Geology of South Dorset and South-east Devon and Its World Heritage Coast
Author | : M. A. Woods |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Dorset |
ISBN | : 9780852726549 |
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Author | : M. A. Woods |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Dorset |
ISBN | : 9780852726549 |
Author | : J. C. W. Cope |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 122 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Coasts |
ISBN | : 9780900717918 |
Author | : Andrew Goudie |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2022-11-25 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 0197638082 |
The Jurassic Coast in the United Kingdom is a World Heritage Site and one of the most significant geological and geomorphological locations on earth. Its geology, which dates from the Triassic through the Cretaceous Ages, features a remarkable fossil record, including the remains of dinosaurs. The Jurassic Coast also boasts extraordinary landforms, such as huge landslips, raised beaches, dry valleys, shingle barriers, and coastal lagoons. Many leading geologists, geomorphologists, and paleontologists have worked in the area, making the Jurassic Coast a nexus for the study of earth science. Geological Pioneers of the Jurassic Coast describes the importance of the site and examines the lives and achievements of over forty individuals who studied it. Progressing chronologically, the book tells the stories of early researchers, fossil collectors, geological mappers, stratigraphers, and paleontologists from the seventeenth century to today. These include such groundbreaking figures as Robert Hooke, Mary Anning, William Buckland, William Conybeare, Henry De La Beche, W.J. Arkell, and Joseph Prestwich. Written to appeal to both specialists and general readers, Geological Pioneers of the Jurassic Coast will be of interest to historians of science, geologists and geomorphologists, and students and visitors to the area.
Author | : Samuel Scriven |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Coasts |
ISBN | : 9780993110719 |
"This book is designed to take you on a journey through time as it explores the unique fossil record of the Jurassic Coast. It describes how life here changed and evolved during the Mesozonic Era and how fossils can be used to unlock Earth's history. As a guide it will help you to explore the World Heritage Site to discover these stories for yourself"--Page 2 de la couverture (verso de la première de couverture).
Author | : Ronald Turnbull |
Publisher | : Cicerone Press Limited |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2024-05-23 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1783622180 |
A guidebook to 30 walks on the Jurassic Coast of Devon and Dorset. Covering the coast between Exmouth and Bournemouth, the walks are suitable for most walkers, with shorter routes alongside plenty of more challenging, full-day hikes. The walks range in length from 5 to 24km (3–16 miles) and can be enjoyed in 2–8 hours. The majority of the routes hug the shoreline between Torbay and Swanage, while others venture inland on the Dorset Downs. 1:50,000 OS maps are included for each walk GPX files available to download The geology of this World Heritage Coastline is brought to life with timelines and cross-sections Local points of interest include Lulworth Cove and Chesil Beach
Author | : Paul Ensom |
Publisher | : Harbour Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Geology |
ISBN | : 9781907701009 |
Geology of the Jurassic Coast: The Isle of Purbeck is an entirely new, visually stunning, and informative reference guide to the geology of the Purbeck section of the Jurassic Coast, viewed from both on land, and from the sea.
Author | : J. Wilkes |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 333 |
Release | : 2014-01-21 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 113728708X |
This book uses the contradictions, fractures and coincidences of a twentieth-century rural landscape to explore new methods of writing place beyond 'new nature writing'. In doing so it opens up new ways of reading modernist artists and writers such as Vanessa Bell, Mary Butts and Paul Nash.
Author | : James Barnet |
Publisher | : The Crowood Press |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2021-02-22 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 178500817X |
This book is intended to be the most complete and up-to-date guide to the geology and fossils of the New Forest, providing a wealth of information of interest to both the amateur fossil collector and the professional geologist. It includes some 200 field photographs, palaeogeographic maps, digitised borehole/outcrop logs, and geological cross sections. Also included is a tour of the regional geological evolution of southern England since the Permian Period (-280 million years ago), based on deep boreholes and coastal exposures, including the world-famous Jurassic coast of Dorset and east Devon. The author discusses the petroleum geology of southern England and the New Forest and gives a detailed overview of the stratigraphy of the Hampshire Basin, followed by related aspects of economic geology within this area, including ironstones, freshwater aquifers, geothermal energy, sand, clay and peat resources. Finally, there is an up-to-date and complete account of the principal fossil localities, together with a comprehensive gallery of photographs with accompanying descriptions of the most abundant fossils within the New Forest National Park.
Author | : D.P. Giles |
Publisher | : Geological Society of London |
Total Pages | : 499 |
Release | : 2020-06-09 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1786204614 |
The UK is perhaps unique globally in that it presents the full spectrum of geological time, stratigraphy and associated lithologies within its boundaries. With this wide range of geological assemblages comes a wide range of geological hazards, whether they be geophysical (earthquakes, effects of volcanic eruptions, tsunami, landslides), geotechnical (collapsible, compressible, liquefiable, shearing, swelling and shrinking soils), geochemical (dissolution, radon and methane gas hazards) or georesource related (coal, chalk and other mineral extraction). An awareness of these hazards and the risks that they pose is a key requirement of the engineering geologist. The Geological Society considered that a Working Party Report would help to put the study and assessment of geohazards into the wider social context, helping the engineering geologist to better communicate the issues concerning geohazards in the UK to the client and the public. This volume sets out to define and explain these geohazards, to detail their detection, monitoring and management and to provide a basis for further research and understanding.
Author | : R. M. Clary |
Publisher | : Geological Society of London |
Total Pages | : 471 |
Release | : 2024-07-23 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1786206005 |
The contributions in this book explore several geologically significant sites and, in doing so, acknowledge and explore not just the geological exposures themselves, but also the people and issues that are fundamentally intertwined with the history of our science and its impact on our society. Through selective examples of outcrops and locales integral to the history of geology, we explore the evolution of modern geology, as well as the geodiversity and geoheritage of our planet. While the volume is far from comprehensive, the chapters contained herein detail a range for geoheritage value, scale of geoheritage sites and potential for geoheritage opportunities that will promote a broader, richer understanding of the complexity of the geoheritage of Earth. Importantly, many chapters offer a cautionary tale of sites almost lost to posterity and submit their take-away lessons for community mobilization towards geoheritage site protection.