EXPLANATION OF PLATE XIII

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Author(s):  
L. R. Wager ◽  
D. S. Weedon ◽  
E. A. Vincent

The narrow belt of granophyre lying to the west of Blaven in the Isle of Skye showed so admirably the effects of chilling that a series of specimens was collected by one of us (L.R.W.) and found to contain, in the chilled marginal rock, phenoerysts of tridymite, now inverted to quartz. In the Thulean Tertiary igneous province former tridymite is known from certain acid lavas, for example, the Tardree rhyolite (von Lasaulx, 1877) and certain Icelandic liparites (Hawkes, 1916), and from metamorphosed arkoses adjacent to basic igneous intrusions (Harker, 1908, 1932), but it has not previously been noted in the intrusive acid rocks. In addition to phenocrysts of tridymite inverted to quartz, there is present in the groundmass of the unchilled granophyre a second generation of inverted tridymite crystals, surrounded by a final stage of quartz and felspar which has crystallized with normal microgranitic textures. Some of the textural features resemble those of the normal Skye granophyres, while others resemble certain metamorphosed arkoses.


1912 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 248-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. B. Bailey
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The writer's attention was directed to Dr. Omori's description of the 1910 eruption of Usu-san through a review which appeared in Nature (1911, p. 221) from the pen of Professor Milne, F.R.S. The following pages constitute a résumé, rather than an additional review, and are justified on account of the interest of Omori's observations to many geologists who may not find it convenient to consult his original paper. All three figures here published have been redrawn for the purpose. Plate XII is based on a coloured map, and Plate XIII on photographs which have already been reproduced by Professor Milne in his review.


1905 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 286-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. M. Dawkins

The completion of work on this block consisted almost entirely or examining lower strata in the northern and eastern quarters. Whilst in one part of the block (26 on Plates XII. and XIII.) the rocky subsoil rises so high as to have led to the total destruction of all remains, in the immediately adjacent regions to the north and east it sinks so low as to leave some three or four metres of deposit with four clearly separate strata of walls. Plate XII. gives a plan shewing the two earlier sets, Middle Minoan and, above this, but on different lines, Late Minoan I., and Plate XIII.


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