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| Introduction Rocks of Mendip The Ice Age Geology and man Cheddar Gorge The Charterhouse area Blackdown Burrington...So.me of these coa 1. sean1S were worked in the Somerset Coalfield. Mountains, rocky ravines and arid deserts...in Cheddar Gorge. Locally around Cheddar, two separate 'members' {the Cheddar Oolite and Cheddar Lin1estone)...beneath it. Tt is best seen in the crags high above Cheddar Caves. ļæ½ļæ½-Rocks o endip Quartzitic Sandstone...Con1be, but much of Cheddar is also developed on head. Extensive scree deposits in Cheddar Gorge, Burrington |
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| the RhƦtic Series in Gloucestershire 43 and Somerset 44 16. Comparative vertical sections of the...the Lower and Middle Lias in Gloucestershire and Somerset 47 50 17. Sections across the Cotteswold Scarp...Diagrammatic horizontal section through Dundry Hill, Somerset 23. Sketch - section showing the relations of...Lemington 83 V PLATES FACING PLATE PAGE I. Cheddar Gorge II . Dry valley of the River Dikler near...District (Mem . Geol. Surv .) PLATE I. (A.6037) CHEDDAR GORGE . BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER DISTRICT I. INTRODUCTION |
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| coal seams, which have been worked in the North Somerset Coalfield. Triassic rocks Dolomitic Conglomerate...Lias Group, as it appears over n1ost of southern England, is 111ade up of several forn1ations. The oldest...Between a third and a quarter goes to south-cast England, fron1 1 1 million tonnes in the late 1980s to... Some, like the dipper are unc on1mon in east Somerset, and a k e e n -eyed visitor may also spot a kingfisher...ofVv'hatleJ1 Quarry fiĀ·om the west. Courtes)' Somerset Count)' Council Geodiversity Audit. Ā© David Roche |
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| Silurian Volcanic rocks of the Mendip Hills, Somerset Sir, ā The recent paper by Dr P. C. van de Kamp...reason for the new opinion would seem to be a high quartz content in the rocks based on chemical analyses...fractures filled with calcite, quartz and laumontite" (p.546) and "quartz is confined to the groundmass...1965. Geology of the Country around Wells and Cheddar. Mem. geol. Sun. U.K. Ponsford, D. R. A. 1970....1965. Geology of the Country around Wells and Cheddar. Mem. Geol. Surv. U.K. van de Kamp, P. C. 1970 |
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| Sustainability and the thermal springs at Bath, England T. C. A T K I N S O N 1'2 & R. M. D A V I S O N...University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK (e-mail: t.atkinson@ucl.ac.uk) 2 School of Environmental...Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7T J, UK 3 Groundwater Protection and Restoration Group, Department...Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK Abstract" The hot springs at Bath are the largest...64 or 96Ā°C, depending on whether chalcedony or quartz was the solubility controlling phase. Using an |
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| XXVI Mineral localities on the Mendip Hills, Somerset. By ARTHUR W. G. KINGSBURY. [Read March 7,...'New lead-copper minerals from the Mendip Hills (Somerset) ',~ in 1923. This latter paper deals chiefly...feint finds of minerals on the Mendip ~iH,. Proc. Somerset~hire Archaeol. Nat. Hist. Soc., 1935, vol. 80.... ] MINERAL LOC&LITIES ON THE MENDIP HILLS, SOMERSET 69 the level of Chew Stoke on the north to Shepton...goethite. These oxides are sometimes accompanied by quartz. Pyrite and marcasite have both been found, the |
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| vertical sections of the Coal Measures in the Somerset, Bristol, Severn anc.l Forest of Dean coalfields...Group of the Mendip - Crewkerne region Plates 1 Cheddar Gorge , Mendips Dry valleys floored by permeable...Blue Anchor, west Somerset Cliffs in Blue Lias ( Lower Lias) at Kilve, north Somerset 9 10 Lower Lias (littoral...Mendips seen across the alluvial flats of the 12 Somerset Levels 13 Pleistocene geomorphological features...area is renowned, inĀ cluding the deep gorges of Cheddar Gorge and the W ye Valley, prominent escarpĀ ments |
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| sandstones, arkosic sandstones and conglomerates full of quartz pebbles. The climate had become arid and these...thickening was probably due to deep faulting around the Somerset Basin, causing continued subsidence which allowed...Oolite is strongly transgressive in south-west England and in the Mendips is unconformable on all earlier...has discussed the importance of riftingin the Somerset area in relation to the origin of mineralising...mineralising solutions Ns 3 Evaporites In parts of Somerset and Avon the Triassic sediments contain horizons |
