= BGS175: 175th Anniversary Science Symposium of the founding of the British Geological Survey, 28th September, Royal Institution, London =
= BGS175: 175th Anniversary Science Symposium of the founding of the British Geological Survey, 28th September, Royal Institution, London =
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Ar y cyd â Howel Williams, cyhoeddodd [[Edward Greenly D.Sc.|Greenly]] ''Methods of Geological Surveying'' yn 1930 a’i hunangofiant ''A Hand through Time: Memories Romantic'' and ''Geological'' a ymddangosodd yn 1938. Bu farw ym Mangor yn 1951 ac yn briodol iawn fe’i claddwyd ym mynwent Llangristiolus, Ynys Môn. Mae ei fedd wedi’i gyfnodi’n Safle Geoamrywiaeth o Bwysigrwydd Rhanbarthol (RIGS).
Ar y cyd â Howel Williams, cyhoeddodd [[Edward Greenly D.Sc.|Greenly]] ''Methods of Geological Surveying'' yn 1930 a’i hunangofiant ''A Hand through Time: Memories Romantic'' and ''Geological'' a ymddangosodd yn 1938. Bu farw ym Mangor yn 1951 ac yn briodol iawn fe’i claddwyd ym mynwent Llangristiolus, Ynys Môn. Mae ei fedd wedi’i gyfnodi’n Safle Geoamrywiaeth o Bwysigrwydd Rhanbarthol (RIGS).
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=Geologists' Association photograph albums [Green bound]=
These two key albums of the GA focus on photographs of members.
The first volume contains portraits of early GA members and then photographs of individuals or groups of members taken on GA field excursions 1922–1977.
The second volume contains photographs of individuals or groups of members taken on GA field excursions 1979 to 1996.
= Marine deposits of chromite and olivine off Rum =
[[File:P936564.jpg|thumb|Geological sketch map of the Rum district, Sheet 60. Based on BGS 1:250 000 Series sheets Tiree and Little Minch, with some additions from the 3rd (1:50 000) edition of Sheet 60 (Rum).]]
[[File:P936665.jpg|thumb|Chromium and magnesium distribution in surficial marine sediments off Harris, Rum]]
[[File:P936666.jpg|thumb|Chromium and magnesium distribution in surficial marine sediments off Dibidil, Rum.]]
== Extract from the Rum Memoir ==
[https://pubs.bgs.ac.uk/publications.html?pubID=B01904 View original memoir]
[https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/Memoirs/docs/B01904.html View memoir on Text viewer]
As Rum is a National Nature Reserve, exploitation of chromite or other ore reserves on land could prove environmentally unacceptable. The marine dispersal of resistate minerals derived by glacial and fluvial erosion of the rocks of the Rum Central Complex has been investigated as a possible alternative for mineral exploitation. Black, heavy mineral sand occurs on the rocky beach in the bay at Harris, although well-defined high-water-mark bands such as are known from the Northumberland coast (Gallagher, 1974) are absent. The inshore area along 28 km of the southern coastline of Rum were surveyed in 1987, between A' Bhrideahach in the west and Loch Scresort in the east (Figure 1) and surficial marine sediment collected at 91 sites in water depths of 50 m or less within 3 km of the shore. After dissolution of shell calcite averaging 20% by weight, analysis of small shipboard samples yielded mean values of 0.12% Cr<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> and 3.5% Mg (Table 12).
(Table 12) Composition of 91 marine sediment samples, southern Rum, analysed by X-ray fluorescence (after calcite dissolution.
:Mg*- 100 X Mg/ (Mg + Fe2+) Cr* = 100 X Cr/ (Cr + Al)
:Histograms of the compositional variation of olivine and chromite are given by Gallagher et al., 1989 (figs. 5 and 6)
Relatively high chromium and magnesium values were recognised from two areas representing submarine deltas off Harris and Dibidil; new analyses from these areas are presented in (Figure 64) and (Figure 65). In the bay off Harris, 3 km<sup>2</sup> of sand sampled from the sea-bed surface in a mean water depth of 23 m contained on average 0.24% Cr and 7% Mg after removal of some 18% of shell calcite. The grade of the heavy mineral sands is therefore about 1% of chromite and 25% of forsteritic olivine from the mineral analyses given in (Table 13). It is concluded that tens of thousands of tonnes of chromite and more than 1 million tonnes of olivine and of calcite are present in the topmost 1 m of the Harris delta (utilising 2.2 g.cm<sup>-1</sup> as the wet density). The peak anomaly of 4% chromite and 50% olivine lies 1.8 km offshore.
