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Arthur Holmes

Frederick Henry Stewart
Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 1, 1-11, 1 January 1964, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1964.001.01.03
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This volume is dedicated to Professor Arthur Holmes, a man to whom Earth scientists, whether geochronologically inclined or not, look as one of the great geologists of the century. Those of us fortunate enough to know Holmes personally find him a quiet man of extraordinary charm, willing to take enormous trouble to help lesser mortals with thier problems. All of us know him as a man of brilliant ideas. He has exercised a profound influence on almost all branches of geology, not only through his own remarkable researchs but also by his beautifully written textbooks (on which many of us wrere weaned) and his stimulation of the research qualities of his students–first in Durham University, where he built up a new department from scratch, and later in Edinburgh University, which was honoured with his occupation of the Chair of Geology for thirteen years and with his presence as Emeritus Professir for six years after he retired in 1956.

Holmes has made a great number of contributions to our knowledge of the geology of many parts of the world, from his home district in the north of England to Africa, India, and elsewhere, but the descriptive aspect of his work has been, far more than with most men, merely a prelude to his remarkable studies of the wider genetic problems of our science. He has gone deep into the major questions of the origin of igneous rocks, partly in association with his accomplished and eminent wife, Dr Doris Reynolds. He was

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Works by Arthur Holmes

    1. Holmes A.
    (1911) Proc. roy. Soc. (A) The association of lead with uranium in rock-minerals, and its application to the measurement of geological time, 85, pp 248–256.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1911) The duration of geological time. Nature, Lond. 87:9–10.
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    1. Holmes A.,
    2. Wray D. A.
    (1912) Outlines of the geology of Mozambique. Geol. Mag. 9(5):412–417.
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    1. Holmes A.,
    2. Wray D. A.
    (1913) Mozambique: a geographical study. Geogr. J. 42:143–152.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1913) The age of the Earth (Harper, London & New York) xii+. 196.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1913) Radium and the evolution of the Earth’s crust. Nature, Lond. 91:398.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1914) Lead and the final product of thorium. Nature, Lond. 93:lO9.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1914) The terrestrial distribution of radium. Sci. Progr. 9:12–46.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1914) The lateritic deposits of Mozambique. Geol. Mag. 1(6):529–537.
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    1. Holmes A.,
    2. Lawson R. W.
    (1914) Lead and the end product of thorium. (Part I) Phil. Mag. 28(6):823–840.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1915) Proc. Geol. Ass., Lond. Radio-activity and the measurement of geological time, 26, pp 289–309.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1915) Radio-activity and the Earth’s thermal history. Part I. The concentration of the radio-active elements in the Earth’s crust. Geol. Mag. 2(6):60–71.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1915) Radio-activity and the Earth’s thermal history. Part II. Radio-activity and the Earth as a cooling body. Geol. Mag. 2(6):102–112.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1915) A contribution to the petrology of north-western Angola. Geol. Mag. 2(6):228–232.
