The geodiversity on Arran is wide-ranging and outstanding, with close links to James Hutton, ‘the father of modern geology’. In order to demonstrate the international value of our geology, we have provided the following bibliography of peer-reviewed (and other) international publications.
We cannot provide “open access” to these – please contact info@arran-geopark.org.uk to enquire regarding access to the documents listed. The following table can be downloaded as a spreadsheet.
Recent research: from 2019-23 Arran has been a study site for 20 dissertations and theses, from BA/BSc to PhD, on a huge range of topics. During the same period there were 17 peer-reviewed publications written.
Are you a student or researcher working on a project? We’d like to hear from you!
| Author | Date | Title | Source | Subject | Keywords |
| Adie BA | 2017 | Franchising our heritage: The UNESCO World Heritage brand | Tourism and Management Perspectives | Geopark | UNESCO, World Heritage brand, Franchise, Geopark Research, |
| Affleck TL, Edwards K and Clarke A | 1988 | Archaeological and palynological studies at the mesolithis pitchstone and flint site of Auchareoch Arran | Proc Soc Antiq Scot | Archaeology | Mesolithic, Environmental investigation, Flint, Pitchstone |
| Allen C and Edwards KJ | 1887 | The distribution of lithic materials of possible Mesolithic age on the Isle of Arran. | Glasgow Archaeological Journal 14(1) 19-24 | Geology | Flint, Microliths, Radiocarbon dating, Mesolithic, Bronze Age, Pitchstone |
| Anderson JGC | 1946 | The geology of the Highland border: Stonehaven to Arran | Trans Roy Soc Edin | Geology | Highland Border, Fault, Tertiary granite |
| Anderson JGC and Pringle J | 1944 | The Arenig rocks of Arran, and their relationship to the Dalradian Series | Geol Magazine | Geology | Pillow lava, Arenaig rocks, Dalradian rock |
| Appleby T, Bayley P, Genner M, Hendy E, Hooker-Stroud A and Monteiro F | 2012 | 2050 Sustainable Oceans in a changing climate. Cabot Inst position paper | Iuniv Bristol Cabot Inst Report | Marine | MPA, Exploitation, Climate change, Resources, Management |
| Arran Deer Management Group | Designated Sites | Arran Deer Management Group | Biology | Important Plant Area, Deer, Management, NSA, SSSI, SPA, Endemic Whitebeam, Arran Land Habitats | |
| Arran Heritage Museum | Image | Arran Heritage Museum | Fossils | Chirotherium, Bronze Age, Mesolithic, Human Remains | |
| Ballin Smith B | 2014 | The cliff hanging cists, Sannox quarry | Archaeology Report Online | Archaeology | Cists |
| Ballin TB | 2015 | Arran pitchstone (Scottish volcanic glass): New dating evidence | J Lithic Studies | Mining | Pitchstone, Radiocarbon dating, Neolithic, Mesolithic, Bronze Age |
| Ballin TB and Faithfull J | 2009 | Presentation of exposed pitchstone dykes and sills across the Isle of Arran, and discussion of the archaeological relevance | Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports | Mining | Pitchstone, Rock nomenclature, Neolithic, Pitchstone exchange, Pitchstone |
| Ballin TB, Ellis C and Bailie W | 2018 | Arran pitchstone – different forms of exchange at different times? | CIFA Scottish Group Newsletter | Geology | Neolithic, Mesolithic |
| BallinTB and Faithfull J | 2009 | Pitchstone – Its properties, formation and provenance | Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports | Mining | Gazetteer, Pitchstone |
| Barnatt J and Pierpoint SJ | 1981 | Field monuments on Machrie Moor, Arran | Glasgow Archaeological Journal | Geology | Archaeology, Mesolithic, Machrie Moor |
| Bell B | 2022 | Skye and Raasay geology | www.skyegeology.com | Geology | Skye, Raasay |
