The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain: Vol. I

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Author

Geikie, Archibald, 1835-1924

Title

The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain, Volume 1 (of 2)

Original Publication

United Kingdom: Macmillan and Co.,1897.

Credits

T Cosmas, MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

QE: Science: Geology

Subject

Volcanoes -- Great Britain

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 66492

Release Date

January 5, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE ANCIENT VOLCANOES OF GREAT BRITAIN — SIR ARCHIBALD GEIKIE, F.R.S.
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — MAPS
5. 5.BOOK I GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF INVESTIGATION
6. 6.CHAPTER I
7. 7.CHAPTER II
8. 8.CHAPTER III — i. LAVAS — ii. VOLCANIC AGGLOMERATES, BRECCIAS AND TUFFS
9. 9.CHAPTER IV — iii. TYPES OF OLD VOLCANOES — iv. DETERMINATION OF THE RELATIVE GEOLOGICAL DATES OF ANCIENT VOLCANOES — v. HOW THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY ASSOCIATED WITH ANCIENT VOLCANOES IS ASCERTAINED
10. 10.CHAPTER V — I. Vents of Eruption — i. Necks of Fragmentary Materials — ii. Necks of Lava-form Material — iii. Distribution of Vents in Relation to Geological Structure-lines — iv. Metamorphism in and around Volcanic Vents—Solfataric Action — v. Inward Dip of Docks towards Necks — vi. Influence of Contemporaneous Denudation upon Volcanic Cones — vii. Stages in the History of old Volcanic Vents
11. 11.CHAPTER VI — II. Subterranean Movements of the Magma — i. Dykes and Veins — ii. Sills and Laccolites — iii. Bosses (Stocks, Culots)
12. 12.CHAPTER VII
13. 13.BOOK II VOLCANIC ACTION IN PRE-CAMBRIAN TIME
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII PRE-CAMBRIAN VOLCANOES — i. THE LEWISIAN (ARCHAÆN) GNEISS — ii. THE DALRADIAN OR YOUNGER SCHISTS OF SCOTLAND — iii. THE GNEISSES AND SCHISTS OF ANGLESEY — iv. THE URICONIAN VOLCANOES — v. THE MALVERN VOLCANO — vi. THE CHARNWOOD FOREST VOLCANO
15. 15.BOOK III THE CAMBRIAN VOLCANOES
16. 16.CHAPTER IX CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CAMBRIAN SYSTEM IN BRITAIN
17. 17.CHAPTER X THE CAMBRIAN VOLCANOES OF SOUTH WALES
18. 18.CHAPTER XI THE CAMBRIAN VOLCANOES OF NORTH WALES, THE MALVERN HILLS AND WARWICKSHIRE — NORTH WALES — THE MALVERN HILLS — WARWICKSHIRE
19. 19.BOOK IV THE SILURIAN VOLCANOES
20. 20.CHAPTER XII CHARACTERS OF THE SILURIAN SYSTEM IN BRITAIN. THE ARENIG VOLCANOES — I. THE ERUPTIONS OF ARENIG AGE — i. MERIONETHSHIRE — ii. SHROPSHIRE — iii. SCOTLAND
21. 21.CHAPTER XIII THE ERUPTIONS OF LLANDEILO AND BALA AGE — i. THE VOLCANO OF BUILTH AND ITS NEIGHBOURS — ii. THE VOLCANOES OF PEMBROKESHIRE — iii. THE CAERNARVONSHIRE VOLCANOES OF THE BALA PERIOD — iv. THE VOLCANIC CENTRE OF THE BERWYN HILLS — V. THE VOLCANOES OF ANGLESEY — vi. THE VOLCANOES OF THE LAKE DISTRICT (ARENIG TO CLOSE OF BALA PERIOD)
22. 22.CHAPTER XIV THE SILURIAN VOLCANOES OF IRELAND — I. The Lower Silurian Series — i. Eruptions probably of Arenig Age — ii. Eruptions of Llandeilo and Bala Age — II. The Upper Silurian Series
23. 23.BOOK V THE VOLCANOES OF DEVONIAN AND OLD RED SANDSTONE TIME
24. 24.CHAPTER XV THE DEVONIAN VOLCANOES
25. 25.CHAPTER XVI THE VOLCANOES OF THE OLD RED SANDSTONE
26. 26.CHAPTER XVII
27. 27.CHAPTER XVIII STRUCTURE AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE LOWER OLD RED SANDSTONE VOLCANIC ROCKS IN THE FIELD — i. BEDDED LAVAS AND TUFFS — ii. VENTS — iii. SILLS AND DYKES
28. 28.CHAPTER XIX VOLCANOES OF THE LOWER OLD RED SANDSTONE OF "LAKE CALEDONIA" — I. THE NORTHERN CHAIN OF VOLCANOES IN "LAKE CALEDONIA" — 1. The Montrose Centre — 2. The Sidlaw and Ochil Group — 3. The Arran and Cantyre Centre — 4. The Ulster Centres
29. 29.CHAPTER XX VOLCANOES OF THE LOWER OLD RED SANDSTONE OF "LAKE CALEDONIA"— continued — II. THE SOUTHERN CHAIN OF VOLCANOES IN "LAKE CALEDONIA" — 5. The Pentland Volcano — 6. The Biggar Centre [366] — 7. The Duneaton Centre — 8. The Ayrshire Group of Vents
30. 30.CHAPTER XXI VOLCANOES OF THE LOWER OLD RED SANDSTONE OF THE CHEVIOT HILLS, LORNE, "LAKE ORCADIE" AND KILLARNEY — THE CHEVIOT AND BERWICKSHIRE DISTRICT — "THE LAKE OF LORNE" — "LAKE ORCADIE" — The Killarney District
31. 31.CHAPTER XXII VOLCANOES OF THE UPPER OLD RED SANDSTONE—THE SOUTH-WEST OF IRELAND, THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND — THE SOUTH-WEST OF IRELAND — THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND
32. 32.BOOK VI THE CARBONIFEROUS VOLCANOES
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIII THE CARBONIFEROUS SYSTEM OF BRITAIN AND ITS VOLCANIC RECORDS
34. 34.CHAPTER XXIV CARBONIFEROUS VOLCANIC PLATEAUX OF SCOTLAND
35. 35.CHAPTER XXV GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF THE CARBONIFEROUS VOLCANIC PLATEAUX OF SCOTLAND — 1. BEDDED LAVAS AND TUFFS — 2. VENTS — 3. DYKES AND SILLS — 4. Close of the Plateau-eruptions
36. 36.CHAPTER XXVI THE CARBONIFEROUS PUYS OF SCOTLAND — i. GENERAL CHARACTER AND DISTRIBUTION — ii. NATURE OF THE MATERIALS ERUPTED — A. The Lava-form Rocks — B. Tuffs
37. 37.CHAPTER XXVII GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF THE CARBONIFEROUS PUYS OF SCOTLAND — i. VENTS — ii. BEDDED TUFFS AND LAVAS — iii. SILLS, BOSSES AND DYKES
38. 38.CHAPTER XXVIII ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF THE CARBONIFEROUS PUYS OF SCOTLAND — 1. BASIN OF THE FIRTH OF FORTH — 2. NORTH OF AYRSHIRE — 3. LIDDESDALE

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