LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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1.Vesicular structure, Lava from Ascension Island, slightly less than natural size[15]
2.Elongation and branching of steam-vesicles in a lava, Kilninian, Isle of Mull, a little less than natural size[17]
3.Microlites of the Pitchstone of Arran (magnified 70 diameters)[19]
4.Perlitic structure in Felsitic Glass, Isle of Mull (magnified)[19]
5.Spherulitic structure (magnified)[19]
6.Micropegmatitic or Granophyric structure in Granophyre, Mull (magnified)[20]
7.Ophitic structure in Dolerite, Gortacloghan, Co. Derry (magnified)[20]
8.Variolitic or orbicular structure, Napoleonite, Corsica (nat. size)[22]
9.Flow-structure in Rhyolite, Antrim, slightly reduced[23]
10.Lumpy, irregular trachytic lava-streams (Carboniferous), East Linton, Haddingtonshire[24]
11.View at the entrance of the Svinofjord, Faroe Islands, illustrating the terraced forms assumed by basic lavas[25]
12.Sack-like or pillow-form structure of basic lavas (Lower Silurian), Bennan Head, Ballantrae, Ayrshire[26]
13.Alternations of coarser and finer Tuff[34]
14.Alternations of Tuff with non-volcanic sediment[35]
15.Ejected block of basalt which has fallen among Carboniferous shales and limestones, shore, Pettycur, Fife[37]
16.Effects of denudation on a Vesuvian cone[40]
17.Section to illustrate the structure of the Plateau type[43]
18.Diagram illustrating the structure and denudation of Puys[45]
19.Section illustrating submarine eruptions; alternations of lavas and tuffs with limestones and shales full of marine organisms[48]
20.Diagram illustrating volcanic eruptions on a river-plain[49]
21.Diagram illustrating volcanic eruptions on a land-surface[50]
22.Ground-plans of some volcanic vents from the Carboniferous districts of Scotland[55]
23.View of an old volcanic "Neck" (The Knock, Largs, Ayrshire, a vent of Lower Carboniferous age)[56]
24.Section of neck of agglomerate, rising through sandstones and shales[58]
25.Neck filled with stratified tuff[64]
26.Section of neck of agglomerate with plug of lava[65]
27.Section of agglomerate neck with dykes and veins[66]
28.Section of neck filled with massive rock[68]
29.Successive shiftings of vents giving rise to double or triple cones[70]
30.Section to show the connection of a neck with a cone and surrounding bedded tuffs[71]
31.Diagram illustrating the gradual emergence of buried volcanic cones through the influence of prolonged denudation [75]
32.Dyke, Vein, and Sill[80]
33.Section of Sill or Intrusive Sheet[83]
34.Ideal section of three Laccolites. (After Mr. Gilbert)[86]
35.Diagram illustrating the stratigraphical relations of the pre-Cambrian and Cambrian rocks of the North-west Highlands of Scotland[112]
36.Map of a portion of the Lewisian gneiss of Ross-shire[118]
37.Section showing the position of sills in the mica-schist series between Loch Tay and Amulree[124]
38.Sketch of crushed basic igneous rock among the schists, E. side of Porth-tywyn-mawr, E. side of Holyhead Straits[128]
39.Section across the Uriconian series of Caer Caradoc[132]
40.Map of the volcanic district of St. David's[146]
41.Section showing the interstratification of tuff and conglomerate above Lower Mill, St. David's[154]
42.Basic dyke traversing quartz-porphyry and converted into a kind of slate by cleavage. West side of Llyn Padarn[162]
43.Section of well-cleaved tuff, grit and breccia passing up into rudely-cleaved conglomerate and well-bedded cleaved fine conglomerate and grit. East side of Llyn Padarn[163]
44.Section of Clegyr on the north-east side of Llyn Padarn, near the lower end[164]
45.Section across the Cambrian formations of the Malvern Hills, showing the position of the intercalated igneous rocks. After Phillips[170]
46.Section across Rhobell Fawr[178]
47.Section at the Slate Quarry, Penrhyn Gwyn, north slopes of Cader Idris[180]
48.Sketch-section across Cader Idris[182]
49.Section across the Moelwyn Range[185]