| Berger C and Robertson-Kirkland BE | 2017 | Practitioner report. The Burning Circle (pre)history, performance and public engagement. | Scot J of Performance 4(1) 29-53 | Education | Public engagement, Heritage, Historically informed performance |
| Blackhall-Miles R and Ram B | 2021 | Sorbus pseudomeinichii, evolution,extinction and an exciting new discovery on the Isle of Arran | www.fossilplants.co.uk | Botany | Endemic, Identification, Whitebeam, Sorbus |
| Blake S | 2017 | Arran – another potential Geopark in Scotland? | Earth Heritage | Geopark | Lochranza Field Centre |
| Bluck BJ | 2010 | The Highland Boundary Fault and the Highland Border Complex | Scot J Geol | Geology | Stratigraphy, Petrography, Dalradian rock, Highland Boundary |
| Boud RC | 1975 | The early geological maps of the Isle of Arran 1807, 1858 | Int J for Geog Info | Geology | Arran geological history, Geological maps |
| Bowden AJ, Tresise GR and Simkiss W | 2010 | Chirotherium, the Liverpool footprint hunters and their interpretation of the Middle Trias enviroment | Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 343(1), 209-228 pp.209-228. | Fossils | Chirotherium, Triassic |
| Bower R | 2011 | Social factors in a fully protected marine reserve Awareness of and attitudes towards the Lamlash Bay no take zone. | Univ of York MSc thesis | Marine | MPA, NTZ, COAST, Stakeholder engagement |
| Boyd JM | 1986 | The environment of the Estuary and Firth of Clyde – an introduction | Proc Roy Soc Edin 90B 1-5 | History | Industry, Shipping, Development, Hydrography, SSSI, Clyde |
| Boyd WE and Dickson JH | 1987 | A post glacial pollen sequence from Loch A’Mhuilinn North Arran | New Phytol | Botany | Biology, Pollen, Endemic, Whitebeam, Sorbus |
| Boyne S and Hall D | 2004 | Place promotion through food and tourism: Rural branding and the role of websites | Place Brand Public Dipl | Tourism | Food |
| Boyne S Hall D and Williams F | 2003 | Policy support and promotion for food related tourism initiatives | J Travel and Tourism Marketing | Tourism | Food, Local production |
| Boyne S, Williams F and Hall D | 2002 | On the trail of regional success: tourism, food production and the Isle of Arran Taste Trail | Tourism and Gastronomy | Tourism | Food, Artisan production |
| Briggs DEG, Rolfe DI and Brannan J | 1979 | A giant Myriapod trail from the Namurian of Arran | Palaeontology | Fossils | Myriapod, Arthropleura, Carboniferous |
| British Geological Survey | 2010 | A landscape fashioned by geology: Argyll and the islands | British Geological Survey | Geology | Geology time scales, Map |
| British Geological Survey | 2006 | A landscape fashioned by geology: Glasgow and Ayrshire | SNH | Geology | Scotland and UK |
| British Geological Survey | 1997 | A landscape fashioned by geology: Arran and the Clyde Islands | Scottish Natural Heritage | Geology | Guidebooks etc |
| British Geological Survey | 2000 | Minerals in Britain – Baryte | British Geological Survey | Mining | Barytes |
| British Geological Survey | 2010 | A Landscape fashioned by geology – Scotland | British Geological Survey | Geology | Landscape |
| British Geological Survey | 2011 | East Dumbartonshire Geodiversity Audit | British Geological Survey | Geology | Scotland and UK, Landscape, Knowledge |
| Broadway MJ | 2017 | Putting place on a plate along the West Cork Food Trail | Tourism Geographies | Tourism | Food |
| Brooks-Petty A | 2020 | Assessing the effects of the Isle of Arran’s new Geopark status on toourists knowledge of geodiversity | York St John University | Geopark | Geodiversity, Tourism |
