Transactions of the Geological Society, 1st series, vol. 3/Index
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Aikin Arthur, Esq. Observations on a bed of Trap occurring in the colliery of Birch hill in Staffordshire | 251 |
Alluvial Formations of the North of Ireland | 193 |
Alluvial land, small quantity in Sky | 18 |
Analcime, found abundantly at Talisker in Sky | 82 |
Antrim, Description of the Sections presented by the Coast of | 196 |
Asbestus, its soft state while in the bed | 285 |
Barbadoes, Dr. Skey's remarks on the structure of | 236 |
──────── Successive terraces of different elevations in | 237 |
Barytes, Sulphate of, Vein of, in the limestone of Cannington Park | 365 |
Basalt, stratified, enormous mas covering secondary strata in the North of Ireland | 129 |
────── Extent of the area of, in the North of Ireland | 179 |
──────Tabular, in the North of Ireland | 181 |
────── Columnar, in the North of Ireland, described | 181 |
────── Mr. Conybeare's arguments in favor of its igneous origin | 208 |
────── Large spherical mass of, enveloped in the chalk on the coast of Antrim | 212 |
────── overlying the chalk in Antrim and Derry, described | 198 |
Basaltic Dykes, effect produced by their traversing chalk in the North of Ireland | 172 |
────────── remarkable one traversing the red sandstone of the Coast of Antrim | 200 |
Basaltic group of Mountains in the North-East of Ireland described | 127 |
Berger, J. F. M.D. On the Geological Features of the North-Eastern Counties of Ireland | 121 |
────────────── On the Dykes of the North of Ireland | 223 |
Bitumen, found in Barbadoes | 241 |
Blaven, in Sky, situation of the mountain so called | 12 |
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Bogg, Mr. Edward. A Sketch of the Geology of the Lincolnshire Wolds | 392 |
Bale or Ochre, occurs in beds in the North of Ireland | 186 |
Calcareous stalactites in caves in the trap in the Isle of Rathlin | 194 |
Cambridgeshire, The Rev. J. Hailstone, on the Geology of | 243 |
Carbon, an ingredient in some traps | 9 |
Carbonate of Lime, found in the trap in Sky | 91 |
Cardona, in Spain. Dr. Traill on the Salt Mines of | 404 |
Caves, numerous in the cliffs of secondary strata at Loch Slapin, in Sky | S5 |
──── abounding in stalactitic concretions, in Sky | 25 |
Chabacite, found at Talisker in Sky | 83 |
──── abundant at Storr in Sky | 83 |
Chalk, in the North of Ireland, described | 139 |
──── Formation of the North of Ireland, described | 169 |
──── extent of the formation of, in the North of Ireland | 114 |
──── in the Lincolnshire Wolds, peculiar circumstance in the springs of | 393 |
Chlorite slate, Mica slate passing into, in Sky | 29 |
Clay, beds of, in connection with the Salt of Cardona | 406 |
Clay slate, Mica slate passing into, in Sky | 29 |
──────── stratified with dark blue quartz rock, in Sky | 32 |
──────── interstratified with the beds of red sandstone, and sometimes passing into graywacke slate, in Sky | 36 |
──────── among the flœtz rocks of Werner | 31 |
──────── effect produced by a large whin dyke traversing it, in Antrim | 205 |
Clinkstone, in Sky | 66 |
──────── porphyry occurs in the North of Ireland | 196 |
Clinometer, Lord Webb Seymour's Description of one | 385 |
──────── may be applied in guaging | 391 |
Coal, occurs in Sky | 97 |
──── found at Tyrone in Ireland | 125 |
──── Ballycastle in Ireland | 126 |
──── altered by contact with greenstone in Staffordshire | 253 |
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Coal, pieces of, found in the alluvium of the Lincolnshire Wolds | 398 |
──── formations of the North of Ireland, described | 154 |
──── measures, strata similar to those covering the, in England found beneath the basalt in the North of Ireland | 129 |
Conformity of primary and secondary strata in Sky | 50 |
Conglomerate, of the South Western pitt of Somersetshire, described | 356-358 |
Contortions, of the slaty strata of Somersetshire | 346 |
Conybeare, Rev. W. Introduction to Dr. Banana's account of the Geological Features of the North Eastern Counties of Ireland | 121 |
