Geography & Geosciences (Previous name for currents schools of Earth & Environmental Sciences and ...): Recent submissions
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Experimental and petrological investigations of some magmatic phenomena
(University of St Andrews, 1958-03) - ThesisThis thesis is devoted to a detailed investigation of a piorite sill of Tertiary age intruded into Torridonian strata on the island of Soay, south Skye. It is devided into four parts (1) studies on the petrography of the ... -
A detailed structural study of the northern portion of the Strontian Granitic Complex
(University of St Andrews, 1955) - ThesisPrevious work on the Strontian complex has been substantiated by the present investigation, and the knowledge of the structures in the rocks of the complex, and in the adjoining Moine schists end gneisses has been considerably ... -
Mineralogy, petrology and geochemistry of Caradocian phosphorites, N. Wales, U.K.
(University of St Andrews, 1985-07) - ThesisCaradocian phosphorite nodules sampled from the Powys county of N. Wales, U.K. have been investigated in order to characterize the deposit geochemically, mineralogically and petrographically and to evaluate their mode of ... -
A petrological study of the appenite suite associated with the Ardara pluton, Co. Donegal, Ireland
(University of St Andrews, 1992-07) - ThesisAppinites are enigmatic rocks commonly associated with major I-type plutons in the Caledonian orogen, a number of different models have been proposed for the origin of their parental magmas and unusual textural characteristics. ... -
Weathering and landform evolution in North-East Scotland
(University of St Andrews, 1983) - ThesisWeathered rock has been located at over 450 sites in northeast Scotland. Depths of weathering locally exceed 30m but the weathering front is often highly irregular. The incidence of weathering is spatially variable and ...