| Brophy K, Goeckeritz C and MacGregor G | 2017 | Build n burn: using fire as a tool to evoke, educate and entertain. | Archaeological Journal 174 (2) 437-463 | Education | Archaeology, Public engagement, Fire |
| Bryce J | 1872 | The Geology of Arran and the other Clyde islands | William Collins and Sons | Geology | Historical, Guidebooks etc, Landscape |
| Cairney C | 2015 | Can the motivations of environmental volunteers from a successful marine conservation organisation be explained by existing models of research? | MLitt Thesis Univ of Glasgow School Interdisciplinary Studies | Marine | MPA, COAST, Community, Volunteers |
| Campbell M | Argyll the enduring heartland | Landscape | Scotland and UK, Landscape, Knowledge | ||
| Carney W | 2017 | The influence of the Lamlash Bay no take zone, Firth of Clyde, on spatial and temporal variation in the recovery of commercially exploited crustaceans | MSc Thesis Univ of York | Marine | NTZ, Fisheries Crustacea, Recovery, Lamlash, MPA |
| Cassels J | 2012 | Arran Bird Atlas 2007-2012 | Arran Natural History Society http://www.arranbirding.co.uk/ | Biology | Bird numbers, Bird distribution, Bird breeding, Distribution maps |
| Cassels J | 2019 | Arran Bird Report The First 40 Years | Arran Natural History Society http://www.arranbirding.co.uk/ | Biologt | Bird numbers, Bird distribution, Bird breeding, Distribution maps |
| Cassels J | 2023 | Arran Bird Reports 1981- 2022 | Arran Natural History Society http://www.arranbirding.co.uk/ | Biology | Bird numbers, Bird distribution, Bird breeding |
| Christie B | 2015 | The effects of a no take zone on crustacean population recovery in Lamlash Bay, Scotland | MSc Thesis Univ of York Env Mgt | Marine | NTZ, Crustacean, Recovery, Fisheries, MPA |
| Church T | 2019 | Arran’s Flora A Checklist of Flowers, Conifers and Ferns with a Guide to Distribution. | Arran Natural History Society | Botany | Checklist, Distribution |
| Clark N | 2010 | Isochirotherium Arran | Earth Heritage Mag 34 10 | Fossils | Isochirotherium, Footprint |
| Clark NDL | 2011 | The Hand Beast of Blackwaterfoot | Deposits, 25, 6-9. | Fossils | Triassic, Footprint |
| Clark NDL and Corrance H | 2009 | New discoveries of Isochirotherium herculis (Egerton 1838) and a reassessment of chirotherid footprints | Enlighten | Fossils | Triassic, Footprint |
| Clark NDL, Aspen P and Corrance H | 2002 | Chirotherium barthii Kaup 1835 from the Triassic of the Isle of Arran, Scotland | Scot J Geol | Fossils | Chirotherium, Triassic, Footprint |
| Cottle R | 2004 | Linking Geology and Biodiversity | Engilsh Nature | Geology | Volunteers, Biodiversity, Education |
| Countryside Commission for Scotland | Scotlands Scenic Heritage | Countryside Commission for Scotland | Landscape | National Scenic Areas, Conservation, Scotland and UK | |
| Cowley C | 2013 | The marine species of Lamlash Bay in the 19th century | No Ref | History | Species list, Biodiversity |
| Cowley D et al | 2012 | Expedite and Upscale – large scale archaeological survey | The Archaeologist | Archaeology | Mapping, Datasets, Survey |
| Cowley et al | 2020 | Making LIGHT work of large area survey? Developing approaches to rapid archaeological mapping | J Comp App in Archaeology 3(1) 109-121 | Archaeology | Mapping, Heritage, Remote sensing, LiDAR, Large area survey |
| Craig GY | 1978 | Episodes and Engravings: James Hutton and John Clerk | Episodes Journal of Int Geoscience | History | Hutton, Geology |
| Craig GY and Dudich E | 1988 | International Commission on the history of geological sciences | Episodes Journal of Int Geoscience | Geology | History |
| Cressey G | 1987 | Skarn formation between metachalf and agglomerate in the central ring complex Arran | Mineralogical Magazine | Geology | Xenoliths, Ard Bheinn Central Ring, Cretaceous |
