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Volcaniclastic deposit (tonstein) in the Balcomie Beds, Lower Carboniferous, east Fife
Richard A. Batchelor
Volcaniclastic deposit (tonstein) in the Balcomie Beds, Lower Carboniferous, east Fife
Scottish Journal of Geology (February 2021) 57 (1)
Volcaniclastic deposit (tonstein) in the Balcomie Beds, Lower Carboniferous, east Fife
Scottish Journal of Geology (February 2021) 57 (1)
Index Terms/Descriptors
- alkalinity
- Carboniferous
- chemical composition
- clastic rocks
- concentration
- East Lothian Scotland
- Europe
- Fife Scotland
- Great Britain
- lava
- Lower Carboniferous
- magmas
- major elements
- mineral composition
- Paleozoic
- saturation
- Scotland
- sedimentary rocks
- tonstein
- trace elements
- United Kingdom
- volcaniclastics
- volcanism
- Western Europe
- Garleton Hills
- Inverclyde Group
- Balcomie Beds
- Crail Scotland
Latitude & Longitude
Abstract
A volcanogenic clay bed (tonstein) has been identified in the Balcomie Beds of the Inverclyde Group near Crail, east Fife. Its chemical composition suggests an undersaturated alkaline magma source. This horizon may be contemporaneous with the early Carboniferous Garleton Hills trachytic lavas of East Lothian (346 Ma). This would make it the earliest expression of Carboniferous volcanism preserved in Fife, and also the earliest occurrence of a tonstein in Fife.
ISSN: 0036-9276
EISSN: 2041-4951
Coden: SJGEAX
Serial Title: Scottish Journal of Geology
Serial Volume: 57
Serial Issue: 1
Title: Volcaniclastic deposit (tonstein) in the Balcomie Beds, Lower Carboniferous, east Fife
Author(s): Batchelor, Richard A.
Affiliation: University of Saint Andrews, School of Earth & Environmental Sciences,
Fife,
United Kingdom
Published: 20210215
Text Language: English
Publisher: Geological Society Publishing House for the Geological Societies of Edinburgh and Glasgow,
Bath,
United Kingdom
References: 12
DOI:
10.1144/sjg2020-019
Accession Number: 2021-021712
Categories: Igneous and metamorphic petrologyGeochemistry of rocks, soils, and sediments
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. incl. 1 table
N56°01'00" - N56°28'00", W03°43'60" - W02°31'60"
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2022, American Geosciences Institute. Reference includes data from The Geological Society, London, London, United Kingdom
Update Code: 202115