50.Section across the anticline of Corndon[190]
51.Structure in finely-amygdaloidal diabase lava, south of mouth of Stinchar River, Ayrshire[193]
52.View of Knockdolian Hill from the east[194]
53.Section across the Lower Silurian volcanic series in the south of Ayrshire (B. N. Peach)[197]
54.Section of part of the Arenig volcanic group, stream south of Bennane Head, Ayrshire[198]
55.Flow-structure in the lowest felsite on the track from Llanberis to the top of Snowdon[211]
56.Section of Snowdon[212]
57.Section across the Berwyn Hills. (Reduced from Horizontal Section, Geol. Surv. Sheet 35)[219]
58.Section of the strata on the shore at Porth Wen, west of Amlwch[223]
59.Section of intercalated black shale in the volcanic series at Porth yr hwch, south of Carmel Point, Anglesey[224]
60.Green slates overlain with volcanic breccia, Carmel Point[224]
61.Blue shale or slate passing into volcanic breccia east of Porth Padrig, near Carmel Point[225]
62.Section of felsites in the Coniston Limestone group, west of Stockdale[232]
63.Fine tuff with coarser bands near Quayfoot Quarries, Borrowdale[234]
64.Diagram of the general relations of the different groups of rock in the Lower Silurian volcanic district along the western shore of Lough Mask[253]
65.Veins and nests of sandstone due to the washing of sand into fissures and cavities of an Old Red Sandstone lava. Turnberry Point, Ayrshire[283]
66.Ground-plan of reticulated cracks in the upper surface of an Old Red Sandstone lava filled in with sandstone. Red Head, Forfarshire[284]
67.Section across the volcanic series of Forfarshire [286]
68.Section across two necks above Tillicoultry, Ochil Hills[288]
69.Section of the granite core between Merrick and Corscrine[290]
70.Section across the three Dirrington Laws, Berwickshire[291]
71.Section of Papa Stour, Shetlands, showing sill of spherulitic felsite traversing Old Red Sandstone and bedded porphyrites (Messrs. Peach and Horne)[292]
72.Section across Northmavine, from Okrea Head to Skea Ness, Shetland, showing dykes and connected sill of granite and felsite (Messrs. Peach and Horne)[292]
73.Section at the edge of one of the bays of Lower Old Red Sandstone along the northern margin of Lake Caledonia, near Ochtertyre[295]
74.Craig Beinn-nan-Eun (2067 feet), east of Uam Var, Braes of Doune. Old Red Conglomerate, with the truncated ends of the strata looking across into the Highlands; moraines of Corry Beach in the foreground[296]
75.Section showing the top of the volcanic series at the foot of the precipice of the Red Head, Forfarshire[300]
76.Andesite with sandstone veinings and overlying conglomerate. Todhead, south of Caterline, coast of Kincardineshire[303]
77.Section across the Boundary-fault of the Highlands at Glen Turrit, Perthshire[305]
78.Section across the chain of the Sidlaw Hills near Kilspindie[306]
79.Section across the Eastern Ochil Hills from near Newburgh to near Auchtermuchty[307]
80.Generalized section across the heart of the Ochil Hills from Dunning on the north to the Fife coal-field near Saline on the south[308]
81.Diagram of the volcanic series of the Western Ochil Hills[309]
82.View of Cnoc Garbh, Southend, Campbeltown. A volcanic neck of Lower Old Red Sandstone age, about 400 yards wide in its longer diameter[312]
83.Section of volcanic series on beach, Southend, Campbeltown[313]
84.Section of the base of the volcanic series, Reclain, five miles south of Pomeroy[316]
85.Section of shales and breccias at Crossna Chapel, north-east of Boyle[316]
86.Section across the north end of the Pentland Hills, from Warklaw Hill to Pentland Mains. Length about five miles[318]
87.View of the lava-escarpments of Warklaw Hill, Pentland chain, from the north-west[319]
88.Section across the Pentland Hills through North Black Hill and Scald Law. Length about three miles[322]
89.Section from the valley of the Gutterford Burn through Green Law and Braid Law to Eight-Mile Burn[322]
90.Section across the north end of the Pentland Hills, and the southern edge of the Braid Hill vent. Length about two miles[324]