| Crimmins E | 2018 | The influence of the Lamlash Bay no take zone, Firth of Clyde, on spatial and temporal variation in the recovery of commercially exploited crustaceans | MSc Thesis U of York Dept Env | Marine | Recovery, Lamlash, NTZ, Crustaceans, Fisheries, MPA |
| Cross T | 2012 | A photoquadrat survey of the benthic community inside and outside the Lamlash Bay NTZ – are there signs of recovery | MSc Thesis Univ of York Env MGT | Marine | NTZ, Photoquadrats, Recovery, Epifauna, MPA |
| Curry GB | 1993 | Amino acids in water; a case study from the Isle of Arran | Trans on Ecol and Env | Geology | Amino Acids, Northern granite, Drainage, Biogeochemical |
| Darvill T | 2016 | Giants in the landscape: Monumentality and territories in the European Neolithic | Proc XVllUISPP World Congress | Archaeology | Megalithic monuments, Tombs, |
| Davidson DA and Green CM | 1989 | An Analysis of site catchment areas for chambered cairns on the Island of Arran | J Arch Sci 16, 419-426 | Archaeology | Site catchment analysis, Chambered cairns, Mesolithic |
| Dean MT, Browne MAE, Waters CN and Powell JH | 2011 | Lithostratigraphical framework | British Geological Survey | Geology | Scotland and UK, Lithotype |
| Dickin AP | 1994 | Nd isotope chemistry of Tertiary igneous rocks from Arran | Geol Magazine | Geology | Tertiary, Geochemistry, Highland Boundary, Northern Granite, Isotope, Neodymium, Rare Earth elements |
| Dickin AP, Moorbath S and Welke HJ | 1981 | Isotope, trace element and major element geochemistry of Tertiary igneous rocks Isle of Arran | Trans Roy Soc Edin | Geology | Rare Earth elements, Tertiary granite, Isotopes, Geochemistry |
| Dobson KJ,Brown DJ and Goodenough KM | 2010 | Petrology and geochemistry of inter-caldera ignimberites from central ring complex Arran | Poster | Geology | Ard Bheinn Central Ring |
| Drake JL, Kontar YY and Rife GS | 2014 | New Trends in earth science outreach and engagement | Springer | Education | |
| Dry K | 2017 | The effects of Sargassum muticum on fish species composition and population densities within Zostera marina beds. | MSc Thesis Univ of York Mar Env Manag | Marine | Invasive species, BRUV, Seagrass |
| Dubois P | 2013 | The response of commercially exploited crustaceans to protection in Scotland’s first no take zone Lamlash Bay, Isle of Arran | MSc Thesis Univ of York Env Dept | Marine | NTZ, Crustaceans, Baseline, Recovery, MPA |
| Duncan C | 2003 | Lamlash Bay Seasearch 2003 | SNH | Marine | MPA |
| Earth Science Literacy Org | 2010 | Earth science literacy principles | Earth Science Literacy Org | Education | |
| Elliott SAM, Allan BA, Turrell WR, Heath MR and Bailey DM | 2018 | Survival of the fittest, Explanations for gadoid imbalance in heavily fished seas. | Aquatic Conserv Mar Freshw Ecosyst. 2018 1-8 | Marine | Degradation, Biodiversity, Fisheries Management, Gadoid, Recruitment, MPA, Anthropogenic |
| Elliott SAM, Sabatino AD, HeathMR Turrell WR and Bailey DM | 2017 | Landscape effects on demersal fish revealed by field observations and predictive seabed modelling | Plos one 12(12) e0189011 | Marine | Seabed features, Ecosystem functions, Gadoid, Camera deployment, Landscape effects, Fisheries management |
| Elliott SAM, Turrell WR, Heath MR and Bailey DM | 2017 | Juvenile gadoid habitat and ontogenetic shift observations using stereo video baited cameras | Mar Ecol Prog Ser 568 123-135 | Marine | Gadoid, Diversity, Habitat, Nursery, BRUV |
| England RW | 1988 | The ascent and emplacement of granitic magma- The northern Arran granite | Univ of Durham PhD thesis | Geology | Northern Granite, Granite intrusion, Isotopes |
