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Geological Society, London, Special Publications
Volume 39, 1988
Early Tertiary Volcanism and the Opening of the NE Atlantic
Edited by:
A. C. Morton, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG 12 5GG and
L. M. Parson, Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Deacon Laboratory, Brook Road, Wormley, Godalming, Surrey GU8 5UB

Table of Contents

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    Introduction
    L. M. Parson and A. C. Morton
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, ix-xii, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.01

Volcanic and Tectonic Framework

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    A hot-spot model for early Tertiary volcanism in the N Atlantic
    R. S. White
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 3-13, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.02
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    A new look at the causes and consequences of the Icelandic hot-spot
    M. H. P. Bott
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 15-23, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.03
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    Palaeocene-Oligocene tectonics of NW Europe
    J. F. Dewey and B. F. Windley
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 25-31, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.04

Dipping Reflectors and NE Atlantic Evolution

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    Deep crustal structure and magmatic processes: the inception of seafloor spreading in the Norwegian-Greenland Sea
    J. C. Mutter and C. M. Zehnder
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 35-48, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.05
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    Early Cainozoic evolution of the Norwegian volcanic passive margin and the formation of marginal highs
    J. Skogseid and O. Eldholm
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 49-56, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.06
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    Dipping reflector styles in the NE Atlantic Ocean
    L. M. Parson and the ODP Leg 104 Scientific Party
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 57-68, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.07
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    Origin of the Palaeogene Vøring Plateau volcanic sequence
    L. G. Viereck, P. N. Taylor, L. M. Parson, A. C. Morton, J. Hertogen, I. L. Gibson and the ODP Leg 104 Scientific Party
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 69-83, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.08
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    Tectonic and volcanic events at the Jan Mayen Ridge microcontinent
    S. T. Gudlaugsson, K. Gunnarsson, M. Sand and J. Skogseid
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 85-93, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.09
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    Distribution, crustal properties and significance of seawards-dipping sub-basement reflectors off E Greenland
    H. C. Larsen and S. Jakobsdóttir
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 95-114, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.10
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    Late Cretaceous and early Tertiary extension and volcanism around the Faeroe Islands
    M. S. Andersen
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 115-122, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.11
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    Petrochemistry and isotope geochemistry of early Palaeogene basalts forming the dipping reflector sequence SW of Rockall Plateau, NE Atlantic
    R. J. Merriman, P. N. Taylor and A. C. Morton
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 123-134, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.12
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    Early Tertiary volcanism at the western Barents Sea margin
    J. I. Faleide, A. M. Myhre and O. Eldholm
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 135-146, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.13
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    Some properties of basalt lava sequences and volcanic centres in a plate-boundary environment
    L. Kristjansson and J. Helgason
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 147-155, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.14
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    A multiple and propagating rift model for the NE Atlantic
    H. C. Larsen
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 157-158, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.15

E Greenland and the Faeroe Islands

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    Tertiary volcanism in the Kangerdlugssuaq region, E Greenland: trace-element geochemistry of the Lower Basalts and tholeiitic dyke swarms
    R. C. O. Gill, T. F. D. Nielsen, C. K. Brooks and G. A. Ingram
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 161-179, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.16
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    Nd, Sr and Pb isotope geochemistry of the Lower Lavas, E Greenland Tertiary Igneous Province
    P. M. Holm
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 181-195, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.17
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    Cyclical tholeiitic volcanism and associated magma chambers: eruptive mechanisms in E Greenland
    A. J. C. Hogg, J. J. Fawcett, J. Gittins and M. P. Gorton
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 197-200, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.18
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    Age constraints on Atlantic evolution: timing of magmatic activity along the E Greenland continental margin
    R. H. Noble, R. M. Macintyre and P. E. Brown
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 201-214, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.19
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    A palaeomagnetic study of lower Tertiary lavas in E Greenland and comparison with other lower Tertiary observations in the northern Atlantic
    D. H. Tarling, E. A. Hailwood and R. Løvlie
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 215-224, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.20
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    Structure, composition and age of the Faeroe basalt plateau
    R. Waagstein
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 225-238, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.21

Volcanism in Basins to the N and W of the British Isles

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    The geochemistry and origin of the Faeroe-Shetland sill complex
    F. G. F. Gibb and R. Kanaris-Sotiriou
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 241-252, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.22
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    Basaltic magmatism of late Cretaceous and Palaeogene age recorded in wells NNE of the Shetlands
    F. J. Fitch, G. L. Heard and J. A. Miller
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 253-262, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.23
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    Volcanic ash in a cored borehole W of the Shetland Islands: evidence for Selandian (late Palaeocene) volcanism in the Faeroes region
    A. C. Morton, D. Evans, R. Harland, C. King and D. K. Ritchie
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 263-269, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.24
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    Early Tertiary basalts and tuffaceous sandstones from the Hebrides Shelf and Wyville-Thomson Ridge, NE Atlantic
    M. S. Stoker, A. C. Morton, D. Evans, M. J. Hughes, R. Harland and D. K. Graham
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 271-282, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.25
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    Distribution of early Tertiary lavas in the NE Rockall Trough
    M. V. Wood, J. Hall and J. J. Doody
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 283-292, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.26
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    Early Tertiary volcanic rocks in Well 163/6-1A, Rockall Trough
    A. C. Morton, J. E. Dixon, J. G. Fitton, R. M. Macintyre, D. K. Smythe and P. N. Taylor
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 293-308, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.27
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    Syn- and post-rift igneous activity in the Porcupine Seabight Basin and adjacent continental margin W of Ireland
    M. P. Tate and M. R. Dobson
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 309-334, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.28

British Tertiary Igneous Province

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    Time and duration of activity in the British Tertiary Igneous Province
    A. E. Mussett, P. Dagley and R. R. Skelhorn
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 337-348, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.29
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    Rb-Sr isotopic determinations and the timing of Tertiary central complex magmatism in NE Ireland
    I. G. Meighan, A. G. McCormick, D. Gibson, J. A. Gamble and I. J. Graham
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 349-360, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.30
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    Strontium isotope geochemistry of Tertiary igneous rocks, NE Ireland
    P. J. O’Connor
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 361-363, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.31
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    A review of silicic pyroclastic rocks of the British Tertiary Volcanic Province
    B. R. Bell and C. H. Emeleus
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 365-379, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.32
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    The early Tertiary stress regime in NW Britain: evidence from the patterns of volcanic activity
    R. W. England
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 381-389, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.33
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    A re-evaluation of the origin and nature of layered peridotite, troctolite and gabbro in the Eastern Layered Series of the Rhum ultrabasic complex, Inner Hebrides
    J. H. Bédard, R. S. J. Sparks, R. Renner, R. Hunter and M. Cheadle
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 391, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.34

The North Sea Sedimentary Record

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    Palaeogene volcanism: the sedimentary record in Denmark
    O. B. Nielsen and C. Heilmann-Clausen
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 395-405, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.35
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    The record of early Tertiary N Atlantic volcanism in sediments of the North Sea Basin
    R. W. O’B. Knox and A. C. Morton
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 407-419, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.36
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    Some aspects of Tertiary tectonics and sedimentation along the western Barents Shelf
    A. Nøttvedt, L. T. Berglund, E. Rasmussen and R. J. Steel
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 421-425, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.37

Review of Igneous Activity

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    History of Tertiary igneous activity in the N Atlantic borderlands
    B. G. J. Upton
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 39, 429-453, 1 January 1988, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.039.01.38
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