Yorkshire Geological Society

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1 Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society V O L U M E 39 PART 3 Price three pounds ( 3-00) 1973

2 Yorkshire Geological Society 1837 FOUNDED C O U N C I L E l e c t e d 9 t h D e c e m b e r 1972 President PROFESSOR M. R. HOUSE Vice-Presidents PROFESSOR L. R. MOORE MR D. B. SMITH Hon General Secretary DR B. WAUGH D e p a r t m e n t of G e o l o g y T h e University Hon Assistant Hull H U 6 7 R X Secretary MR A. V. HODGSON Hon Secretary to the Publications Committee DR. D. W. HOLLIDAY I n s t i t u t e of G e o l o g i c a l S c i e n c e s R i n g R d H a l t o n L e e d s L S I 5 8 T Q Hon General Treasurer MR D. H. LAND I n s t i t u t e of G e o l o g i c a l S c i e n c e s R i n g R d H a l t o n Hon Assistant LeedsLS15 8 T Q Treasurer MISS B. J. PYRAH Hon Editors DR. D. W. HOLLIDAY I n s t i t u t e of G e o l o g i c a l S c i e n c e s R i n g R d H a l t o n Leeds LSI 5 8 T Q MR P. D. LAMMING 13 P a r k D r i v e Harrogate Hon Yorkshire H G 2 9AY Librarian MR J. HARTLEY D e p t of E a r t h Sciences T h e University Leeds L S 2 Other Members DR N. AITKENHEAD MR D. J. M. ROWE DR J. D. COLLINSON MR A. G. SHORT DR E. H. FRANCIS MR J. G. O. SMART PROFESSOR J. E. HEMINGWAY DR N. J. SOPER DR L. F. PENNY DR D. A. SPEARS DR P. F. RAWSON DR P. T. WARREN 9JT

3 PROCEEDINGS OF THE YORKSHIRE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY VOLUME 39 : EDITED BY P. T. WARREN D. W. HOLLIDAY AND P. D. LAMMING Printed for the Yorkshire Geological Society by A. BROWN & SONS, LIMITED PERTH STREET WEST, HULL

4 DATES OF ISSUE Parts 1 to 4 No.1 No.2 No.3 No.4 No.5 No.6 No.7 No.8 No.9 No. 10 No. II No. 12 No. 13 No. 14 No. 15 No. 16 No. 17 No. 18 No. 19 No. 20 No. 21 No. 22 No. 23 No. 24 No. 25 No. 26 No. 27 No. 28 pp. 1~32, PIs. 1~4 pp. 33~58 pp , PI. 5. pp pp pp , PI. 6 pp. 107~138, PIs. 7-8 pp. 139~150, Pis. 9~10 pp pp pp , PI. 11 pp , PIs. 12~14 pp pp pp pp. 327~346, PI. 15 pp. 347~364 pp pp. 371~408, Pi. 16 pp. 409~444, PI. 17 pp , PIs pp pp. 487~514, PIs pp , PI. 23 pp. 527~536 pp. 537~546 pp. 547~566 pp th May 1972 lst June st June 1972 IstJune 1972 IstJune st June st July st July th August th August th August th September st January st January th April th April th April th October th October th October th October st December 1973 Index and Title pages No.29 pp st March 1974 ii

5 CONTENTS AHMED, S. M., see Moseley and Ahmed BOULTER, C. A. and N. J. SOPER. Structural relationships of the Shap Granite BRENCHLEY, P. J. The Cwm Clwyd Tuff, North Wales: a palaeogeographical interpretation of some Ordovician ash-shower deposits CORNWELL, J. D. A gravity survey of the Isle of Man CUTBILL, J. L., see Holliday and Cutbill DONOVAN, D. T. The geology and origin of the Silver Pit and other closed basins in the North Sea DOWNIE, C, see Reid and Downie EARLAND-BENNETT, P. M., see Senior and Earland-Bennett GODWIN, C. G. The geology of the Ure valley water main trenches GOOSSENS, R. F. and E. G. SMITH. The stratigraphy and structure of the Upper Coal Measures in the exposed Yorkshire Coalfield between Pontefract and South Kirkby HARRISON, R. K., see Wadge, Harrison and Snelling HEATH, R.J. The palaeoecology of the fauna over the Park Mine (Westphalian B) near Wigan, Lancashire HEMINGWAY, J. E. and R. W. O'B. KNOX. Lithostratigraphical nomenclature of the Middle Jurassic strata of the Yorkshire Basin of north-east England HOLDSWORTH, B. K., see Trewin and Holdsworth HOLLIDAY, D. W. and J. L. CUTBILL. The Ebbadalen Formation (Carboniferous), Spitsbergen INESON, P. R., R. T. RICHARDSON and G. H. WOOD. A baryte-galena vein in the Magnesian Limestone at Whitwell, Derbyshire JEANS, C. V. The Market Weighton Structure: tectonics, sedimentation and diagenesis during the Cretaceous JONES, J. M. Coal ranks in the Harton borehole: a reply JONES, J. M., D. G. MURCHISON and S. A. SALEH. Reflectivity and anisotropy of vitrinites in some coal scares from the Coal Measures of Northumberland... KNOX, R. W. O'B., see Hemingway and Knox LE BAS, M.J. Caledonian igneous rocks beneath central and eastern England... iii