| European Geoparks Network Magazine Issue 1 | 2004 | Geological Heritage | European Geoparks Magazine | Geopark | |
| European Geoparks Network Magazine Issue 10 | 2013 | The 190th Session of UNESCOs executive | European Geoparks Magazine | Geopark | |
| European Geoparks Network Magazine Issue 11 | 2014 | Geoparks Earth Heritage Conservation | European Geoparks Magazine | Geopark | |
| European Geoparks Network Magazine Issue 12 | 2015 | Live the experience | European Geoparks Magazine | Geopark | |
| European Geoparks Network Magazine Issue 13 | 2016 | Intensive course | European Geoparks Magazine | Geopark | |
| European Geoparks Network Magazine Issue 14 | 2016 | Sustainable tourism destinations | European Geoparks Magazine | Geopark | |
| European Geoparks Network Magazine Issue 15 | 2017 | Sustainable development | European Geoparks Magazine | Geopark | |
| European Geoparks Network Magazine Issue 17 | 2019 | 20 years | European Geoparks Magazine | Geopark | |
| European Geoparks Network Magazine Issue 2 | 2005 | Geoparks Network Today | European Geoparks Magazine | Geopark | |
| European Geoparks Network Magazine Issue 3 | 2006 | 6 European Geoparks Meeting | European Geoparks Magazine | Geopark | |
| European Geoparks Network Magazine Issue 4 | 2007 | Geoparks – popular places | European Geoparks Magazine | Geopark | |
| European Geoparks Network Magazine Issue 5 | 2008 | 3rd International Conference | European Geoparks Magazine | Geopark | |
| European Geoparks Network Magazine Issue 6 | 2009 | Planet Earth | European Geoparks Magazine | Geopark | |
| European Geoparks Network Magazine Issue 7 | 2010 | 10 years of innovation | European Geoparks Magazine | Geopark | |
| European Geoparks Network Magazine Issue 8 | 2011 | Learning from the past | European Geoparks Magazine | Geopark | |
| European Geoparks Network Magazine Issue 9 | 2012 | UNESCO and Geoparks A big step forward | European Geoparks Magazine | Geopark | |
| Evans LE | 2012 | Ecological study of Lamlash Bay | MSc Thesis Univ of York | Marine | NTZ, MPA, Recovery, Benthic community, Exploitation |
| Everett S | 2008 | Beyond the visual gaze?: The pursuit of and embodied experience through food tourism | Tourist Studies | Tourism | Food, Experiences |
| Everett S | 2012 | Production places or consumptive spaces? The place making agency of food tourism in Ireland and Scotland | Tourism Geographies | Tourism | Food, Experiences, Consumption |
| Fauzi NSM and Misni A | 2016 | Geoheritage conservation: Indicators affecting the condition and sustainability of Geopark | Procedia | Geopark | Eco-tourism, Geoheritage, Conservation |
| Finlayson A | 2014 | Glacial geology in Scotland | ?British Geological Survey | Glaciation | Quaternary Science Review |
| Finlayson A, Fabel D, Bradwell T and Sugden D | 2014 | Growth and decay of a marine … Ice sheet | Quaternary Science Review | Geology | Glaciation, Paleoglaciology, Malin Shelf, Marine terminating |
| Frederiksen KS, Clemmensen LB and Lawaetz HS | 1998 | Sequential architecture and cyclicity in Permian desert deposits, Brodick Beds, Arran Scotland | J Geol Soc London | Geology | Stratigraphy, Upper Permian |
| Friend PF, Harland WB and Hudson JD | 1963 | The old red sandstone and the highland boundary in Arran | Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society | Geology | Old Red Sandstone, Highland Boundary, Stratigraphy, Faults |
| Fullarton Lisa D | 2022 | Gaelic on Arran | Handwritten correspondance | Language | Gaelic, Arran Gaelic |
| Furniss T | 2014 | James Hutton’s geological tours of Scotland | Science and Education | Education | Science and Literature, Hutton |