A smaller area of 1 km<sup>2</sup> of heavy mineral sand is present up to 1 km off the mouth of the Dibidil River in a mean water depth of 19 m (Figure 64). After dissolution of approximately 30% contained calcite a small number of surface samples from the submarine delta (Gallagher, 1989) average 0.19% Cr, equivalent to about 0.8% chromite, and 4.5% Mg (15–20% of forsteritic olivine). The peak anomaly of 1.2% chromite occurs only 350 m offshore of the mouth of the Dibidil river. The figures indicate 10 000 tonnes of chromite in the top metre of the delta. Other isolated sample sites off south-west and south-east Rum are somewhat anomalous in chromium and magnesium, as might be expected from tidal dispersion, but further sampling will be needed to properly assess their significance.
A full evaluation of the true lateral extent and thickness of the deposits will require geophysical surveys and drilling of the deltaic sands. Heavy minerals will most likely be concentrated towards the base of the sand accumulations.
=== Mineralogy ===
The deltaic sediments are well-sorted medium- to fine-grained sands (125–500 pm) highly suitable for beneficiation by density or magnetic methods. The total amount of heavy minerals present increases with decreasing content of shell calcite, a feature which is likely to occur with depth in the deltas, and of quartz and feldspar. In five representative samples the total heavy mineral content ranged from 36 to 94% with olivine dominant, followed by clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene. Chromite-type spinels, magnetite and ilmenite make up 10–15% of the overall heavy-mineral fraction. Traces of platinum, palladium and gold were detected in a few of the samples (Gallagher, 1989).
From analyses of the main heavy minerals (Table 13), it can be seen that chromite averages 32% Cr<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> (10.7–44.4%) and the olivine is forsterite-rich (FO<sub>87</sub>). Detailed investigation of 31 samples from and around the Harris and Dibidil deltas shows that the chromite and olivine, calculated on a calcite-free basis, form 0.22–3.98% and 5–41% respectively (Basham et al., 1989).
Benificiation trials yielded concentrates of 86% chromite and 78% olivine with recoveries of 60% and 50% respectively. The size range and composition of the olivine in the marine sands compared well with the desired range for refractory use (Griffith, 1984). The iron content of the chromite is higher on average than that of South African chromites (25% FeO); nevertheless, in ferro-chrome production the tendency is towards acceptance of increasingly higher iron content (Power, 1985).
== Samples ==
Insert list of samples here
== Archives ==
BGS Edinburgh Archive Drawer A10 has material relating to Rhum Offshore heavy minerals survey
== Dr. Mike Gallagher photograph collection of Rum (transparencies) (not online) ==
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| P100823 || Scotland mineral wealth talk. Coastline of Rhum. ||
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| P102341 || Photomicrograph of the Rhum sands. Rhum. ||
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| P102342 || Photomicrograph of the Rhum sands. Rhum. ||
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| P102343 || Photomicrograph of the Rhum sands. Rhum. ||
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| P102344 || Photomicrograph of the Rhum sands. Rhum. ||
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| P102345 || Photomicrograph of the Rhum sands. Rhum. ||
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| P102346 || Photomicrograph of the Rhum sands. Rhum. ||
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| P102347 || Photomicrograph of the Rhum sands. Rhum. ||
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| P102348 || Photomicrograph of the Rhum sands. Rhum. ||
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| P102349 || Photomicrograph of the Rhum sands. Rhum. ||
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| P102350 || Photomicrograph of the Rhum sands. Rhum. ||
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| P102351 || Photomicrograph of the Rhum sands. Rhum. ||
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| P102352 || Photomicrograph of the Rhum sands. Rhum. ||
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| P102353 || Photomicrograph of the Rhum sands. Rhum. ||
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| P102354 || Photomicrograph of the Rhum sands. Rhum. ||
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| P102355 || Photomicrograph of the Rhum sands. Rhum. ||
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| P102356 || Graph showing make up of the Rhum sands. Rhum. ||
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| P102357 || Photomicrograph of the Rhum sands. Rhum. ||
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| P102358 || Photomicrograph of the Rhum sands. Rhum. ||
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| P102359 || Photomicrograph of the Rhum sands. Rhum. ||
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| P102360 || Photomicrograph of the Rhum sands. Rhum. ||
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| P102361 || Photomicrograph of the Rhum sands. Rhum. ||
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| P102362 || Photomicrograph of the Rhum sands. Rhum. ||
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| P102363 || Photomicrograph of the Rhum sands. Rhum. ||
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| P102364 || Photomicrograph of the Rhum sands. Rhum. ||
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| P102365 || Chromite layer at base of peridotite above allivalite (white) on Hallival. Hallival, Rhum. || 01/04/1985
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| P102366 || Generalised map showing the Olivine - Chromium deltas of Rhum. Rhum. ||
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| P102368 || Harris Bay chromium-olivine marine sands. Harris Bay, south-west Rhum. ||
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| P102369 || Harris Bay chromium-olivine marine sands. Harris Bay, south-west Rhum. ||
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| P102370 || Harris Bay chromium-olivine marine sands. Harris Bay, south-west Rhum. ||
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| P102371 || Close up of igneous rock outcrop. Rhum. ||
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| P102372 || Geologist takes a break in gorse on hillside. Rhum. ||
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| P102373 || Close up of igneous rock outcrop. Rhum. ||
| P102452 || View of Rhum from deck of ship. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102453 || View of Rhum from lab on ship. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102454 || View of Rhum from lab on ship. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102455 || Presentation slide. Graph of offshore sands showing percentages of calcite and olivine. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102456 || Presentation slide. Table of mineralogical analysis of samples TR1058 and TR1210. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102457 || Presentation slide. Table showing estimation of chromite content from whole-sand chemistry. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102458 || Presentation slide. Pi charts showing mineral composition. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102459 || Presentation slide. Section through Rhum shwing the different Layered Series. (Not BGS). Rhum. || 1987