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| Wales and Newfoundland, 4, 328. MORGAN, W. R. Quartz Keratophyre Sills Intruded into Unconsolidated...Faults, Llandeilo, Wales, 6, 496. ROBERTS, J. C. Quartz Microfracturing in the North Crop of the South...Devonian Marine Transgression in N. Devon and W. Somerset, 6, 478. WILSON, H. E. Lava Ploughing in the...Huntingdon and Biggleswade The area of eastern England described in this memoir includes the rolling Chalk...Id.) Geology of the Country around Wells and Cheddar An authoritative account of the geology of this |
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| THE PALlEOZOIC ROCKS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND SOMERSET. By S!D1':EY H. REYNOLDS, M.A., F.G.S. series...series of strata met with in Gloucestershire and Somerset T H Ebegins with those near Huntley, described by...available which renders the geology of this part of England of such special interest, but the fact that many...conglomerate, a deposit confined to the west of England and Glamorganshire. 4. The Rhsetic series is better...better seen than in any other part of England, and the Rhsetic bone-bed shows its maximum development |
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| SOMERSET COUNTY LIBRARY This book must be returned on or before the latest date marked below. DATE...Urwer Carboniferous of Somerset Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire .. somerset, 7. ShOW:ng ,he prĀ°bab... IV PLATES PLATE I. II. III. FACING PAGE Cheddar Gorge .. 13 The Dikler Valley, North Cotswolds...Forest of Dean. B. Tyning Batch, near Radstock, Somerset. VII. Aust Cliff 29 .61 VIII. Stinchcombe...seen across the alluvial flats .. .. XI. The Somerset Levels. .. .. .. .. 93 Horizontal diagrammatic |
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| A. W. G. Kingsbury LONDON BUTTERWORTHS ā ENGLAND Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd London: S8 Kingsway...Conservancy, 1970 ISBN 0 40S 70002 5 Printed in England at the Pitman Press, Bath ) I 281495 Contents... Devon 39 Dorset 89 Gloucestershire 197 Somerset 217 A Provisional Rough Guide to the British...but mankind in general. Today in south-western England the geologist can examine the strata that fired...sites in the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Gloucester. By treating each site individually |
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| Specdyman The Quantock and Brendon Hills, West Somerset and North Devon D. L. Dineley The sedimentology...Hills D. Ingle Smith 7 Fossil plants from the Somerset coalfield K. C. Allen 8 The geology of Cattybrook...Blue Anchor, Watchet and St. Audrie's Bay, North Somerset IOI D. Hamiltot1 and A. IVhitta/cer 11 Aust Cliff...and C. A. Wright 16 The Quaternary of the'North Somerset area 171 .A. B. Hawlt.ins Bibliography 187 vii...1971) is relevant to Excursion 1, the South-West England guide (Edmonds, McKeown & Williams 1975) is relevant |
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| London SEI 7RJ. We all know where south-west England is but when I came to preparing this talk I had...counties to be included. Looking at a map indicated Somerset, an important aggregates producer, to be included...took my cue from De la Beche who included West Somerset in his report on the geology of the region which...represents the northern part of the old county of Somerset, and with it one of only four major celestite...could be made for including Dorset in south-west England as the county essentially lies west of the midpoint |
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| Limestone, which form the dominant feature of northern Somerset. The most southerly and important is that of the...Of the caves the most remarkable are those of Cheddar, Burrington and Wookey, but many others exist....ravine, and a number of dry examples such as the Cheddar Gorge. Ebbor Gorge and Burrington Combe in the...siltstones and cornstoncs. The pebbles are chiefly quartz and quartzite, but include jasper and occasional...those of Maesbury (K) and Cattybrook (D). The Cheddar Gorge, though affording a splendid section of S-beds |
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| MERCIA MUDSTONE GROUP), TAUNTON DEANE (SOMERSET), S. ENGLAND A. RUFFELL 1, M. BENTON 2, M.J. SIMMS 3...Group), Taunton Deane (Somerset), S. England. Geoscience in South-West England, 14, 188ā193. Four new...Mudstone Formation) west and east of Taunton (Somerset). This sandstone and grey mudstone unit interrupts...of this work. In basin-centre successions, the Somerset Halite Member of Howard et al. (2008), has been...encountered (e.g., in the Burton Row Borehole, in NE Somerset (Gallois, 2003, and references therein). In this |
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| from the cleavage faces of the crystals. Glassy quartz forms a groundmass otherwise ļ¬ecked by black biotite...contemporaneous with our granites of South West England, but having undergone a degree of metamorphism...we might see in the Carboniferous rocks of the Somerset coalļ¬elds, or the Lower Palaeozoic successions...pavement to compare with surfaces at the top of Cheddar Gorge or Charterhouse. The parallels continue to...his Grande ArmĆ©e for the projected invasion of England before his better judgement made him call off the |