| Gemmell AMD | 1972 | The deglaciation of the Island of Arran | Trans Inst British Geographers. 1973 25-39. | Geology | Glaciation |
| Gibb FGF and Henderson CMB | 1978 | Possible higher pressure relics within titaniferous augites in a basic sill | Geol Magazine | Geochemistry | Titaniferous augites, Dippin Sill, Basic magma |
| Gibb FGF and Henderson CMB | 1978 | The petrology of the Dippin Sill | Scot J Geol | Geology | Magnetite, Pyroxene, Dippin Sill, Titaniferous augites, Dykes and Sills |
| Goeckeritz C | 2022 | Sannox Cist image | Archaeology | Cists, Sannox | |
| Gooday RJ, Brown DJ, Goodenough KM and Kerr AC | 2018 | A proximal record of caldera-forming eruptions. The stratigraphy, eruptive history and collapse of the palaeogene Arran caldera | Bulletin of Vulcanology | Geology | Stratigraphy, Caldera collapse, Paleogene, Pyroclastic, Ard Bheinn Central Ring |
| Gordon JE and Baker M | 2015 | Appreciating geology and the physical landscape in Scotland | Geol Soc London | Geopark | Tourism of Awe, Public engagement, Physical Landscape, Geoconservation, Scotland and the UK |
| Goulty NR, Dobson AJ, Jones GD Al-Kindi A and Holland JG | 2001 | Gravity evidence for diapiric | J Geol Soc London | Geology | Dalradian, Caledonian orogeny, Diapiric ascent, Laccolith, Gravity map, Northern Granite |
| Gratton P | 2013 | The recovery of crustacean populations in Lamlash Bay No Take Zone, Scotland | MSc Thesis Univ of York Env Dept | Marine | NTZ, Crustaceans, Recovery, MPA |
| Gregory JW | 1914 | The Permian and Triassic rocks of Arran | Trans Geol Soc Glasgow | Geology | Classification of Upper Red Rocks |
| Gregory JW | 1920 | The Pre-Glacial Vallys of Arran and Snowdon | Geological Magazine, 57(4) 148-164 | Geology | Pliocene, Glaciation, Faults |
| Gunn W | 1900 | On the old volcanic rocks of the island of Arran | Trans Geol Soc Glasgow | Geology | Old Red Sandstone |
| Haggarty A | 1991 | Machrie Moor, Arran, recent excavations at two stone circles | Proc Soc Antiq Scot 121 51-94 | Archaeology | Machrie Moor, Stone circles, Mesolithic, Geology, Soil, Pottery |
| Harrison JV | 1925 | The geology of composite intrusions at Bennen, south Arran | Trans Geol Soc Glasgow | Geology | Dyke, Intrusion, Petrology |
| Harrison RK, Stone P, Cameron IB, Elliot RW and Harding RR | 1987 | Geology, petrology, and geochemistry of Ailso Craig, Ayrshire | British Geological Survey | Geology | Petrology, Dyke, Microgranite, Petrology |
| Henderson CMB and Gibb FGF | 1977 | Formation of alcime in the Dippin sill, Isle of Arran | Mineralogical Magazine | Geology | Geochemistry, Dippin Sill, Petrology |
| Hodgson BD, Dagley P and Mussett AE | 1990 | Magnetostratigraphy of the Tertiary igneous rocks of Arran | Scot J Geol | Geology | Geomagnetism, Tertiary, Radiocarbon dating |
| Hole MJ, Trewin NH and Still J | 1992 | Mobility of the high field strength, rare earth elements and yttrium during late diagenesis | J Geol Soc London 149 | Geology | Petrology, Permian sandstone, Petrochemistry |
| Howarth LM | 2012 | Exploring the fishery and ecological effects of Lamlash Bay No-Take Zone | Univ of York Report for COAST | Marine | NTZ, BRUV, MPA, Fisheries Management, Scallop, Crustacea, Monitoring, Recovery, Management, Protection |
| Howarth LM and Stewart BD | 2014 | The dredge fishery for scallops in the United Kingdom – Effects on marine ecosystems and proposals for future management. | Report to the Sustainable Inshore Fisheries Trust. Marine Ecosystem Management Report no. 5, University of York, 54 pp. | Marine | Fisheries, Scallop, Environmental Impact, MPA, |
