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| The age of Pleistocene marine deposits at Portland, Dorset K. Headon Davies and D. H. Keen DAVIES, K...K. H. and D. H. KEEN, 1985. The age of Pleistocene marine deposits at Portland, Dorset. Proc. Geol. Ass...have been known. for 145.years as providing evidence of high Pleist?cene sea-l.evels. Most accounts have...descriptions of the deposits and their fauna. Such. accounts emphasise the supposed similar ages of the marine...deposits on both west and east SIdes of the peninsula, despite their differences in facies and faunal content |
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| Meeting in the Weymouth Area, 1966 Report by the Directors: I. M. WEST, D. J. SHEARMAN AND M. E. PUGH 27...30 May 1966 Received 29 October 1968 INTRODUCTION of this Field Meeting was to study the two main brecciated...between the Isle of Portland and Swanage. The lower brecciated horizon is seen only near the Bill of Portland...deposits, and was mentioned by Arkell (1938). The beds affected are the basal Caps of the Purbeck and locally...locally the Portland Roach. The upper brecciated horizon occurs between the Great Dirt Bed and the 'Cypris' |
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| G Model PGEOLA 667 No. of Pages 12 Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association xxx (2018) xxx–xxx Contents...Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association journal homepage: www...elsevier.com/locate/pgeola The Quaternary rivers of the Jurassic Coast region: From the Neogene to the...University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK Archaeology & Palaeoecology, School of Natural and Built...BT7 1NN, UK Luminescence dating laboratory, School of Natural and Social Sciences, University of Gloucestershire |
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| welcomed alike by students of geology and fossils and by amateurs. Few parts of England offer a better training-ground...training-ground in Geology than the coast of Dorset. All the principal structures of sedimentary rocks are to be seen...there in diagrammatic clearness, and fossils are plentiful. The Dorset coast is described almost foot...Lyme Regis or Bridport in the west, Weymouth in the central part, and Swanage in the east. €1-00 net ...Reserved Photo LULWORTH \erial view from HOLE AND by J. X.. St. Joseph. COVE. the South-east. Photo |
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| geomorphology of the Isle of Portland, southern England Denys Brunsden*, Ken Coomber, Andrew S. Goudiet and Adrian...structural geomorphology of the Isle of Portland, southern England. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association...Association, 107, 209-230. The Isle of Portland, southern England, is composed of gently folded Upper Jurassic...through the Portland Group to the Lower Purbeck Group which are gently folded to form part of the northern...northern end of the Shambles Syncline. The essential arrangement of the beds is for hard, jointed well-bedded |
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| End of the Isle of Portland Report on a demonstration given to the Association by M. E. PUGH and D. J...463 2. BRECCIATION AND DISTURBANCE OF THE 3. THE DIRT BEDS 4 . THE DEPOSITS OF THE RAISED BEACH 5....brecciated beds of the basal Purbeck which are seen below the raised beach deposits at Portland Bill have a different...different origin from those of the Broken Beds on the mainland. although superficially they appear similar...The brecciation and diap iric structures on Portland were shown to be the result of frost heaving in |
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| COAST he Jurassic Coast of Devon and Dorset has joined the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier Reef as...win this highest of international accolades, granted by the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations...Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco), meeting in Dece1nber 2001 in Helsinki. T Nomination of the...strata but the visual geology extends on either side of ~ is period, across the Mesozoic era from the - ·...continues to erode. Nowhere else can boast the qualities of this scenic coast, which are listed here in gazetteer |
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| Field Meeting in South Dorset 30 May to 3 June 1968 Report by the Director: R. C. L. WILSON Received...assembled at the Osmington Mills Hotel on the evening of Thursday, 30 May. After dinner, the Director gave...general structure and stratigraphy of the Dorset coast, and an outline of petrographic terms (of Folk, 1959)...importance of the Dorset marine Upper Jurassic beds, the study of which was the main aim of the meeting...With the aid of isopachyte maps, he demonstrated that the region of study was in the centre of the Wessex |