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    1. Holmes A.,
    2. Lawson R. W.
    (1915) Lead and the end product of thorium. (Part II) Phil. Mag. 29(6):673–688.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1916) Radio-activity and geology. Geol. Mag. 3(6):176–178, Book review.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1916) Contribution to the discussion on radio-active evidence of the age of the Earth. Rep. Brit. Ass. 1915:432–434.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1916) Radio-activity and the Earth’s thermal history. Part III. Radio-activlty and isostasy. Geol. Mag. 3(6):265–274.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1916) Notes on the structure of the Tanganyika-Nile rift valley. Geogr. J. 48:149–159.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1916) On a series of volcanic rocks from the neighbourhood of the LucuUa River, Angola. Miner. Mag. 18:58–75.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1916) Coral reefs and the ice age. Geogr. J. 48:411–415, Book review.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1917) The Tertiary volcanic rocks of the district of Mozambique. Quart. J. geol. Soc. Lond. 72:222–278, for I916.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1917) A mineralogical classification of igneous rocks. Geol. Mag. 4(6):115–130.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1917) Picrite from the Ampwihi River, Mozambique. Geol. Mag. 4(6):150–157.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1917) Albite—granophyre and quartz-porphyry from Brandy Gill, Carrock Fell. Geol. Mag. 4(6):403–407.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1917) Comment on ‘The stability of lead isotopes from thorium,’ by F. Soddy. Nature, Lond. 99:245.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1918) The basaltic rocks of the Arctic region. Miner. Mag. 18:180–223.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1919) Pre-Cambrian and associated rocks of the district of Mozambique. Quart. J. geol. Soc. Lond. 74:31–97.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1919) The geology of concrete aggregates. Concr. constr. Engng 14:333–336.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1919) Non-German sources of potash. Geol. Mag. 6(6):251–254, 340–350.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1919) A modern theory of the earth. Observatory No. 537:127–131, Book review.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1920) The nomenclature of petrology (Murby, London). 284.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1920) The measurement of geological time. Discovery 1:108–114.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1921) Petrographic methods and calculations (Murby, London) xix+. 515.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1921) Red Bks Fire Prey. Comm. (Brig. Ass.) Geological and physical characters of concrete aggregates with special reference to British resources as illustrated by the aggregates used in a series of fire tests conducted by the British Fire Prevention Committee (1917–1919) (D.S.I.R. publication), 256. 171.
    1. Holmes A.,
    2. Smith Stanley
    (1921) The Wackerfield dyke, County Durham. Geol. Mag. 58:440–454.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1923) Part I: Specific gravity, separation and determination of minerals, detrital sediments. Petrographic methods and calculations, 1–230, Part II: The study of thin sections (pp. 231-383); Part III: Chemical methods and calculations (pp. 384-515).
    1. Holmes A.
    (1923) The age of the Earth. Nature, Lond. 112:302–303, Book review.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1924) The evolution and disintegration of matter. Min. Mag., Lond. 31:356–358, Book review.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1925) The origin of the continents. Nature, Lond. 115:873–874.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1925) Radioactivity and the Earth’s thermal history. Part IV: A criticism of Parts I, II and III. Geol. Mag. 62:504–515.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1925) Radioactivity and the Earth’s thermal history. Part V: The control ofgeological history by radioactivity. Geol. Mag. 62:529–544.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1925) Radioactivity and Earth history. Geogr. J. 65:528–532, Book review.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1925) The Earth, its origin, history, and physical construction [sic] Min. Mag., Lond. 32:93–97, Book review.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1925) Radioactivity and geology. Nature, Lond. 116:891–893, Book review.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1926) Contributions to the theory of magmafic cycles. Geol. Mag. 63:306–329.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1926) Estimates of geological time, with special reference to thorium minerals and uranium haloes. Phil. Mag. 1(7):1055–1074.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1926) Vulcanism and metallogeny. Geol. Mag. 63:335.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1926) Rock-lead, ore-lead, and the age of the Earth. Nature, Lond. 117:482.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1926) The geological age of the earth. Nature, Lond. 117:592–594.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1926) The structure of the continents. Nature, Lond. 118:586.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1926) Tectonic features of New Guinea. Nature, Lond. 118:848–849.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1926) Tectonic geology and geophysics. Geogr. J. 68:261–264, Book review.
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    1. Holmes A.,
    2. Lawson R. W.
    (1926) Potassium and the heat of the Earth. Nature, Lond. 117:620–621.
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    1. Holmes A.,
    2. Lawson R. W.
    (1926) The radioactivity of potassium and its geological significance. Phil. Mag. 2(7):1218–1233.
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    1. Holmes A.,
    2. Lawson R. W.
    (1926) Calculation of the ages of radioactive minerals. Nature, Lond. 118:478.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1927) The age of the Earth: an introduction to geological ideas (Benn, London). 80.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1927) The effect of radon on the solubility of lead uranate. Phil. Mag. 4(7):1242.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1927) Oceanic deeps and the thickness of the continents. Nature, Lond. 120:804–805.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1927) Some problems of physical geology and the Earth’s thermal history. Geol. Mag. 64:263–278.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1927) The unstable Earth. Geogr. J. 69:151–155, Book review.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1927–8) The problem of geological time. Scientia, Bologna 42:263–272, 329–336, 43, 7-16. [French translation in Supplement 42, 123-32, 152-8; Supplement 43, 7-15].