───────────── Descriptive notes referring to the Outline of Sections presented by a part of the Coasts of Antrim and Derry | 196 |
Copper ore, found in the limestone of Somersetshire | 344-352 |
Coruisk, Lake, in Sky, | 24 |
Corundum, C. T. Swedensterinas account of the, from Gellivara in Lapland | 415 |
Cuchullin hills, in Sky, described | 12 |
────────── Geology of the | 41 |
Decomposition, of Trap assisted by tillage of the soil covering it | 11 |
──────────── of the Red hills in Sky more rapid than the Cuchullin 14 | |
Denudation, of Strata in the North of Ireland | 129-132 |
Derry, Description of the Sections presented by the Coast of | 126 |
Dykes, in the North of Ireland, Dr. Berger | 223 |
──── their direction generally parallel | 224 |
──── cut through metallic veins | 231 |
──── Rocks of which they are composed | 228 |
──── Minerals found imbedded in | 220 |
──── of Monte Somma in Italy, described | 233 |
Elevations, of places in the North of Ireland, by Dr. Berger | 217 |
Epidote, found in Sky | 91 |
Esmark Professor, Description of a new Ore of Tellurium | 413 |
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Flœtz rocks, in the North of Ireland, described | 152 |
Flinty slate, containing Ammonites at Portrush | 213 |
──────── covered by Trap in Sky | 98 |
Fossil remains, of the Green sandstone of Ireland | 169 |
────────── of the Chalk of Ireland | 169 |
Foy, mountain, near Carlingford, chiefly composed of Primitive Trap | 140 |
Garsven, mountain in Sky, durable nature of | 24 |
──── its base composed of Red sandstone | 37 |
──── in Sky composed of large grained Greenstone | 65 |
Geology, may be of service to agriculture | 9 |
Gillan, in Sky, order of the beds at | 44 |
Glamich mountain, in Sky, consists of Syenitic rock and Clinkstone | 14 |
────────── affects the magnetic needle | 95 |
Glen Tilt. A Geological Description of, by Dr. Mac Culloch | 259 |
──── connection of its granite with that of the Grampian hills | 302 |
──── General Geological Description of | 311 |
Granite, the prevailing constituent of the Mourne mountains | 122-134 |
──── and Syenitic granite are geologically the same rock | 227 |
──── circumstances attending its contact with the stratified rocks in Glen Tilt | 312 |
──── found in the South Western part of Somersetshire | 348 |
──── veins, passing through Schist and Limestone in Glen Tilt | 268 |
Graydon, The Rev. George, on the Dykes of Monte Somma in Italy | 238 |
Green sand, underlying the Chalk in the North of Ireland . 130 | |
──────── reposes immediately on Lias in the North of Ireland | 130 |
Greenstone, occurs in Sky | 59 |
──────── its characters there | 63 |
──────── occurs in the North of Ireland | 142 |
──────── of the North of Ireland, described | 184-204 |
──────── Vein of in Glen Tilt | 281 |
──────── porphyry, occurs in Sky | 69 |
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Greenstone slate, occurs in the Mourne mountains in the North of Ireland | 142 |
Gregor, The Rev. W. Ou the Tremolite of Cornwall | 399 |
Greystone, occurs in the North of Ireland | 186 |
Greywacke, and Greywacke slate, in the North of Ireland, described | 146 |
──── of Somersetshire, described, by Mr. Horner | 345 |
Gypsum, contained in large quantities in the red sandstone near Watchet | 375 |
Hailstone, The Rev. J., Woodwardian Professor, &c. on the Geology of Cambridgeshire | 243 |
Hornblende, crystallized in Sky | 59 |
──── found in the granite of the Mourne mountains | 135 |
──── with Mica occurs in the North of Ireland | 143 |
──── slate, in the North of Ireland, described | 140 |
──── rock, in the North of Ireland, described | 140 |
Horner, Leonard, Esq. F.R.S. Sketch of the Geology of the South-Western part of Somersetshire | 338 |
Hypersthene, found in Sky | 66-92 |
──── in Aberdeenshire | 93 |
Ichthyophthalmite, found at Dunvegan in Sky, | 90 |
Induration, of Mineral substances after taking them from their beds | 286 |
Ireland, Geological Sections of the Coasts of Antrim and Derry, described | 196 |