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| P102460 || Specimen of rock. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102461 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102462 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102463 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102464 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102465 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102466 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102467 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102468 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102469 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102470 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102471 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102472 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102473 || Members of excursion on boat to Rhum. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102474 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102475 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102476 || Members of excursion on boat to Rhum. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102477 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102478 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102479 || View of yacht, Rhum in distance. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102480 || Close up of igneous rock outcrop. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102481 || Bay at Harris with Bullough Mausoleum in distance, shallow dipping harrisites. Harris Bay, Rhum. || 1987
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| P102482 || Generalised map of Scotland showing chromite areas (Rhum). Rhum. || 1987
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| P102483 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102484 || Members of excursion on boat to Rhum. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102485 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102486 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102487 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102488 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102489 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102490 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102491 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102492 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102493 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102494 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102495 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102496 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102497 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102498 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102499 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102500 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102501 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102502 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102503 || View of Askival on Rhum. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102504 || View of Askival on Rhum. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102505 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102506 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102507 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102508 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102509 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102510 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102511 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102512 || View of Kinloch and harbour of Loch Scresort. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102513 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102514 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102515 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102516 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102517 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102518 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102519 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102520 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102521 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102522 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102523 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102524 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102525 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102526 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102527 || View of the lighthouse at Kinloch. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102528 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102529 || View of yacht, Rhum in distance. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102530 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102531 || Boat on Loch Scresort, Kinloch in distance Rhum. || 1987
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| P102532 || View of Kinloch and harbour of Loch Scresort. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102533 || Cave on coast, Bagh na h-Uamha. Bagh na h-Uamha, Rhum. || 1987
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| P102534 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102535 || View of yacht, Rhum in distance. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102536 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102537 || View of Rhum from offshore, Askival in middle of photograph. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102538 || View of Rhum from offshore, Hallival in middle of photograph. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102539 || Cave on coast, Bagh na h-Uamha. Bagh na h-Uamha, Rhum. || 1987
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| P102540 || View of Rhum from offshore, Askival and Hallival on skyline. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102541 || View of Rhum from offshore, Askival and Hallival on skyline. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102542 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102543 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102544 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102545 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102546 || Excursion members relax on Rhum. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102547 || Small dinghy sails to Rhum from ship. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102548 || View of Rhum from offshore, Askival and Hallival on skyline. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102549 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102550 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102551 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102552 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102553 || View of Rhum from offshore. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102554 || Church at Kinloch on Rhum. Rhum. || 1987
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| P102555 || Rhum. || 1987
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| P102556 || Rhum. || 1987
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== References ==
BASHAM, I R, BEDDOE-STEPHENS, B, and MACDONALD, A. 1989. Mineralogical assessment of submarine heavy mineral sands, southern Rhum. British Geological Survey Technical Report, WG/89/26. 12pp.
