Lyell Collection

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1. Introduction

Robin Nicholson

Caledonian correlations: Britain and Scandinavia

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 3-18. [Abstract] [PDF] [References] FREE  

Anthony K. Higgins and W. E. Adrian Phillips

East Greenland Caledonides—an extension of the British Caledonides

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 19-32. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

M. J. Kennedy

The continuation of the Canadian Appalachians into the Caledonides of Britain and Ireland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 33-64. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

2. Basement-Cover Relationships

Map: Basement-Cover Relationships

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 67-91. [PDF] FREE  

David Bamford

Seismic constraints on the deep geology of the Caledonides of northern Britain

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 93-96. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Ian S. Sanders

Observations on eclogite- and granulite-facies rocks in the basement of the Caledonides

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 97-100. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Paul A. Rathbone and Anthony L. Harris

Basement-cover relationships at Lewisian inliers in the Moine rocks

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 101-107. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Derek Flinn, P. L. Frank, Maureen Brook and I. R. Pringle

Basement-cover relations in Shetland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 109-115. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

G. S. Johnstone, Jane Plant and Janet V. Watson

Regional geochemistry of the Northern Highlands of Scotland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 117-128. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Martin Brewer, Maureen Brook and Derek Powell

Dating of the tectono-metamorphic history of the southwestern Moine, Scotland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 129-137. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

M. A. J. Piasecki and O. van Breemen

The ‘Central Highland Granulites’: cover-basement tectonics in the Moine

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 139-144. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Donald M. Ramsay and Brian A. Sturt

The status of the Banff nappe

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 145-151. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Charles Barry Long and Bruce William Yardley

The distribution of pre-Caledonian basement in the Ox Mountains inlier, Ireland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 153-156. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

P. S. Kennan, W. E. A. Phillips and P. Strogen

Pre-Caledonian basement to the paratectonic Caledonides in Ireland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 157-161. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

3. Tectonics

M. R. W. Johnson, D. J. Sanderson and N. J. Soper

Deformation in the Caledonides of England, Ireland and Scotland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 163-186. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

M. P. Coward and A. W. B. Siddans

The tectonic evolution of the Welsh Caledonides

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 187-198. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

J. L. Roberts and J. E. Treagus

Stratigraphical and structural correlation between the Dalradian rocks of the SW and Central Highlands of Scotland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 199-204. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Peter R. Thomas

New evidence for a Central Highland Root Zone

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 205-211. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

H. J. Bradbury, A. L. Harris and R. A. Smith

Geometry and emplacement of nappes in the Central Scottish Highlands

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 213-220. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Ben Harte

The Tarfside succession and the structure and stratigraphy of the eastern Scottish Dalradian rocks

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 221-228. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Graham J. Borradaile

Pre-tectonic reconstruction of the Islay anticline: implications for the depositional history of Dalradian rocks in the SW Highlands

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 229-238. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

D. H. W. Hutton

Dalradian structure in the Creeslough area, NW Donegal, Ireland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 239-241. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Peter William Geoffrey Tanner and Robert Milner Shackleton

Structure and stratigraphy of the Dalradian rocks of the Bennabeola area, Connemara, Eire

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 243-256. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

W. E. A. Phillips, A. M. Flegg and T. B. Anderson

Strain adjacent to the Iapetus suture in Ireland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 257-262. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

T. B. Anderson and T. D. J. Cameron

A structural profile of Caledonian deformation in Down

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 263-267. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Martin H. Eales

Structure of the Southern Uplands of Scotland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 269-273. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Thomas J. Kelly and Michael D. Max

A strain section across part of the Caledonian orogen in W Ireland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 275-280. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Patrick M. Shannon

The tectonic evolution of the lower Palaeozoic rocks of extreme SE Ireland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 281-285. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Lindsay M. Parson

The state of strain adjacent to the Great Glen fault

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 287-289. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

J. R. Mendum

Caledonian thrusting in NW Scotland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 291-297. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Robert Milner Shackleton

The British Caledonides: comments and summary

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 299-304. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

4. Metamorphism

D. J. Fettes

A metamorphic map of the British and Irish Caledonides

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 305-321. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Ben Harte and Neil F. C. Hudson

Pelite facies series and the temperatures and pressures of Dalradian metamorphism in E Scotland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 323-337. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

P. R. A. Wells and S. W. Richardson

Thermal evolution of metamorphic rocks in the Central Highlands of Scotland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 339-344. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

J. A. Winchester and K. H. Whittles

The pattern of three-dimensional metamorphism in the Killin area, Inverness-shire: a direct method of determining the thickness of metamorphic zones in the Caledonides

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 345-349. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Harry J. Bradbury

Migmatisation, deformation and porphyroblast growth in the Dalradian of Tayside, Scotland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 351-356. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

J. R. Ashworth

Textural and mineralogical evolution of migmatites

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 357-361. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

R. St J. Lambert, J. A. Winchester and J. G. Holland

Time, space and intensity relationships of the Precambrian and lower Palaeozoic metamorphisms of the Scottish Highlands

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 363-367. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Bruce W. D. Yardley, C. Barry Long and Michael D. Max

Patterns of metamorphism in the Ox Mountains and adjacent parts of Western Ireland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 369-374. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

B. P. Atkin

Oxide-sulphide-silicate mineral phase relations in some thermally metamorphosed graphitic pelites from Co. Donegal, Eire

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 375-384. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

5. Floras and Faunas

C. H. Holland and C. P. Hughes

Evolving life of the developing Caledonides

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 385-403. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