──── The Rev. W. Conybeare on the Geological Features of the North Eastern Counties of | 121 |
──── Dr. Berger on the Geological Features of the North Eastern Counties of | 121 |
──── and Scotland, similarity in the Structure of part of | 123-124 125-131 |
Junction, remarkable one at Glen Tilt. | 274 |
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Kenbaan cliffs, on the Coast of Antrim, described | 209 |
Kyle ric'h, District in Sky, consists of Quartz rock | 8 |
──── Mountain above, composed of dark blue Quartz rock | 33 |
Laumonite, found in Sky | 90 |
Lias. See Lyas. | |
Limestone, bed of compact, containing shells, included between beds of Quartz rock near Gnllan in Sky | 30 |
────── and Sandstone alternating with Mica slate near Borrereg in Sky | 31 |
────── its position and characters in Sky | 38 |
────── reposes on Syenite at Kilbride in Sky | 89 |
────── alternating with shell Limestone near Borrereg | 41 |
────── its characters when in contact with Syenite in Sky | 42 |
────── its contact with Trap at Loch Eishort in Sky | 43 |
────── primitive, in the North of Ireland, described | 139 |
────── a subordinate member of the mica slate formation in the North of Ireland | 139 |
────── transition, in the North of Ireland, described | 147 |
────── alternates with Transition trap and Greywacke slate, in the North of Ireland | 147 |
────── Flœtz, associated with the Coal formation, in the North of Ireland, described | 162 |
────── abounding in veins of Granite, in Glen Tilt | 265 |
────── fibrous, found in Glen Tilt | 290 |
────── of Glen Tilt, described | 304 |
────── containing Madrepores, interstratified with slate, in Somersetshire | 344 |
────── Beds of, enveloped in slate, in Somersetshire | 350 |
────── Quarries, in the South Western part of Somersetshire, described | 351 |
────── near Halsey cross, described | 353 |
────── large Vein of, in the conglomerate of Somersetshire | 357 |
────── of Cannington Park, described | 365 |
────── Columnar distinct concretions in, in Somersetshire | 369 |
────── of Somersetshire, Organic remains in | 369 |
Lincolnshire Wolds, Mr. Bogg's Sketch of the Geology of | 393 |
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Londonderry, Primitive mountain chain oi§ described | 123 |
Lyas limestone, in the North of Ireland, described | 130 |
── formation, in the North of Ireland, described | 164 |
── of the South Western part of Somersetshire, described | 367 |
── its junction with the red sandstone in Somersetshire | 374 |
── its most western point in England is East Lynch | 379 |
Lydian stone, found at Duntulm in Sky | 98 |
Mac Culloch, John, M.D. Sketch of the Mineralogy of Sky | 1 |
──────── A Geological Description of Glen Tilt | 259 |
Magnet, Various rocks in Glen Tilt affecting the | 324 |
Marble, at Strath in Sky, described | 101 |
──── Observations on various sorts of Statuary | 104 |
──── of Sky varying in hardness from the Trap veins traversing it | 110 |
──── of Glen Tilt, described | 282 |
Marie, Remarkable bed of, in the Green Sandstone of Londonderry | 168 |
── containing land shells in Glen Tilt | 316 |
Mesotype, found in various states in Sky | 86 |
Mica slate, one of the oldest rocks in Sky | 28 |
────── and Quartz rock generally alternating | 28 |
────── its situation in Sky | 28 |
────── found passing into Clay slate, Talc slate, and Chlorite slate, in Sky | 29 |
────── contact with other stratified rocks at Loch Eishort | 31 |
────── Numerous Trap veins in, in Sky | 30 |
────── very generally distributed over the North of Ireland | 136 |
Mourne Mountains, in Ireland, described | 122-134 |
Mulattoe, the name given in Ireland to the Green sand | 130 |
Murloch Bay, on the Coast of Antrim, described | 203 |
Nomenclature. Dr. Mac Culloch's Observations on that of certain rocks | 335 |
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Organic remains, abundant in Barbadoes | 237 |
──────── of the Chalk in Cambridgeshire | 250 |
──────── of the Limestone of Somersetshire | 369 |