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    1. Holmes A.,
    2. Lawson R. W.
    (1927) Factors involved in the calculation of the ages of radioactive minerals. Amer. J. Sci. 13(5):327–344.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1928) The foundations of Durham Castle and the geology of the Wear gorge. Durham University Journal 1928:1–8.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1928) Glasgow Geological Society meeting (12 January 1928), Geol. Mag. Radioactivity and continental drift, 55, pp 236–238, Report of.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1928) Continental drift. Nature, Lond. 122:431–433, Book review.
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    1. Holmes A.,
    2. Harwood H. F.
    (1928) The age and composition of the Whin sill and the related dikes of the north of England. Miner. Mag. 21:493–542.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1928–29) Radioactivity and earth movements. Trans. geol. Soe. Glasg. 18(3):559–606.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1929) Ore-lead and rock-lead and the origin of certain ore deposits. Nature, Lond. 124:477–478.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1929) A review of the continental drift hypothesis. Min. Mag., Lond. 40:205–209, 286–288, 340–347.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1929) Broadcasts to schools from Newcastle Station 22 April–21 June, 1929; notes on local courses for schools, An introduction to geology (British Broadcasting Corporation, London) Notes on a series of nine lessons broadcast from 26 April to 2I June 1929, pp 17–31.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1929) Origin and physical constitution of the Earth. Geogr. J. 71:584–588, Book review.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1929) The evolution of the igneous rocks. Min. Mag., Lond. 41:285–287, Book review.
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    1. Dubey V. S.,
    2. Holmes A.
    (1929) Estimates of the ages of the Whin sill and the Cleveland dyke by the helium method. Nature, Lond. 123:794–795.
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    1. Holmes A.,
    2. Harwood H. F.
    (1929) The tholeiite dikes of the north of England. Miner. Mag. 22:1–52.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1930) Petrographic methods and calculations (Murby, London), 2nd edn. 284.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1930) Radioactivity and geology. Trans. Edinb. geol. Soc. 12:281–283, Abstract.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1930) The period of ‘actino-uranium’ and its bearing on the ages of radioactive minerals. Nature, Lond. 126:348–349.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1930) Radioaktivität und Geologie. Verh. naturf. Ges. Basel 41:136–185.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1930) Geologic und Radioaktivität. Geol. Mag. 67:37–39, Book review.
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    1. Holmes A.,
    2. Lawson R. W.
    (1930) Comment on ‘The product of the radioactive disintegration of potassium’ by Frost, A. V. & Frost, O. Nature, Lond. 125:48.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1931) Radioaktivität und die thermische Geschichte der Erde. Naturwissenschaften 19:73–79.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1931) The problem of the association of acid and basic rocks in central complexes. Geol. Mag. 68:241–255.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1931) Proc. Geol. Ass., Lond. Concretionary and oolitic structures of the Permian rocks, 42, pp 255–259.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1931) The theory of geological thermal cycles. Nature, Lond. 127:518–519.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1931) Radioactivity and earth movements. Nature, L0nd. 128:496.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1931) Lead content of rocks. Nature, Lond. 128:1038–1040.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1931) Problems of the Earth’s crust. Geogr. J. 78:445–451, 541–542.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1931) Radioactivity and geological time. Bull. nat. Res. Court., Wash. 80:124–459.
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    1. Holmes A.,
    2. Harwood H. F.
    (1932) Petrology of the volcanic fields east and south-east of Ruwenzori, Uganda. Quart. J. geol. Soc. Lond. 88:370–439.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1931) Tectonic geology of the Mediterranean. Geogr. J. 78:161–163, Book review.
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    1. Hickling G.,
    2. Holmes A.
    (1931) Proc. Geol. Ass., Lond. The brecciation of the Permian rocks [of Durham] 42, pp 252–255.
