrides and Skagerrak fissuring stopped short of initiation...May 31, 2015 440 B . G. J. U p t o n 1980). A zircon fission-track age of 54.6 + 1.7 Ma for Skaergaard...W and the products are mainly seen around the Hebrides and Northern Ireland (Fig. 8). Magma ascent in...occur over a very wide area, extending from the Outer Hebrides through the western Scottish Highlands to NE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH9 3JW Abstract A new compositional variety...mm. (b) BEI photomicrograph of 'stellate' shaped zircon showing growth spikes and a hollow core. The spikes...and consistent with this being a growth form of zircon. Finer bright elongate grains are zirconolites...inclusions, and scalloped and hopper- or stellate-shaped zircon grains (Fig. 2a,b) are attributed to rapid saturation...14 0.02 WO3 - PbO Cr203 - Total O 99.89 Kilda Oetzd Malawi K o b e r g Adam 1 0.12 32.91 |  | | Book (volume) | | GEIKIE, F.R.S. D.C.L. Oxp., D.Sc. Camb., Duel. ; LL.D. St. And. Edinb. DIREOTOR-GENERAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY. AND SOCIETY OF NATURALISTS ST. PETERSBURG ; NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, MOSCOW ; ...VOLCANOES CHAPTER XXXI The Permian A’oi.canoes of Scotland Geographical Changes at the Close of the Carboniferous...in the Districts of Rum, Ardnamuhchan, Mull, St. Kilda and North-East Ireland. Intrusions .... History...CHAPTER XLA'IJ The Acid Bosses of Mull, Small Isles, St. Kit,da, East OF Ireland . ... CHAPTER XLVni Sills |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | included in Sheet 25 of the Geological Survey map of Scotland, and which lie in the neighbourhood of Galashiels...rock in mid-Atlantic, lying 184 miles west of St. Kilda ; it has a circumference of only 100 yards and...same petrographical province as St. Kilda, Iceland, the Inner Hebrides, and the North of Ireland; hitherto...segirite and a pale yellowish-brown acmite. Some zircon is present, but not to more than a tenth of 1 per |  | Kerr, A. C., Kent, R. W., Thomson, B. A., Seedhouse, J. K., Donaldson, C. H. (1999) Geochemical Evolution of the Tertiary Mull Volcano, Western Scotland. Journal of Petrology, 40 (6) 873-908 doi:10.1093/petroj/40.6.873 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Evolution of the Tertiary Mull Volcano, Western Scotland 1 DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER...LEICESTER, UNIVERSITY ROAD, LEICESTER LE1 7RH, UK 2 DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, KINGS COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF...2LS, UK 3 DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, NORTH HAUGH, ST ANDREWS KY16 9ST, UK RECEIVED...1998 The early Tertiary Mull volcano, western Scotland, is one of the most dissected and best exposed...Cambridge CB2 1PF, UK. ‡Present address: Cairn Energy, 50 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH3 9BYL, UK. formation of |
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