Pearlstone porphyry, occurs in the Basalt district of the North of Ireland | 190 |
Pecherz, found in Cornwall | 113 |
Phillips, Mr. W. On the Oxyd of Uranium the production of Cornwall | 112 |
Pinite, found in porphyry near Glen Tilt | 308 |
Pitchstone, of a singular character found in Sky | 94 |
──── porphyry, occurs in the basalt district of the North of Ireland | 190 |
Porphyry, in the North of Ireland, described | 143 |
──── occurs in the basaltic area of the North of Ireland | 189 |
──── singular variety of, found in Glen Fernat | 310 |
Prehnite, occurs in trap veins in Sky | 80 |
Quantock hills, in Somersetshire, described | 339 |
Quartz rock, one of the oldest rocks in Sky | 28 |
────── and Mica slate generally found alternating | 28 |
────── appears to have been stratified in Sky | 30 |
────── numerous Trap veins in, in Sky | 30 |
────── in contact with and conformable to beds of red sandstone, at Ord, in Sky | 30 |
────── Limestone with shells between beds of | 31 |
────── Limestone and red sandstone alternating with | 31 |
────── contact of other stratified rocks with, at Loch Eishort, in Sky | 31 |
────── dark blue stratified with beds of clay slate | 32 |
────── superimposed on the granite in Glen Tilt | 303 |
────── passing into granite in Glen Tilt | 293 |
Red hills, in Sky, described | 14-68 |
Red marle, in the North of Ireland, described | 131 |
Red sandstone, its position, in Sky | 34 |
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Red sandstone, alternates with schist, at Loch Eishort in Sky | 35 |
──────── interstratified with beds of schist, in Sky | 36 |
──────── in Sky lie between limestone and quartz rock | 37 |
──────── its characters | 37 |
──────── in the North of Ireland, described | 149 |
──────── alternating with greywacke, at Scabro hill | 149 |
──────── thickness of the formation of, at Strangford Lough | 150 |
──────── of Minehead, described | 357 |
──────── marly, near Wotton Courtney, described | 359 |
──────── argillaceous, in Somersetshire, described | 363 |
Sahlite, found in Glen Tilt | 289 |
Salt mines, of Cardona in Spain, Dn. TRAILIJS Observations on the | 404 |
Sandstone, upper bed of, in Sky | 46 |
──── remarkable disposition of the strata of, in Sky | 47 |
──── Flœtz formations in the North of Ireland, described | 160 |
──── Green, in the North of Ireland, described | 167 |
────── of Ireland, fossils of | 169 |
────── Red. See Red sandstone. | |
Scavig, Loch, Description of | 83 |
Schiefer spar, sometimes found in the calcareous beds in Glen Tilt | 288 |
Schist, of Glen Tilt, described | 308 |
── singular variety of, found in Ben Gloe | 309 |
Section, remarkable one shewn in the valley of the Tilt | 277 |
Serpentine, noble, commonly mixed with the marbles of Scotland | 283 |
Seymour, Lord Webb. Description of a Clinometer | 385 |
Shale, its thickness in the Lincolnshire Wolds | 395 |
Shell marle, bed of, in Glen Tilt | 316 |
skey, Joseph, M.D. Physician to the Forces. Remarks upon the Structure of Barbadoes, as connected with specimens of its rocks | 236 |
Sky, Dr. Mac Culloch's Sketch of the Mineralogy of | 1 |
── general geographical description of | 4 |
── great Northern division consists of trap | 8 |
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Sky, description of the rock districts of | 19 |
── small quantity of alluvial land in | 18 |
── description of the Coasts of | 19 |
── remarkable slide of the cliff in | 22 |
── detailed description of the rocks of | 28 |
── Marble limestone alternating with shell limestone reposing on syenite in | 41 |
── account of the mineral substances in | 82 |
── junction of trap and shale in | 99 |
── description of the marbles at Strath in | 101 |
Slate, interstratified with limestone containing madrepores, in Somersetshire | 344 |
Sleat district in Sky, consists of mica slate . . . . 28 | |
Slide, remarkable one of the cliff, in Sky | 22 |
── of the hill in Strathaird in Sky | 24 |
── in the conglomerate, at Mount Radford | 362 |
── numerous on the coast of Somersetshire | 372 |
