Igneous Petrology and Mineralogy
Smith, G. and Livingstone, A.
This volume provides a summary of the mineralogy sites in Scotland.
Young, B.J., Bevins, R.E., Symes, R. and Pattrick, R.
This volume provides a summary of the mineralization sites in England and Wales.
Floyd, P.A., Exley, C.S. & Styles, M.T.
This volume puts the Geological Conservation Review sites of south-west England into their geological context. Details are given of the lavas, granites and associated rocks of Devon and Cornwall, which were formed throughout a major mountain-building episode, between 450-270 million years ago, and have shaped the economic growth of the region.
Stephenson, D., Loughlin, S.C., Millward, D., Waters, C.N. & Williamson, I.T.
This volume describes the volcanic rocks and associated intrusions that were emplaced during the Carboniferous and Permian periods 350 to 250 million years ago.
Stephenson, D., Bevins, R.E., Millward, D., Stone, P., Parsons, I., Highton, A.J. & Wadsworth, W.J.
This volume describes the igneous rocks of Great Britain that formed as a direct result of the Caledonian Orogeny, between 500 and 390 million years ago. At the beginning of Ordovician time, the geological basements of Scotland and of England and Wales were parts of separate continents on opposite sides of a great ocean. As the tectonic plates bearing the continents converged, igneous rocks were generated on both sides of the contracting ocean as oceanic crust was subducted beneath island arcs and the continental margins. When the continents finally collided in Silurian time, the resulting crustal thickening and uplift was accompanied by major magma generation that continued until the end of Early Devonian time.
Emeleus, C.H. & Gyopari, M.C.