    1. Holmes A.,
    2. Mockler G. S.
    (1931) Proc.. Geol. Ass., Lond. Late Carboniferous and Tertiary intrusions [of Northumberland and Durham] 42, pp 261–271.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1932) The origin of igneous rocks. Geol. Mag. 69:543–558.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1932) [Contribution to] Discussion on the origin of igneous rocks. Rep. Brit. Ass. 1932:331–332.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1932) Glaciation and continental drift. Geogr J. 80:177.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1933) The Toro-Ankole volcanic fields. Rep. geol. Surv. Uganda 1932:48–50.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1933) The genesis of leucite and melilite rocks. Geol. Mag. 70:140–142.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1933) The genesis of leucite and melilite rocks. Geol. Mag. 70:140–142.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1933) The thermal history of the Earth. J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 169:169–195.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1933) The genesis of the diamond. Min. Mag., Lond. 48:154–156, Book review.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1934) The Gordonia uraninite and the upper pre-Cambrian rocks of southern Africa. Amer. J. Sci. 27(5):343–353.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1935) The measurement of geological time. Nature, Lond. 135:680–683.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1936) Geological time and former glaciations in relation to evolution of solar system. Pan-Amer. Geol. 66(3):230–231, Abstract.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1936) The idea of contrasted differentiation. Geol. Mag. 73:228–238.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1936) Proc. R. Irish Acad. (B) A record of new analyses of Tertiary igneous rocks (Antrim and Staffa) 43, pp 89–94.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1936) Transfusion of quartz xenoliths in alkali basic and ultrabasie lavas, south-west Uganda. Miner. Mag. 24:408–421.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1936) Geological time and former glaciations in relation to the evolution of the Solar System. Rep. Brit. Ass. 1936:320–321, Abstract of contribution to discussion on the origin of the Solar System.
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    1. Holmes A.,
    2. Panneth F. A.
    (1936) Proc. roy. Soc. (A) Helium-ratios ofrocks and minerals from the diamond pipes of South Africa, 154, pp 385–413.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1937) The age of the Earth (Nelson, London) revised and rewritten, new edn. 263.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1937) The origin of primary lead ores. Econ. Geol. 32:763–782.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1937) A contribution to the petrology of kimberlite and its inclusions. Trans. geol. Soc. S. Afr. 39:379–428.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1937) The idea of contrasted differentiation. Geol. Mag. 74:189–191.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1937) Foreword to Silicate analysis by Groves, A. W. (Murby, London), pp ix–xvi.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1937) The petrology of katungite. Geol. Mag. 74:200–219.
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    1. Holmes A.,
    2. Harwood H. F.
    (1937) The volcanic area of Bufumbira. Part II : The petrology of the volcanic field of Bufumbira, south-west Uganda, and of other parts of the Birunga field. Mem. geol. Surv. Uganda 3(2). 300.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1938) The origin of primary lead ores: Paper II. Econ. Geol. 33:829–867.
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    1. Cox I.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1939) in The wild life around us and the story of the rocks, The geologist’s clock, ed Cox I. (Allen & Unwin, London) Reprint of a broadcast talk, pp 182–190.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1940) A idade da terra. Introducção as peorias geolόlicas… (Praducão de Alexandre Martins Correia, Lisboa). 100.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1940) Basaltic lavas of South Kivu, Belgian Congo. Geol. Mag. 77:89–101.
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    1. Urry W. D.,
    2. Holmes A.
    (1941) Age determination of Carboniferous basic rocks of Shropshire and Colonsay. Geol. Mag. 78:45–61, Part I by Urry; Part II (geological relations and petrology) by Holmes.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1942) A suite of volcanic rocks from south-west Uganda containing kalsilite (a polymorph of KAlSiO4) Miner. Mag. 26:197–217.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1942) A heteromorph of venanzite. Geol. Mag. 79:225–232.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1944) Principles of physical geology (Nelson, London) xii+. 532.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1944) The age of the Earth. University of Edinburgh Journal 1944:12–20, Inaugural lecture, 1943, autumn.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1945) Leucitized granite xenoliths from the potash-rich lavas of Bunyaruguru, south-west Uganda. Amer. J. Sci. 243(A):313–332.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1945) Natural history of granite. Nature, Lond. 155:412–415.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1945) The Giant’s Causeway. Nature, Lond. 156:425–426.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1945) Histoire naturelle du granite. Bull. Soc. belge Géol. Pal. Hydr. 45:260–271, Translation of the 1945 Nature paper.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1945) Natural history of granite. Quarry Mgrs’ J. 29(4):168–175.