D. Edwards

The early history of vascular plants based on late Silurian and early Devonian floras of the British Isles

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 405-410. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

D. L. Dineley and E. J. Loeffler

Early vertebrates and the Caledonian earth movements

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 411-414. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

S. G. Molyneux

New evidence for the age of the Manx Group, Isle of Man

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 415-421. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

David G. Smith

The distribution of trilete spores in Irish Silurian rocks

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 423-431. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

R. J. Aldridge, K. J. Dorning, P. J. Hill, J. B. Richardson and D. J. Siveter

Microfossil distribution in the Silurian of Britain and Ireland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 433-438. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

D. A. T. Harper

The environmental significance of some faunal changes in the Upper Ardmillan succession (upper Ordovician), Girvan, Scotland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 439-445. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

A. T. Thomas

Trilobite associations in the British Wenlock

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 447-451. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

C. R. C. Paul

Caledonian echinoderms of the British Isles

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 453-456. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

T. N. Koren’ and R. B. Rickards

Extinction of the graptolites

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 457-466. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

6. Stratigraphy and Sedimentology

C. H. Holland, G. Kelling and E. K. Walton

O. T. Jones and after: A multitude of models

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 467-481. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

R. Anderton

Slopes, submarine fans, and syn-depositional faults: sedimentology of parts of the Middle and Upper Dalradian in the SW Highlands of Scotland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 483-488. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

D.R. Cook and J.A. Weir

Stratigraphy of the aureole of the Cairnsmore of Fleet pluton, southwest Scotland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 489-493. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

J. K. Leggett

Oceanic sediments from the Ordovician of the Southern Uplands

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 495-498. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

J. K. Leggett, W. S. McKerrow, J. H. Morris, G. J. H. Oliver and W. E. A. Phillips

The north-western margin of the Iapetus Ocean

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 499-512. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

J. H. Morris

Lower Palaeozoic soft-sediment deformation structures in the western end of the Longford-Down inlier, Ireland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 513-516. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

R. Cave

Sedimentary environments of the basinal Llandovery of mid-Wales

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 517-526. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

John C. W. Cope

Early history of the southern margin of the Tywi anticline in the Carmarthen area, South Wales

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 527-532. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

P. M. Brück, P. R. R. Gardiner, T. J. Reeves, P. M. Shannon, J. R. J. Colthurst, M. Feely, S. R. Penney, D. G. Smith and M. Vanguestaine

South-east Ireland: Lower Palaeozoic stratigraphy and depositional history

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 533-544. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

H. Carlisle

Ordovician stratigraphy of the Tramore area, County Waterford, with a revised Ordovician correlation for south-east Ireland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 545-554. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

7. Volcanism

C.J. Stillman and E.H. Francis

Caledonide volcanism in Britain and Ireland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 555-577. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

R.S. Thorpe

Late Precambrian igneous activity in Southern Britain

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 579-584. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

M.D. Max and C.B. Long

Basic volcanic rocks in the Dalradian of Ireland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 585-589. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

B. P. Kokelaar

Tremadoc to Llanvirn volcanism on the southeast side of the Harlech dome (Rhobell Fawr), N Wales

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 591-596. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

P. N. Dunkley

Ordovician volcanicity of the SE Harlech dome

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 597-601. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

R. E. Bevins and R. A. Roach

Early Ordovician volcanism in Dyfed, SW Wales

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 603-609. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

M. F. Howells, B. E. Leveridge, R. Addison, C. D. R. Evans and M. J. C. Nutt

The Capel Curig Volcanic Formation, Snowdonia, North Wales; variations in ash-flow tuffs related to emplacement environment

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 611-618. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

M. J. C. Nutt, P. R. Ineson and J. G. Mitchell

The age of mineralisation at Parys Mountain, Anglesey

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 619-627. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

David Millward

Ignimbrite volcanism in the Ordovician Borrowdale volcanics of the English Lake District

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 629-634. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

W. J. French, M. D. Hassan and J. Westcott

The petrogenesis of Old Red Sandstone volcanic rocks of the western Ochils, Stirlingshire

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 635-642. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

8. Plutonism

G. C. Brown

Geochemical and geophysical constraints on the origin and evolution of Caledonian granites

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 643-651. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

A. N. Halliday, M. Aftalion, O. van Breemen and J. Jocelyn

Petrogenetic significance of Rb-Sr and U-Pb isotopic systems in the 400 Ma old British Isles granitoids and their hosts

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 653-661. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

G. S. Johnstone, J. Plant and J. V. Watson

Caledonian granites in relation to regional geochemistry in northern Scotland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 663-667. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

D. Wilson and J. Shepherd

The Carn Chuinneag granite and its aureole

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 669-675. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Ian Parsons

The Assynt alkaline suite

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 677-681. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

D. I. Smith

Caledonian minor intrusions of the N Highlands of Scotland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 683-697. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

A. E. Wright and D. R. Bowes

Geochemistry of the appinite suite

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 699-704. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Padhraig S. Kennan

Plutonic rocks in the Irish Caledonides

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 705-711. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

R. Elsdon and P. S. Kennan

Geochemistry of Irish granites

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 713-716. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

I. G. Meighan and J. C. Neeson

The Newry igneous complex, County Down

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 717-722. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

M. D. Max, A. Ploquin and J. Sonet

The age of the Saltees granite in the Rosslare complex

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 723-725. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

M. J. C. Nutt

The Haweswater complex

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: 727-733. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Erratum

Erratum: Pelite facies series and the temperatures and pressures of Dalradian metamorphism in E Scotland

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1979 volume 8: ERR. [PDF] FREE  

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