| Howarth LM, Roberts CM, Hawkins JP, Steadman DJ and Beukers-Stewart BD | 2015 | Effects of ecosystem protection on scallop populations within a community-led temperate marine reserve. | Mar Biol 162 823-840 | Marine | Scallop, Lamlash Bay, NTZ, Fisheries, MPA |
| Howarth LM, Wood HL, Turner AP and Beukers-Stewart BD | 2011 | Complex habitat boosts scallop recruitment in a fully protected marine reserve | Mar Biol | Marine | MPA, NTZ, Scallops, Fisheries |
| Howarth-Forster L | 2020 | Marine Social Attitudes on Arran | MSC Thesis U of York Dept Env | Marine | Social |
| Hutchinson W | 2015 | Don’t take the ‘P’ out of MPAs Identifying conservation priorities for the South Arran Marine Protected Area. | MSc Thesis Univ of York Env Dept | Marine | Baseline, Management, Recovery, Destructive fishing, Scallop, Gadoid, MPA |
| Hyslop EK, Gillanders RJ, Hill PG and Fakes RD | 1999 | Rare Earth bearing minerals fergusonite and gadolinite from the Arran granite | Scot J Geol | Marine | Northern Granite |
| James L | 2019 | The recovery of the commercially valuable scallop species, Pecten maximus, under different forms of protection around the Isle of Arran | MSc thesis University of York Dept Env and Ecol | Marine | MPA, Scallop, Recovery, NTZ |
| JNCC | Ard Bheinn | Geol Cons Review | Geol Cons Review Sites | ||
| JNCC | Corrygills Shore | Geol Cons Review | Geol Cons Review Sites | ||
| JNCC | Dippin Head | Geol Cons Review | Geol Cons Review Sites | ||
| JNCC | Drumadoon-Tormore | Geol Cons Review | Geol Cons Review Sites | ||
| JNCC | Glen Catacol | Geol Cons Review | Geol Cons Review Sites | ||
| JNCC | Kildonan | Geol Cons Review | Geol Cons Review Sites | ||
| JNCC | North Glen Sannox | Geol Cons Review | Geol Cons Review Sites | ||
| JNCC | South Coast | Geol Cons Review | Geol Cons Review Sites | ||
| Jones B | 2021 | Possible fossil near Drumadoon | Image | Fossils | |
| Jones I | 2018 | Investigating spatial trends in biodiversity around the South Arran Marine Protected Area | MSc Thesis Univ of Glasgow | Marine | NTZ, MPA, Kelp, Biodiversity, BRUV |
| Judge M | 2014 | Response of decapod crustaceans to protection within the Lamlash Bay no take zone. | MSc Thesis Univ of York Env MGT | Marine | NTZ, MPA, Recovery, Benthic community, Exploitation, Crustacean |
| Jutras P, Young GM and Caldwell WGE | 2011 | Reinterpretation of James Hutton’s historic discovery on the Isle of Arran | Geol Soc of America | Geology | Hutton, Unconformity, History |
| Kadhim I and Abed FM | 2023 | A Critical Review of Remote Sensing Approaches and Deep Learning Techniques in Archaeology | Sensors 23 2918 | Archaeology | Remote Sensing, LIDAR |
| Kanaris-Sotiriou R and Gibb FGF | 1985 | Hybridisation and the petrogenesis of composite m]intrusions: dyke at An Cumhann Isle of Arran | Geol Magazine | Geochemistry | Geology, Tertiary, Intrusion, Dyke |
| Kildonan Footprint locations | Image | Fossils | |||
| King BC | 1954 | Gabbro tuff in the central volcanic complex of Arran | Tran Geol Soc Glasgow | Geology | Ard Bheinn Central Ring, Tertiary, Petrology |
| King BC | 1954 | The Ard Bheinn area of the | Quarterly J Geol Soc | Geology | Northern Granite |
| King MJ, Sarjeant WAS Thompson DB and Tresise G | 2005 | A revised Systematic Ichnotaxonomy and review of the vertebrate footprint Ichnofamily Chirotheriidae | Ichnos | Fossils | Chirotherium, Triassic, Identification |
| Kirk M | 1989 | Westphalian alluvial plain sedimentation Isle of Arran | Geol. Mag. 126 (4). | Geology | Sediments, Carboniferous |
| Leitch D | 1941 | The upper carboniferous rocks of Arran | Trans Geol Soc Glasgow | Geology | Carboniferous, Fossils, New Red Sandstone, Fault |