6 CONTENTS MCCABE, P. J. The Wenlock and Lower Ludlow strata of the Austwick and Horton-in-Ribblesdale inlier of northwest Yorkshire MCCABE, P. J. and B. WAUGH, Wenlock and Ludlow sedimentation in the Austwick and Horton-in-Ribblesdale inlier, north-west Yorkshire MITCHELL, M. north-west England The base of the Visean in south-west and MOSELEY, F. and S. M. AHMED. Relationship between joints in Pre-Cambrian, Lower Palaeozoic and Carboniferous rocks in the West Midlands of England MURCHISON, D. G., see Jones, Murchison and Saleh RAMSBOTTOM, W. H. C. Transgressions and regressions in the Dinantian: a new synthesis of British stratigraphy Dinantian RAWSON, P. F. A note on the biostratigraphical significance of the Lower Cretaceous belemnite genus in the B Beds of the Speeton Clay, Yorkshire... Aulacoteuthis REID, P. C. and C. DOWNIE. The age of the Bridlington Crag RICHARDSON, R. T., see Ineson, Richardson and Wood SALEH, S. A., see Jones, Murchison and Saleh SENIOR, J. R. and P. M. EARLAND-BENNETT. The Bajocian ammonite Hyperlioceras rudidiscites S. Buckman in eastern England and its significance SMITH, D. B. The origin of the Permian Middle and Upper Potash deposits of Yorkshire: an alternative hypothesis SMITH, E. G., see Goossens and Smith SNELLING, N. J., see Wadge, Harrison and Snelling SOPER, N. J., see Boulter and Soper SUGGATE, R. P. Coal ranks in the Harton borehole TREMLETT, W. E. Some geochemical characteristics of Ordovician and Caledonian acid intrusions of Lleyn, North Wales TREWIN, N. H. and B. K. HOLDSWORTH. Further K- bentonites from the Namurian of Staffordshire TREWIN, N. H. and B. K. HOLDSWORTH. Sedimentation in the Lower Namurian rocks of the North Staffordshire Basin WADGE, A. J. Sections through the Skiddaw-Borrowdale unconformity in eastern Lakeland iv

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8 LIST OF PLATES facing page Measured sections of the Ebbadalen Formation in Spitsbergen 2 Cross-section through the lowest part of the Trikolorfjellet Member 32 3 Fence diagram for the middle parts of the Trikolorfjellet and Teltfjellet members 32 4 Fence diagram for the upper parts of the Trikolorfjellet and Teltfjellet members and the Urmstonfjellet Limestone Bed 32 5 The olivine-dolerite intrusion in the southern quarry at Deep Slack 70 6 Bouger anomalies and geological map of the Isle of Man Bivalves from the Kellaways Beds, East Yorkshire Bivalves from the Kellaways Beds, East Yorkshire The mineral assemblage at Whitwell Photomicrographs of rock and minerals from Whitwell Tuffs, Cwm Clwyd Map of the areas of the Yorkshire Corallian Amoeboceras Amoeboceras and Decipia Typical Middle Potash of the Staithes area Calcareous siltstone lithofacies Specimens from the Breccia-Nodule Band of the Red Chalk, Speeton Etched specimen, Arcow Formation; flute moulds, Austwick Formation Arcow Wood Quarry, Ribblesdale Geological map of the Upper Coal Measures between Pontefract and South Kirkby Structure map of the Upper Coal Measures between Pontefract and South Kirkby Selected sections through the Upper Coal Measures of the Pontefract-South Kirkby district Sigillarian trunk with marginal black vitrinite 526 vi