91.Section across the northern end of the Biggar volcanic group, from Fadden Hill to beyond Mendick Hill[326]
92.Section across the southern part of the Biggar volcanic group from Covington to Culter[328]
93.Section from Thankerton Moor across Tinto to Lamington[328]
94.Section across the Duneaton volcanic district from the head of the Duneaton Water to Kirklea Hill[330]
95.Cavernous spaces in andesite, filled in with sandstone, John o' Groats Port, Turnberry, Ayrshire[333]
96.Section of andesites, Turnberry Castle, Ayrshire[334]
97.Lenticular form of a brecciated andesite (shown in [Fig. 96]), Turnberry, Ayrshire[334]
98.Section across the volcanic area of St. Abb's Head (after Prof. J. Geikie)[339]
99.View of terraced andesite hills resting on massive conglomerate, south of Oban[341]
100.Section of lava-escarpment at Beinn Lora, north side of mouth of Loch Etive, Argyllshire[342]
101.Section across Strathbogie, below Rhyme, showing the position of the volcanic band [344]
102.View of Knockfeerina, Limerick, from the north-east—a volcanic neck of Upper Old Red Sandstone age[349]
103.Section of the volcanic zone in the Upper Old Red Sandstone, Cam of Hoy, Orkney[351]
104.Section of the volcanic zone in the Upper Old Red Sandstone at Black Ness, Rackwick, Hoy[351]
105.Section across the volcanic band and its associated necks, Hoy, Orkney[352]
106.Ground-plan of volcanic neck piercing the Caithness Flagstone series on the beach near John o' Groat's House[353]
107.View of the escarpment of the Clyde Plateau in the Little Cumbrae, from the south-west[368]
108.View of the edge of the Volcanic Plateau south of Campbeltown, Argyllshire[370]
109.View of North Berwick Law from the east, a phonolite neck marking one of the chief vents of the Garleton Plateau. (From a photograph)[371]
110.The Bass Rock, a trachytic neck belonging to the Garleton plateau, from the shore at Canty Bay[372]
111.Corston Hill—a fragment of the Midlothian Plateau, seen from the north[373]
112.View of Arthur Seat from Calton Hill to the north[374]
113.View of Arkleton Fell, part of the Solway Plateau, from the south-west[376]
114.Vertical sections of the escarpment of the Clyde plateau from north-east to south-west[384]
115.Section of Craiglockhart Hill, Edinburgh[387]
116.Section of the bottom of the Midlothian Plateau, Linnhouse Water above Mid-Calder Oilworks[387]
117.Section of the top of the Midlothian Plateau in the Murieston Water[388]
118.Section of Calton Hill, Edinburgh[389]
119.Cliff of tuff and agglomerate, east side of Oxroad Bay, a little east from Tantallon Castle, East Lothian[391]
120.Section across part of the Clyde Plateau to the west of Bowling (reduced from Sheet 6 of the Horizontal Sections of the Geological Survey of Scotland)[392]
121.Diagram illustrating the thinning away southwards of the lavas of the Clyde Plateau between Largs and Ardrossan. Length about 10 miles[393]
122.Diagram illustrating the thinning away eastwards of the lavas of the Clyde Plateau in the Fintry Hills. Length about 12 miles[394]
123.View of the two necks Dumgoyn and Dumfoyn, Stirlingshire, taken from the south[395]
124.Ground-plan of Plateau-vents near Strathblane, Stirlingshire, on the scale of 6 inches to a mile[395]
125.Ground-plans of double and triple necks in the Plateau series, on the scale of 6 inches to a mile[396]
126.Ground-plan of tuff-neck, shore east of Dunbar[398]
127.Section across the vents Dumgoyn and Dumfoyn, and the edge of the Clyde plateau above Strathblane, Stirlingshire[400]
128.Section through the large vent of the Campsie Hills[400]
129.Diagrammatic section across the central vent of the Clyde plateau in Renfrewshire[400]
130.Section across Southern Berwickshire, to show the relation of the volcanic plateau to the vents lying south from it[401]
131.Section of south end of Dumbuck Hill. East of Dumbarton[403]
132.Section across the East Lothian plateau, to show the relative position of one of the necks[403]