| Lucas SG, Lerner AJ, Hannibal JT, Hunt AP and Schnider JW | 2005 | Trackways of a giant Arthropleura from the upper Pennsylvanian of El Combre Canyon New Mexico | New Mexico Geol Soc | Fossils | Arthropleura |
| Lurz PWW, Krauze-Gryz D, Gryz J, Meredith A, Schilling A-K, Thain C and Heller E | 2017 | Invisible threat to native mammals – mercury levels in three Eurasian red squirrel populations | Hystrix | Biology | Red squirrel, Mercury, Heavy metals, Bioindicator, Conservation medicine, Monitoring, Pollution |
| Mac an Tailleir I | 2003 | Gaelic place names combined | Document | Language | Education, Gaelic |
| MacDonald JG | 2015 | Drumadoon and the Tormore Dykes | Geol Soc Glasgow Ex Itin | Geology | Raised beach, Map, Education, Excursion guide, Dykes, Sills |
| MacDonald JG | 2015 | Isle of Arran Corrie Shore | Geol Soc Glasgow Ex Itin | Geology | Permian, Map, Education, Excursion guide, Brodick Beds |
| MacDonald JG | 2015 | Isle of Arran Loch Ranza, North Newton and Cock of Arran | Geol Soc Glasgow Ex Itin | Geology | Permian, Map, Education, Excursion guide, Brodick Beds |
| MacIlleathain R and Maclean R | 2010 | Gaelic in the Landscape | Scottish Natural Heritage | Landscape | Language, Gaelic, Heritage |
| MacKenzie WM | 1914 | The Book of Arran | The Arran Soc of Glasgow | History | Culture, Heritage |
| Martino RL and Greb SF | 2009 | Walking trails of the giant terrestrial Arthropod Arthropleura from the Upper Carboniferous of Kentucky | J Paleont | Fossils | Arthropleura, Tracks, Carboniferous |
| Mauchline J | 1959 | The biology of the Euphausiid Crustacean, Meganyctiphanes norvegica | Proc Roy Soc Edin | Marine | Crustacean, Biology, Distribution, Northern krill, Migration |
| McArthur J | 1873 | The Antiquities of Arran | Black | History | Archaeology, Culture |
| McHaffie H, Frachon N and Robertson A. | 2011 | Starting a conservation collection of Sorbus pseudomeinichii | J Botanic Garden Hort | Botany | Biology, Whitebeam, Sornus, Conservation, Collection |
| McIntosh RP, Hyslop EK, MacTaggart F, Cullen T and Rayner J | 2004 | Economic minerals of Scotland | British Geological Survey | Mining | Geology, Minerals, Survey, Scotland |
| McKirdy A and Crofts R | 1999 | Scotland: the creation of its natural landscape | SNH and British Geol Survey | Geology | Landscape, Scotland and UK |
| McMillan A | Geology and building stones in the Highlands and Islands | Edinburgh Geol Soc | Geology | Buildings, Archaeology, History, Carboniferous, New Red Sandstone | |
| McMillan A and Stone P | 2008 | A landscape fashioned by geology: Southwest Scotland | SNH | Geology | Landscape, Chronostratigraphy, Maps |
| Meade FC, Chew DM, Troll VR Ellam RM and Page LM | 2009 | Magma ascent along a major terrane boundary | J Petrol | Geology | Paleogene, Highland Boundary, Igneous, Northern Granite, Faults |
| Michaelidou N and Hassan LM | 2010 | Modelling the factors affecting rural consumers’ purchase of organic and free-range produce – A case study of consumers’ from the Island of Arran | Food Policy | Tourism | Food, Consumers |
| Michell J | 2009 | Megalithomania | Visual Anthropology 22 87-89 | Anthropology | Monuments, Megaliths, Art |
| Miller JA and Harland | 1963 | Ages of some Tertiary intrusive rocks in Arran | Geology | Northern Granite, Radiocarbon dating, Tertiary, Mourne Mountains | |
| Monani S and Valley JW | 2001 | Oxygen isotope ratios of zircon: magma genesis of low O18 granites from the British Tertiary Igneous province, western Scotland | Earth abd Science Planetary Letters | Geochemistry | Zircon, Oxygen, Isotopes, Granite |
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