Stephenson, D., Loughlin, S.C., Millward, D., Waters, C.N. & Williamson, I.T. 2003. Carboniferous and Permian Igneous Rocks of Great Britain North of the Variscan Front. Geological Conservation Review Series, No. 27, JNCC, Peterborough, ISBN 1 86107 497 2.
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List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Access to the countryside
Preface N.V. Ellis
Introduction
GCR site selection
Tectonic setting and evolution
Magma source and evolution
Xenoliths and megacrysts
2 Dinantian volcanic rocks of the Midland Valley of Scotland and adjacent areas
Introduction
North Berwick Coast, East Lothian
Arthur's Seat Volcano, City of Edinburgh
Burntisland to Kinghorn Coast, Fife
Touch, Fintry and Gargunnock Hills, Stirling
Campsie Fells, Stirling and East Dunbartonshire
Dumbarton Rock, West Dunbartonshire
Machrihanish Coast and South Kintyre, Argyll and Bute
3 Dinantian volcanic rocks of the Northumberland, Solway and Tweed basins
Introduction
Little Mell Fell Quarry Cumbria
Langholm-Newcastleton Hills, Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Border.
Lintmill Railway Cutting, Scottish Borders
Hareheugh Craigs, Scottish Borders
Cottonshope Head Quarry Northumberland
Kershope Bridge, Scottish Borders
River Esk, Glencartholm, Dumfries and Galloway
4 Silesian and Early Permian volcanic rocks of Scotland
Introduction
Carron Water, Dumfries and Galloway
5 Alkaline basic sills and dykes of Scotland
Introduction
South Queensferry to Hound Point, City of Edinburgh
Ardrossan to Saltcoats Coast, North Ayrshire
Craighead Quarry, South Lanarkshire
Dubh Loch, Isle of Colonsay, Argyll and Bute
6 Tholeiitic sills and dykes of Scotland and northern England
Introduction
North Queensferry Road Cuttings, Fife
Gloom Hill, Dollar, Clackmannan
Mollinsburn Cuttings, North Lanarkshire
Corsiehill Quarry, Perth and Kinross
Whin Sill Exposures in Upper Teesdale, County Durham
Steel Rigg to Sewingshields Crags, Northumberland
Longhoughton Quarry, Northumberland
Cullernose Point to Castle Point, Northumberland
Budle Point to Harkess Rocks, Northumberland
Greenfoot Quarry, County Durham
7 Carboniferous and Permian igneous rocks of central England and the Welsh Borderland
Introduction
Litton Mill Railway Cutting, Derbyshire
Water Swallows Quarry, Derbyshire
Clee Hill Quarries, Shropshire
Golden Hill Quarry, Monmouthshire
Index