The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain, Volume 1 (of 2)Geikie, Archibald
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The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain, Volume 1 (of 2)
Geikie, Archibald
Volcanoes -- Great Britain
53. Section across the Lower Silurian volcanic series in the south
of Ayrshire (B. N. Peach) 197
54. Section of part of the Arenig volcanic group, stream south of
Bennane Head, Ayrshire 198
55. Flow-structure in the lowest felsite on the track from
Llanberis to the top of Snowdon 211
56. Section of Snowdon 212
57. Section across the Berwyn Hills. (Reduced from Horizontal
Section, Geol. Surv. Sheet 35) 219
58. Section of the strata on the shore at Porth Wen, west of Amlwch 223
59. Section of intercalated black shale in the volcanic series at
Porth yr hwch, south of Carmel Point, Anglesey 224
60. Green slates overlain with volcanic breccia, Carmel Point 224
61. Blue shale or slate passing into volcanic breccia east of Porth
Padrig, near Carmel Point 225
62. Section of felsites in the Coniston Limestone group, west of
Stockdale 232
63. Fine tuff with coarser bands near Quayfoot Quarries, Borrowdale 234
64. Diagram of the general relations of the different groups of
rock in the Lower Silurian volcanic district along the
western shore of Lough Mask 253
65. Veins and nests of sandstone due to the washing of sand into
fissures and cavities of an Old Red Sandstone lava. Turnberry
Point, Ayrshire 283
66. Ground-plan of reticulated cracks in the upper surface of an
Old Red Sandstone lava filled in with sandstone. Red Head,
Forfarshire 284
67. Section across the volcanic series of Forfarshire 286
68. Section across two necks above Tillicoultry, Ochil Hills 288
69. Section of the granite core between Merrick and Corscrine 290
70. Section across the three Dirrington Laws, Berwickshire 291
71. Section of Papa Stour, Shetlands, showing sill of spherulitic
felsite traversing Old Red Sandstone and bedded porphyrites
(Messrs. Peach and Horne) 292
72. Section across Northmavine, from Okrea Head to Skea Ness,
Shetland, showing dykes and connected sill of granite and
felsite (Messrs. Peach and Horne) 292
73. Section at the edge of one of the bays of Lower Old Red
Sandstone along the northern margin of Lake Caledonia,
near Ochtertyre 295
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