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| these gravels ar e associated with pink and white quartz pebbles. Where the Avon flows through the gorge...line taken by the present road from Bleadon to Cheddar and thence to Wookey via Draycott and Westbury...Hole in Burrington Combe and Gough's Cave in the Cheddar Gorge. For this reason the present section will..."the earliest known form of brachycephalism in England." The spread of roundheadedness in Europe occurred...order t o enlarge the entrance t o Gough's Cave, Cheddar. The entrance passage had been cut through the |
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| Quartz replaced anhydrite nodules ('Bristol Diamonds') from the Triassic of the Bristol District M A...U R I C E E. T U C K E R (Plates 1-2) Summary. Quartz nodules and geodes, known as Bristol Diamonds,...Dolomitic Conglomerate of the Bristol district of England. They are composed of either, megaquartz, milky...towards the centre, or fibrous quartz, chalcedony and Iutecite. Much of the quartz, particularly in the outer...in a marginal playa situation. 1. Introduction Quartz nodules (potato stones, Bristol Diamonds or Bristol |
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| BILL BIRKETT Classic Rock Climbs in Southern England is the third in a series of five books to cover...District and Northern England have already been published. In Southern England, sea-cliff climbing, and...Dartmoor and Bodmin, the spectacular limestone of the Cheddar and Avon Gorges and the Wye river valley are important...Front cover photo: Skeleton Ridge Ā© Bill Birket UK price... Ā£22.95 Digitized by the Internet Archive...Group, Sparkford, Nr Yeovil, Somerset BA22 7]J, England. Printed in England by: J.H. Haynes & Co Limited |
 | Farrant, A.R., Vranch, R.D., Ensom, P.C., Wilkinson, I.P., Woods, M.A. (2014) New evidence of the Cretaceous overstep of the Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 125 (1) 63-73 doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2013.08.003 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) |
| the Cretaceous overstep of the Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK A.R. Farrant a,*, R.D. Vranch b, P.C. Ensom...NG12 5GG, United Kingdom 3 Churchill Road, Frome, Somerset BA11 4ED, United Kingdom c Penrose, Swanpool,...Carboniferous strata plunge beneath the North Somerset coalļ¬eld, itself partially buried by Mesozoic...deformation that extends across much of southern England. This thrusting and folding (Williams and Chapman...sandstoneā found to the east near the border of Somerset and Wiltshire. This was presumably a reference |
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| A Guide to the Wild Caves and Show Caves of England, Scotland and Wales liu Ā« āŗif' i V i 11 ā ...Cavern in Derbyshire, Grimes Graves in Norfolk, Cheddar Gorge caves, Poldark Mine in Cornwall and the Hell-Fire...BRIDUN A Guide to theWild Caves and Show Caves of England, Scotland and Wales BRUCE BEDFORD BUCKS COUNTY...Quarry Caves 78 Cheddar Gorge Caves 80 Wookey Hole Caves 86 Clearwell Caves 92 Southern England 96 St Clementās...Caverns 126 Dinorwig Power Station 128 Northern England 130 Blue John Cavern and Mine 131 Treak Cliff Cavern |
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| DISTRIBUTION OF ROADSTONES IN GREAT BRITArN 4 England and Wales 4 Scotland 6 Channel Islands 9 ...under county headings, with all the counties of England, Wales and Scotland in one alphabetical list. Within...teschenite Epidiorite Hornblende-schist Lamprophyre Quartz-dolerite Spilite 2 SOURCES OF ROAD AGGREGATE...Gneiss Granite Granodiorite Granulite Pegmatite Quartz-diorite Syenite Gritstone group Agglomerate Arkose...Felsite Granophyre Keratopbyre Microgranite Porphyry Quartz-porphyrite Rhyolite Trachyte Quartzite group Ganister |
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| to the British Museum and to the Museum of the Somerset Arch~eolo~cal Society at Taunton; but the greater...cave, and are at present in the Museum of the Somerset Archaeological Society. The teeth preponderated...workmanship it resembles a beautiful semitransparent quartz-rock specimen from the burial-mounds of North America...the Mendips at Burrington-Comb, and a third in Cheddar Cliffs ++. But, on the other hand, it may be said...branches are arranged on a tree. Burrington-Comb, Cheddar Pass, and Wookey-Hole Ravine, each surrounded by |
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| distribution of roadstones by K. C. DUNHAM, D.Sc., S.D. (England and Wales) and A. G. MacGREGOR, M.C., D.Sc. (Scotland)..... I GEOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION OF R OADSTONES England and Wales (Fig. 1) 2 Scotland (Fig. 2) .. ...teschenite Epidiorite Hornblende-schist Lamprophyre Quartz-dolerite Spilite GABBRO GROUP Basic diorite Basic...Gneiss Granite Granodiorite Granulite Pegmatite Quartz-diorite Syenite HORNFELS GROUP LIMESTONE GROUP...Felsite Granophyre Keratophyre Microgranite Porphyry Quartz-porphyrite Rhyolite Trachyte 2 SOURCES OF ROAD |