GALLAGHER, M J. 1974. Rutile and zircon in Northumbrian beach sands. Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, (Section B. Applied earth science.), Vol. 83, B97–98.
GALLAGHER, M J. 1989. Marine deposits of olivine and chromite, Inner Hebrides. British Geological Survey Open File Data Package.
GALLAGHER, M J BASHAM, I R, and 10 others. 1989. [https://pubs.bgs.ac.uk/publications.html?pubID=B02868 Marine deposits of chromite and olivine, Inner Hebrides of Scotland. British Geological Survey Technical Report, WF/89/13]. British Geological Survey Mineral Reconnaissance Programme Report, No. 106. 20pp.
GRIFFITHS, J. 1984. Olivine - exchanging new uses for old. Industrial Minerals, September 1984, 65–79.
POWER, T. 1985. Chromite - the non-metallurgical market. Industrial Minerals, April 1985, 17–51.
:Y are the Youngsters who have joined us of late,
:(Dr Lee has just whispered, “Mon Dieu! what a fate”.)
Geologically surveyed by Rich'd G. Symes and Alex. McHenry. Carboniferous boundary revised in 1906 by Alex. McHenry (also minor revisions) Edition of 1907.
BGS175: 175th Anniversary Science Symposium of the founding of the British Geological Survey, 28th September, Royal Institution, London
The British Geological Survey is the world's oldest national geological survey and commemorated its 175th anniversary in 2010.
The event was marked by a one-day science symposium on 28 September 2010.
The symposium showcased our world-class science and technologies, demonstrating their relevance, societal benefits and positive impacts in addressing 21st century challenges; including living with environmental change, energy and natural resource security, rising CO2 emissions and geohazards.
Peak metal: Scarcity of supply or scare story?
Bronze Age Mediterraneans may have visited Stonehenge
Modelling of Icelandic volcanic ash particles
The event was attended by influential stakeholders including representatives from government, industry, academia, international geological surveys, students and the national media.
Acuity, accuracy and application: from systematic geological mapping to responsive 3D+ surveys
Martin Smith, Head Geology & Landscape, BGS
From watercolour to web
Keith Westhead, Head Knowledge Exchange, BGS
Keynote: Facing tomorrow’s challenges with integrated science
Marcia McNutt, Director, USGS
Morning session B
OneGeology: improving access to geoscience globally
Ian Jackson, Chief of Operations, BGS
North American liaisons
Garth Earls, Director, GSNI
Arabian adventures: geological mapping and climate change in Arabia
Andrew Farrant, Geologist, BGS
Groundwater animals: extending our understanding of biodiversity in the UK
Louise Maurice, Groundwater ecologist, BGS
Life just got complicated
Dr Phil Wilby, Geologist, BGS
Afternoon session A
Predict or prepare: natural hazards and human disasters
David Kerridge, Head Earth Hazards & Systems, BGS
Groundwater, health and livelihoods in Africa
Alan MacDonald, Hydrogeologist, BGS
Marine exploration
Robert Gatliff, Head Marine Geoscience, BGS
Carbon capture and storage (CCS):demonstrating the concept
Andy Chadwick, Head CO2 Storage Research, BGS
Future energy: renewable energy dividends from our coal mining legacy
Diarmad Campbell, Chief Geologist, Scotland, BGS
Keynote: The human planet
Iain Stewart, Professor of Geosciences, Communication, University of Plymouth
Afternoon session B
Malthus revisited? Population growth, environmental change and resource limits
Andrew Bloodworth, Head Minerals & Waste, BGS
Looking forward to making predictions: BGS’s role in the next decade and beyond.