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    1. Combe A. D.,
    2. Holmes A.
    (1945) The kalsilite-bearing lavas of Kabirenge and Lyakauli, southwest Uganda. Trans. roy. Soc. Edinb. 61(B):359–379, Part I by Combe; Part II (petrology) by Holmes.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1946) Art estimate of the age of the Earth. Nature, Lond. 157:680–684.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1947) The age of the earth. Endeavour 6:99–108, See I950 for fuller version of same paper.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1947) A revised estimate of the age of the earth. Nature, Lond. 159:127–128.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1947) The age of the Earth. World Digest (Dec. I947):45–47, Condensed version of the I947 Endeavour paper.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1947) An estimate of the age of the Earth. Geol. Mag. 84:123–126.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1947) The construction of a geological time-scale. Trans. geol. Soc. Glasg. 21:117–152.
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    1. Holmes A.,
    2. Reynolds Doris L.
    (1947) A front of metasomatic metamorphism in the Dalradian of Co. Donegal. Bull. Comm. géol. Finl. 24(140):25–65.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1948) A idade da terre. Mineraç .e Metall. 13:241–248, Translation of the 1947 Endeavour paper.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1948) The oldest known minerals and rocks. Trans. Edinb. geol. Soc. 14:176–194.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1948) Report to National Research Council, Division of Geology and Geography. Rep. Comm. Meas. geol. Time 1946–7:39–46, Exhibit B.
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    1. Holmes A.,
    2. Smales A. A.
    (1948) Proc. roy. Soc. Edinb. (B) Monazite from Bodmin Moor, Cornwall: a study in geochronology, 63, pp 115–129, Part I (monazite as a geological timekeeper) by Holmes; Part II by Smiles.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1949) The term ‘magma-type’ Geol. Mag. 86:71–72.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1949) The age of uraninite and monazite from the post-Delhi pegmatites of Rajputana. Geol. Mag. 86:288–302.
    OpenUrlAbstract
    1. Holmes A.
    (1949) Lead isotopes and the age of the Earth. Nature, Lond. 163:453–456.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1949) [Obituary notice of] Mr. A. D. Coombe. Nature, Lond. 164:95.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1949) Report to National Research Council, Division of Geology and Geography. Rep. Comm. Meas. geol. Time 1947–8:16–20, Exhibit A.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1950) The age of the Earth. Rep. Smithson. Instn. 1948:227–239, Fuller version of the 1947 Endeavour paper.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1950) Age of uraninite from a pegmatite near Singar, Gaya district, India (with an isotopic analysis by W. T. Leland and A. O. Nier) Amer. Miner. 35:19–28.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1950) Petrogenesis of katungite and its associates. Amer. Miner. 35:772–792.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1950) Pre-Cambrian formations of India. Geol. Mag. 87:227–228.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1950) [Obituary notice of] William Whitehead Watts. Yearb. roy. Soc. Edinb. 1948 and 1949:49–50.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1951) Evidence of lava formation in situ, south-west Uganda. Geol. Mag. 88:73–87.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1951) Int. geol. Congr. The sequence of Pre-Cambrian orogenic belts in South and central Africa, 18, 14, pp 254–269.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1952) The potash ankaratrite-melaleucitite lavas of Nabugando and Mbuga craters, southwest Uganda. Trans. Edinb. geoL Soc. 15:187–213.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1952) Geologia fisica (Ediciones omega, Barcelona) Spanish translation of 8th reprint of. Principles of physical geology. 519.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1953) Gravity measurements over the northern Pennines. Geol. Mag. 90:221–222.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1953) The South Atlantic: land bridges or continental drift ? Nature, Lond. 171:669–671, Book review.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1954) The oldest dated minerals of the Rhodesian shield. Nature, Lond. 173:612–614.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1954) [Obituary notice of] Dr. Harold Rutledge. Nature, Lond. 173:851.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1954) Proc. geol. Soc. Lond. [Obituary notice of] Dr. Harold Rutledge, 1515, pp cxlii–cxliii.
