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Maps
BGS
2007
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The Hidden Landscape
Richard Fortey
1993 and 2010 versions
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Geo-nealogy
WHERE
WERE
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Your Own Geological History
WRITE DOWN:
Where you were born
Where you live
Where you have worked
Where you love visiting
WHERE
WERE
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Geology ofBritain
What are the rocks?
What is their order?
What do they record?
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A Britain of2 Halves
North-South divide:
Scotland-northern Ireland = Laurentian
England, Wales, southern Ireland = Avalonian
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Geological History: How?
Uniformitarianism:
“The Present Is The Key To The Past”
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Stratigraphy
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Biostratigraphy
William Smith (1820s, above) buildingon fossil work by Morton (1712, right)
http://www.strata-smith.com/?page_id=312
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Chronostratigraphy
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GeologicalTime
Global standard time scale but historical/local terms used also
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Geological History of Britain
Go NW–SE:
Land's End to John O'Groats no good
Walk Cape Wrath to Dungeness instead
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Major UK gcl units
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