Somersetshire, Leonard Horner, Esq. Sketch of the Geology of | 338 |
Sphene, found in the granite of Glen Tilt | 301 |
Stalactites, abundant in a cave in Sky | 26 |
Steatite, occurs in the trap in Sky | 91 |
── mixed with the marble of Glen Tilt | 283-285 |
Stilbite, abundant in Sky | 85 |
Storr, in Sky, Zeolites abundant in the trap at | 16 |
Strath, district in Sky, lies on a bed of limestone | 7 |
── Description of | 15 |
Strathaird, in Sky, situation of the district so called | 5 |
──── almost entirely composed of secondary strata | 7 |
──── remarkable trap veins at | 79 |
Stratified rocks, in Sky, description of | 31 |
──────── their contact with quartz rock and mica slate | 31 |
Strontian, sulphate of found crystallized in the septa of limestone masses, in Somersetshire | 371 |
Submarine forest, on the coast of Somersetshire | 380 |
Swedenstiarna, C. T. An account of the Swedish Corundum from Gellivara, in Lapland | 415 |
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Syenite in Sky supporting and mixed with limestone | 40 |
──── in Sky, described | 68 |
──── its tendency to decompose | 70 |
──── in contact with marble limestone, in Sky | 70 |
──── in Sky of later formation than the limestone | 76 |
──── in the North of Ireland, described | 144 |
──── distinguished from syenitic granite, by Dr. Mac Culloch | 300 |
Syenitic granite, and granite, their Geological identity | 297 |
Talc slate, mica slate passing into, in Sky | 29 |
Talisker, in Sky, abounds in zeolites | 82 |
Tellurium, Professor Esmark's Description of a new Ore of | 413 |
Titanium, Oxide of, found in Scotland | 309 |
Traill, Thomas Stewart, M.D. Observations on the Salt Mines of Cardona, made during a tour in Spain in the summer of 1814 | 404 |
Transition rocks, in the North of Ireland, described | 146 |
Trap, forms the great Northern division of Sky | 8 |
── decomposed, forms fertile soil | 9 |
── veins in the secondary strata at Loch Slapin, in Sky, washed away | 25 |
── vein in a cave, in Sky | 26 |
── general account of, in Sky | 54 |
── stratified detached masses of, in Sky | 56 |
── varieties of, in Sky | 57 |
── rarely columnar, in Sky | 58 |
── veins in Sky, account of | 75 |
── ── two sets of | 76 |
── effect of the junction of the, on the shale in Sky | 99 |
── Mr. Aikin's Observations on a bed of, at Birch Hill colliery | 251 |
── primitive, in the North of Ireland, described | 140 |
────── consists almost entirely of hornblende | 140 |
── transition, in the North of Ireland, described | 145 |
── Flœtz, bed of, lying in conformable position between the strata of sand in the coal formation of Ballycastle | 159 |
────── formation in the North of Ireland, described | 177 |
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Trap tuff, in Sky | 59 |
Tremolite, found abundantly in the marble of Glen Tilt | 285 |
─────── peculiar granular variety found in Glen Tilt | 288 |
─────── of Cornwall. The Rev. W. Gregor on | 399 |
Uranium. Mr. W. Phillips on the Oxyd of, of Cornwall | 112 |
Veins of trap, in Sky | 75 |
────────── two sets of different ages | 76 |
──── of clinkstone, in Sky | 78 |
─── frequency of, at Strathaird in Sky | 79 |
Vein, of greenstone, in Glen Tilt | 281 |
──── large limestone, in the conglomerate of Somersetshire | 357 |
──── of sulphate of barytes, in the limestone of Cannington Park | 365 |
Wacke, balls of, contained in a calcareous vein in chalk | 173 |
──── interstratified with chalk in a conformable position | 173 |
──── of the North of Ireland, described | 187 |
Wells, in the chalk of the Lincolshire Wolds communicate with the sea | 393 |
Whin dykes, of Fairhead, described | 205 |
Wood Coal, occurs in the North of Ireland | 188 |
Zeolites, abundant in the trap, in Sky | 10 |
────── resist decomposition for a long time | 10 |
────── found in great quantities in the Storr, in Sky | 16 |
────── abundant in the amygdaloidal trap, in Sky | 58—188 |
────── description of the, in Sky | 82 |
────── cubic, found in the North of Ireland | 188 |