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| Whitsun Field Meeting to Weymouth, Abbotsbury and Dorchester, Dorset 15-18 May 1959 Report by the Director:...FRIDAY, 15 MAY, the party of twenty-three members and friends assembled at Weymouth. Transport throughout...Castle Road, Wyke Regis, and walked to the shore about a quarter mile south-west of Sandsfoot Castle. There...structure and stratigraphy of the district, emphasising that the Weymouth area consists essentially of Jurassic...Jurassic and Cretaceous rocks forming an asymmetric east-west anticline of mid-Tertiary date, with a gently |
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| The Evolution of the Chesil Bank. 499 earlier and leucite then tends to be interstitial. In these felsparbearing...leucitites and olivine leucitites. In the last two the icositetrahedra of leucite in the Uganda part of the...the field are generally minute in size and very commonly have inclusions, which either occur at the centre...sequence of crystallization of the commoner minerals is, magnetite and ilmenite, biotite, augite and olivine...labradorite and other plagioclase felspars, leucite, and finally a groundmass consisting of all the above |
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| INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGtC.~LSCIENCES Natural Environment Research Council British Regional Geology The...The Hampshire Basin and adjoining areas FOURTH EDITION FOR REFEREl\lt:E ONL • V ,'i' .;;..:a-•~)- Oc(_O_s... Oc(_O_s t< ~r { HAVANT COLLEGE - INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES Natural Environment Research Cou~...The Hampshire Basin and adjoining areas FOURTH EDITION By R. V. Melville, MSc and E. C. Freshney, BSc...Institute of Geological Sciences was formed by the inco,poration of the Geological Survey of Great Britain |
 | Barton, C. M., Woods, M. A., Bristow, C. R., Newell, A. J., Westhead, R. K., Evans, D. J., Kirby, G. A., Warrington, G. (2011) Geology of south Dorset and south-east Devon and its World Heritage Coast - Special Memoir for 1 :50 000 geological sheets 328 Dorchester, 341/342 West Fleet and Weymouth and 342/343 Swanage, and parts of sheets 326/340 Sidmouth, 327 Bridport, 329 Bournemouth and 339 Newton Abbot. British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham. | Book |
| Geolo_ of south Dorset and south-east Devon and its World Heritage Coast - i,J ~ . A Geology of south...south Dorset and south-east Devon and its World Heritage Coast In recognition of its outstanding geology...Orcombe Rocks in south-east Devon and Old Harry Rocks in south Dorset was granted World Heritage status...status in December 2001. The geology of this coast is described, together ,vith the recently mapped 1 :50...sheets 328 Dorchester, 341/342 West Fleet and Weymouth and 342/343 Swanage. The diverse geology ranges |
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| COAS T Dorset anp East Devon‘s YO Worip HeRrIracE Coast e s — Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wale...a board of trustees, which supports the delivery ofscience, conservation, arts, education and sustainable...provides advice and influence and works with the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Team and other partners...partners. If you would like to support the work of the Trust please visit www.jurassiccoast.org/get—involved...Trust JU OFFICIAL GUIDE TO THE URASSIC COAST Dorset anp East Devon‘s Wori» Herttage Coast A WALK |
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| (To commemorate the Centenary 1958) NOo 2 2: The Dorset Coast from Poole to the Chesil Beach by M. R. HOUSE...Chapman's Pool and Winspit Ill. Lulworth Cove to Bat's Head IV. The Isle of Portland V. Black Head to...edition 1969 Reprinted 1971 Colchester: BENHAM AND COMPANY LIMITED £1.00 s 11 14 18 21 24 28 31 ...evidence of existence of a rig/zt-of-way. T/ze onus of obtaining permission lo use tracks and to examine...examine quarry and 01/zer sections rests 011 the user of the Guide. Users of t/ze Guide, in particular t/zose |
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| 277 WHITSUN FIELD MEETING, 1932. THE DORSET COAST, NEAR WEYMOUTH. REPORT BY The Director, C. P. CHATWIN...assembled at Weymouth on the evening of May rjth, with Headquarters at the Royal Hotel, The object of the meeting...wellknown exposures illustrating the structure and stratigraphy of the district. Mr. W. L. Turner acted as secretary...Headquarters by motor-coach, drove to Lulworth Cove, and then walked up the slope overlooking Stair Hole,... to the south-west, is Portland Peninsula, with its sharp northern scarp and southward dip slope. On |
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| MEM01·as OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ------- ·----- ENGLAND AND WALES. THE GEOLOGY OF THE ISLE OF PURBECK...PURBECK AND 1VEYMOUT H. • BY AUBREY ical Survey Q,ffi � Northern England. STRAHAN, M . .Lt\.., F.G.S...S. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF HER :MA..JESTY1 S TREA.9URY. . .... LONDON: FETTER...:\NE, E.C. And to be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from EYRE AND SPOTTIS\VOODE...present Memoir . early attracted tl1e notice of geologists, and its a<.lmirable coast-sections l1ave been |
