The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain, Volume 2 (of 2)Geikie, Archibald
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The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain, Volume 2 (of 2)
Geikie, Archibald
Volcanoes -- Great Britain
372. Section across the Granophyre Sills at Loch a' Mhullaich,
above Skulamus, Skye 433
373. Section to show the connection of a sill of Granophyre with
its probable funnel of supply, Raasay 436
374. Granophyre sill resting on Lower Lias shales with a dyke of
basalt passing laterally into a sill, Suisnish Point, Isle
of Raasay 436
375. Weathered surface of spherulitic Granophyre from dyke
in banded gabbros, Druim an Eidhne, Meall Dearg, Glen
Sligachan, Skye. Natural size 438
376. Plan of portion of the ridge north of Druim an Eidhne, Glen
Sligachan, Skye, showing three dykes issuing from a mass
of Granophyre 439
377. Weathered surface of spherulitic Granophyre, from dyke
in banded gabbros, Druim an Eidhne, Meall Dearg, Glen
Sligachan, Skye. Natural size 440
378. Plan of pale Granophyric dyke, with spherulitic and
flow-structure, cutting and enclosing dark gabbro, Druim
an Eidhne 441
379. Dyke (six to ten feet broad) proceeding from a large body of
Granophyre and traversing gabbro, from the same locality
as Figs. 375 and 377 442
380. Section of intruded veins of various acid rocks above River
Clachaig, Mull 443
381. Pitchstone vein traversing the bedded basalts, Rudh an
Tangairt, Eigg 445
382. Reversed fault on the eastern side of Svinö, Faroe Isles 454
383. Reversed fault on the north-east headland of Sandö, Faroe
Isle 454
MAPS
V. Map of the Permian volcanic districts of Scotland _To face p._ 106
VI. Map of the Tertiary volcanic region of the West
of Scotland _To face p._ 296
VII. Map of the Tertiary volcanic district of the
North-East of Ireland _To face p._ 446
CHAPTER XXIX
THE CARBONIFEROUS VOLCANOES OF ENGLAND
The North of England: Dykes, The Great Whin Sill--The Derbyshire
Toadstones--The Isle of Man--East Somerset--Devonshire
1. THE NORTH OF ENGLAND
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