133.View of Traprain Law from the south, a phonolite neck of the Garleton Plateau[405]
134.Veins and dykes traversing the agglomerate and tuff of the great Renfrewshire vent[408]
135."The Yellow Man," a dyke in volcanic tuff and conglomerate on the shore a little east of North Berwick[409]
136.Trachytic sills, Knockvadie, Kilpatrick Hills [410]
137.Section across the edge of the Clyde plateau, south-east of Beith[411]
138.Section across the upper part of the Clyde plateau at Kilbirnie, Ayrshire[411]
139.Section across the upper surface of the Clyde volcanic plateau, Burnhead, north-west of Kilsyth[412]
140.Section across the upper surface of the Clyde volcanic plateau at Campsie[412]
141.Section across western edge of the Garlton plateau[412]
142.Section across the Solway plateau[413]
143.Section of volcanic vent at East Grange, Perthshire coal-field, constructed by Mr. B. N. Peach from the rocks exposed in a railway-cutting, and from plans of ironstone- and coal-pits[426]
144.View of the Binn of Burntisland—a volcanic neck of agglomerate[428]
145.View of part of the cliffs of vertical agglomerate, Binn of Burntisland[431]
146.Diagram of buried volcanic cone near Dalry, Ayrshire. Constructed from information obtained in mining operations[434]
147.Diagram to illustrate how Volcanic Necks may be concealed and exposed[434]
148.Section across the Saline Hills, Fife[435]
149.Section across the Binn of Burntisland, in an east and west direction[436]
150.Section in old quarry, west of Wester Ochiltree, Linlithgowshire. Calciferous Sandstone series[437]
151.Ejected volcanic block in Carboniferous strata, Burntisland[438]
152.View of volcanic agglomerate becoming finer above east end of Kingswood Craig, two miles east from Burntisland[439]
153.Alternations of basalt and tuff, with shale, etc., of Kingswood Craig, Burntisland[441]
154.Section of the upper surface of a diabase ("leckstone") sheet, Skolie Burn, south-east of Bathgate[443]
155.Section across the volcanic ridge of the Linlithgow and Bathgate Hills, showing the intercalation of limestones that mark important stratigraphical horizons[444]
156.Section in Wardlaw Quarry, Linlithgowshire[445]
157.Section from Linlithgow Loch to the Firth of Forth[446]
158.Section across the Campsie Fells illustrating the contrast between the sills below and above the plateau-lavas[447]
159.Section showing the position of the basic sills in relation to the volcanic series at Burntisland, Fife[448]
160.Sills between shales and sandstones, Hound Point, Linlithgowshire[449]
161.Section of Sill, Cramond Railway, Barnton, near Edinburgh[450]
162.Intrusive dolerite sheet enclosing and sending threads into portions of shale, Salisbury Crags, Edinburgh[452]
163.Intrusive sheet invading limestone and shale, Dodhead Quarry, near Burntisland[452]
164.Spheroidal weathering of dolerite sill, quarry east of North Queensferry, Fife.[455]
165.Two thin sills of "white trap" injected into black carbonaceous shale overlying the Hurlet Limestone, Hillhouse Quarry, Linlithgow[456]
166.Dyke cutting the agglomerate of a neck. Binn of Burntisland[457]
167.Boss of diabase cutting the Burdiehouse Limestone and sending sills and veins into the overlying shales. Railway cutting, West Quarry, East Calder, Midlothian[458]
168.Side of columnar basalt-dyke in the same agglomerate as in [Fig. 166][459]
169.Dyke rising through the Hurlet Limestone and its overlying shales. Silvermine Quarry, Linlithgowshire[460]
170.Junction of amygdaloidal basalt with shales and limestone, shore, half a mile east from Kinghorn, Fife[464]
171.Columnar basalt, Pettycur, Kinghorn, Fife [469]
172.Section across the Fife band of Sills[473]
173.Section across the upper volcanic band of north Ayrshire. Length about four miles[474]
174.Section showing the connection of the two volcanic bands in Liddesdale[476]
175.Diagram to show the position of a mass of Upper Old Red Sandstone which has fallen into the great vent near Tudhope Hill, east of Mosspaul[476]