    1. Holmes A.,
    2. Bessairie H.
    (1954) Premiers mesures de géochronologie à Madagascar. Mém. Inst. sci. 6:191–199, Madagascar (D).
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    1. Holmes A.,
    2. Bessairie H.
    (1954) Sur quelques mesures de géochronologie à Madagascar. C.R. Acad. Sci., Paris 238:758–760.
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    1. Reynolds D. L.,
    2. Holmes A.
    (1954) The superposition of Caledonoid folds on an older foldsystem in the Dalradians of Malin Head, Co. Donegal. Geol. Mag. 91:417–444.
    OpenUrlAbstract
    1. Holmes A.
    (1954) Proc. geol. Ass. Can. Dating the Precambrian of Peninsular India and Ceylon, 7, 2, pp 758–760.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1955) Report on British vulcanological research during the period September 1939–March 1954. Part I—Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Bull. volcan. 16(II):115–124, Part II—British Colonial Territories. Ibid. pp. 125-35. Part IV—Other contributions by British authors. Ibid. pp. 142-5.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1955) The Crust of the Earth, Interpretation of nature (Signet Key Book, New York) The age of the Earth. Ibid. pp. 159-67, pp 26–43.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1955) Isotopes in the service of geology. Nature, Lond. 176:1038–1039, Book review.
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    1. Holmes A.,
    2. Cahen L.
    (1955) African geochronology—results available to I September I954. Colon. Geol. min. Resour. 5:3–39.
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    1. Holmes A.,
    2. Cahen L.
    (1955) Compte rendu et communications de l’Association des Services géologiques africains. Réunion de Nairobi (1954) Géochronologie africaine: résultats acquis au 1 er septembre 1954 (Bureau d’Etudes géologiques et minières coloniales, Paris), pp 59–98.
    1. Holmes A.,
    2. Shillibeer H. A.,
    3. Wilson J. T.
    (1955) Potassium-argon ages of some Lewisian and Fennoscandian pegmatites. Nature, Lond. 176:390–392.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1956) How old is the Earth? Trans. Edinb. geol. Soc. 16:313–333.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1956) The ejectamenta of Katwe crater, south-west Uganda. Verh. ned. geol.-mijnb. Genoot 16(Brouwer Jubilee Volume):139–166 Geol. Ser..
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    1. Holmes A.,
    2. Cahen L.
    (1957) Géochronologie africaine 1956. Résultats acquis au 1 er juillet I956. Mém. Acad. R. Belg. Cl. Sci. 5(1).
    1. Holmes A.
    (1957) Proc. geol. Soc. Amer. Response by Arthur Holmes [to presentation of the Penrose Medal of the Geological Society of America] 1956, pp 74–76, for.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1958) Spitskop carbonatite, eastern Transvaal. Bull. geol. Soc. Amer. 69:1525–1526.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1958) A revised geological time-scale. Trans. Edinb. geol. Soc. 17:183–216.
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    1. Holmes A.,
    2. Cahen L.
    (1959) Int. geol. Congr. Asociacion de Servicios Geologicos Africanos, Géochronologie africaine (Résultats acquis au 1 er juillet 1956 ) 20, pp 21–25.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1960) Reply to G. W. Wetherill. Nature, Lond. 187:35–36.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1960) [Obituary notice of] Alexander Murray Cockburn. Yearb. roy. Soc. Edinb. 1959/1960:83–86.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1961) A farrago of Earth history. Nature, Lond. 189:341–342, Book review.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1962) ‘Absolute age’ a meaningless term. Nature, Lond. 196:1238.
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    1. Rankama K.
    1. Holmes A.
    (1963) in The Precambrian, ed Rankama K. (Interscience Publishers, New York & London) Introduction to, vol. 1, pp xi–xxvi.
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    1. Holmes A.
    (1964) Principles of physical geology (Nelson, London) xvi +, New edn. 1260.
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