An 8m thick coarse-grained olivine dolerite dyke, with well-developed chilled margins, trending NNE-SSW and occupying a steep-sided cove on the north Jersey coast, may show evidence for some flow differentiation. Texturally, the dyke is remarkable for the pronounced...
Basement weathering at the Lower Palaeozoic unconformity in the Channel Islands and northern Brittany
Deep weathered profiles are developed in igneous basement rocks immediately beneath the Lower Palaeozoic elastic sequences of Alderney, Jersey and northern Brittany. The weathering features are interpreted to have developed during the early Palaeozoic. In western...
Performing Jurisdictional Politics in the Bailiwick of Guernsey: A Study of Anthems and Stamps
The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British jurisdiction in the Channel Islands comprising several islands and forming a binary with the neighbouring Bailiwick of Jersey. The Bailiwick is an archipelago of administrative similitude and island-based jurisdictional...
“Origin of appinitic pockets in the diorites of Jersey, Channel Islands”
Isolated pockets of pegmatitic appinite characterized by hollow-shell, prismatic amphiboIes are common in the Pre-Cambrian metagabbros and metasomatic diorites of Jersey. Field relationships and petrography indicate a liquid phase in the formation of these appinitic...
The Minquiers and Écréhous in spatial context: Contemporary issues and cross perspectives on border islands, reefs and rocks
The Minquiers and Écréhous reefs are located in different parts of the Gulf ofSt Malo between the British island of Jersey and the French mainland. As a part of the Bailiwick of Jersey, they are geographically very close to the international sea border between Jersey...
HOLM OAK’S ROLE IN SHAPING COASTAL DUNE ECOSYSTEMS: A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF VEGETATION AND SPECIES COMPOSITION
This study investigates the ecological impact of Holm Oak (Quercus ilex) (HO) on dune ecosystems, focusing on its influence on vegetation cover, species richness, and species composition across different proximity levels (1m, 5m, and 20m from the tree) and dune types...