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| The Quaternary Deposits of Bowleaze Cove, near Weymouth, Dorset by J. N. CARRECK With Contributions...beach at the eastern end of the cove (i) The Holocene yellow loam with limestone and sandstone debris (j)...to be Damon's Loam ... (k) The Holocene alluvium of the Jordan 3. 74 76 76 76 76 78 78 82 85 89 90...Previous records of Quaternary occurrences at Bowleaze Cove are noted. A series of deposits is described...described, with faunal and floral lists and reports on early pottery. Some molluscan faunas are compared with |
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| 41 2 WHITSUN FIELD MEETING, 1934. THE ISLE OF PURBECK. Report by the Director, W. J. ARKELL, M.A.,... ON Friday evening, May r Sth, about 40 members and guests assembled at the headquarters in Swanage...lecture on the geology of the Isle of Purbeck. The routes to be taken on the four days of the field meeting...meeting were explained,. and slides were shown illustrating the principal geological features to be visited...boat having been engaged from the Gondolier fleet of Poole. By coasting along the chalk cliffs from Ballard |
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| Geological Highlights of the West Country 1 Geological Highlights of the West Country A Nature Conservancy...A. W. G. Kingsbury LONDON BUTTERWORTHS â– 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... 7 11 Descriptions: Cornwall 17 Devon 39 Dorset 89 Gloucestershire 197 Somerset 217 A Provisional...British Pleistocenc and Recent Succession 264 Glossary 265 References 273 Index of Sites by Counties |
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| _DISCOVER DORSET FOSSILS RICHARD EDMONDS Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2023 with funding from...at the age of eight on Charmouth Beach and led him to study geology at the University of Hull from 1980...North Sea Oil Industry before moving to the field of countryside interpretation, initially as a volunteer...National Trust for Scotland on the Isle of Arran and, in 1986, as warden of the Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre...led countless numbers of people onto the local beaches of West Dorset in search of fossils. In 1997 Richard |
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| Whitaker—Raised Beach at Portland. reach of denuding actions, are of a softer and more destructible kind...the channel in the rear of the Chesil Bank has been formed since the heaping up of the shingle:—they are...part of the bank is also the largest and strongest, the best able both to withstand the sea, and to stop...(2) that the very irregular shape and climess character of the shore of " the M e e t " are not such as...action of the sea along such a coast, whilst they are just what should be produced by the action of streams: |
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| MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF TUE UNITED Kl NG DOM. THE JURASSIC ROCKS �N _, I\. OF BRITAIN...BRITAIN. VOL. V. THE MIDDLE AND UPPER OOLITIC ROCKS OF ENGL.AJ.�D (YORJCSHIRE EXCEPTED). HORACE B. BY ...l'UllLISlll!ll BY ORDER OP THE LORDS COllMISSIONERS OF lll!R l!A.11!8TY'S TREA.l!UBY, ' .,,.,,..,,..�...T.IISTY. And to be purcha.<;ed, either directly or through any :Booksell�.r. lrom EYRE AND SPOTTISWOODE...MENZIES & Oo., 12, H.and 90, WES'!' Nn:,ll Sr1t&BT, GLA.SGOW'; or ROJ>OES |
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| . Portland stone carvings in Bowers Quairy, Isle of Portland ��-� 1!1,.r� � � www.wsgs.org .uk ISSN...Chidlaw's Geological Mapping Course in the Forest of Dean ..................4 Paper, Scissors, Stone ................. 5 Geology Along the Coast Near Weymouth .............................................................9 On the Recent Expansion of the Quaternary and Pleistocene .................................................................16 Shale Gas and Geology ........................................ |
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| 71 THE FORMATION OF CHERT AND ITS MICRO.STRUCTURES IN SOME JURASSIC STRATA. By CATHERINE A. RAISIN,...D.Sc. [PLATES XIV and XV.] (Read December 5th, 1902.1 I.-ORIGIN OF CHERT. EpOCH OF FORMATION. Stratification... Transverse Bands. 3. Nodules and Chert Rings. 4. Residual Calcite and Transition Zone. 5. Replaced Shells...-MICRO-STRUCTURES. Order of Silicification and Subsequent Modification. Differentiation in Chert. Original Structures...Organisms,Oolite, Crystals, Ground mass). IlL-ORIGIN OF THE SILICA. INTRODUCTION. RT is attractive even |
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| 281 Abinger, Lower Greensand of I . 4, 20. 18 Amaltheus Beds, Dorset II9, 120 Ambleside, Westmorland...Annual Report of Council for 193 1 . . 74 Arun Gap, Chalk zones of .. 212 - -, Geomorphology of 274 Ashcroft...Ashcroft, F. N .• Trustee 80, 95 Asteroceras Beds. Dorset 105, 125 Atherfield Clay 9, 128, 143. 144 Bull...J., Vice-President. 93; Note on the Geomorphology of the Arun Gap .. Burton, M .. elected . . Bacton...elected 96 Beaches (Quaternary) of Gower 29 1 Belemnite Marls, Dorset 99, 100 112, 122 .Berry, Miss D |