Andrew Hughes, Hydrogeologist, BGS
Panel session
Featuring: Sir David Attenborough, Marcia McNutt (Director, USGS) Iain Stewart (Chair), Randy Parrish (Head of NIGL), Kathryn Goodenough (Geologist, BGS), Mike Ellis (Head of Climate Science, BGS).
Closing remarks
Closing remarks by Jon Gluyas (BGS Board Chair), and BUFI poster prize presentation.
Cofir am Edward Greenly yn bennaf am ei arolwg daearegol o Ynys Môn, gwaith y bu wrthi am bron pum mlynedd ar hugain o’i fywyd.
Image caption: Edward Greenly. Llun trwy garedigrwydd Terry Williams
Edward Greenly (1861–1951)
Campwaith pennaf Edward Greenly oedd cwblhau arolwg daearegol manwl o Ynys Môn. Cyhoeddwyd The Geology of Anglesey (Volume 1 and Volume 2) mewn dwy gyfrol yn 1919 ac yna yn 1920 fap daearegol ar y raddfa un fodfedd i’r filltir. Er bod rhannau o’r gwaith wedi’u diweddaru yn ystod y degawdau dilynol, erys ei astudiaeth yn glasur o fri rhyngwladol.
Mapio Môn
Wrth fapio ynys Môn, gwnaeth Greenly ddefnydd mawr o syniadau tectonig a ddatblygodd wrth iddo fynd i’r afael â gwaith maes cynharach yn Ucheldiroedd yr Alban. Roedd tair prif broblem yn ei wynebu: prinder brigiadau da, yn enwedig mewn ardaloedd mewndirol allweddol bwysig; presenoldeb creigiau gorchuddiol clytiog yn cuddio yn aml y baslawr Cyn-Gambriaidd hŷn; a phresenoldeb toriadau tectonig megis ffawtiau a chylchfaoedd croesrym a oedd yn aml yn rhwystro’r gwaith o gydberthyn gwahanol ddilyniannau o greigiau. Chwaraeodd ei wraig Annie Greenly (Barnard gynt), a oedd yn rhannu ei ddiddordeb mewn daeareg a diwinyddiaeth, rôl hollbwysig drwy baratoi’r mynegai i’w gyfrol.
Ganed Greenly ym Mryste ac fe’i haddysgwyd yng Ngholeg Clifton. Bu’n fyfyriwr yng Ngholeg y Brifysgol, Llundain, cyn ymuno â’r Arolwg Daearegol yn 1889. Yn gyntaf, bu gofyn iddo baratoi arolwg o Ucheldiroedd gogledd-orllewin yr Alban. Daeth yn ffrind agos ac yn gydweithiwr i Ben Peach yr oedd ei archwiliadau wedi bod yn gyfrwng i ddatrys adeiledd cymhleth yr Alban (gan gynnwys adnabod a sylweddoli arwyddocâd Gwthiad Moine). Rhoddodd Greenly y gorau i’w waith gyda’r Arolwg yn 1895 er mwyn iddo, o’i ben a’i bastwn ei hun. roi cychwyn ar ei arolwg o Ynys Môn.
Cyfraniadau pwysig i ddaeareg
Yn gydnabyddiaeth am ei gyfraniadau pwysig i ddaeareg, cafodd Edward Greenly ei dderbyn yn aelod er anrhydedd o gymdeithasau daearegol Caeredin a Lerpwl, a Chymdeithas Hynafiaethwyr Môn. Dyfarnwyd iddo Fedal Lyell, fawr ei bri, y Gymdeithas Ddaearegol yn 1920, medal Cymdeithas Ddaearegol Lerpwl yn 1933 a doethuriaeth er anrhydedd Prifysgol Cymru yn 1920.
Ar y cyd â Howel Williams, cyhoeddodd GreenlyMethods of Geological Surveying yn 1930 a’i hunangofiant A Hand through Time: Memories Romantic and Geological a ymddangosodd yn 1938. Bu farw ym Mangor yn 1951 ac yn briodol iawn fe’i claddwyd ym mynwent Llangristiolus, Ynys Môn. Mae ei fedd wedi’i gyfnodi’n Safle Geoamrywiaeth o Bwysigrwydd Rhanbarthol (RIGS).