 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NOTES ON THE TRIAS, RHlETIC, AND LIAS OF WEST SOMERSET. Bv H. H. WI:-;WOOD, I\I.A., F.G.S. THE RBv...HAVE been asked to give a few notes on the New Red and Lias in that portion of the district which we shall...be from Bridgwater to Watchet, skirting the east side of the Quantock Hills, and then along the valley...valley between those hills and the Brendons to Taunton, and is included in sheet 20 of the Geological Survey...There are not any sections, probably, in the West of England showing more interesting exposures of the Lower |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Field meeting: winter on the Somerset coast, 14-16 February 2003 Eric Robinson ROBINSON, E. 2003. Field...Field meeting: winter on the Somerset coast. 14-16 February, 2003. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association...Association, 114, 375-379. Geologically, west Somerset offers key sections in the New Red Sandstone succession... good transitions between the New Red Sandstone and the marine transgressions of the Rhaeto-Lias, as...limestone, slate. iron ores and building stone which underpinned the prosperity of Watchet as a port. The localities |  | | Report (chapter) | | on the Bristol Channel coast, Somerset (UK) James Trude, Rod Graham and Robin Pilcher Geological Society...Salt-related structures on the Bristol Channel coast, Somerset (UK) JAMES TRUDE1*, ROD GRAHAM2 & ROBIN PILCHER1...Adelphi Building, 1-11 John Adam St., London WC2N 6AG, UK *Corresponding author (e-mail: james.trude@hess.com)...south coast of the Bristol Channel at Watchet in southern England. It is prompted by our recent experience...seismic datasets from areas such as the Gulf of Mexico and Brazil which are dominated by salt tectonics. Previous |  | | Report (chapter) | | systems, southern Bristol Channel basin, UK Chris J. Dart, Ken McClay and Peter N. Hollings Geological Society...extensional fault systems, southern Bristol Channel basin, UK C H R I S J. D A R T ~, K E N M c C L A Y & P E T...Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW2OOEX, UK ~Present address: Z & S Geologi a/s, Sverdrupsgate...Sverdrupsgate 23, N-4007, Stavanger, Norway Abstract: East-West trending inverted extensional fault systems offset...margin of the Bristol Channel basin along the north Somerset coast. Field mapping, using exceptionally detailed |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Kingdom Geometry and formation of gypsum veins in mudstones at Watchet, Somerset, SW England SONJA L. PHILIPP...published online 29 August 2008) Abstract – Gypsum veins and faults were studied in red mudstones of the...cliffs at Watchet on the Somerset Coast (SW England). In nodular gypsum horizons, individual gypsum nodules...nodules are connected by subhorizontal gypsum veins. In evaporite-free mudstone layers, however, dense anastomosing...anastomosing networks of gypsum veins occur. In a 300 m long profile dissected by 28 (mostly) normal faults |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geoscience in south-west England THE DISTRIBUTION OF HALITE (ROCK-SALT) IN THE MERCIA MUDSTONE GROUP...GROUP (MID TO LATE TRIASSIC) IN SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND R.W. GALLOIS Gallois, R.W. 2003. The distribution of...to late Triassic) in south-west England. Geoscience in south-west England, 10, 383-389. The subdivision...south-west England into four formations (the Sidmouth, Dunscombe and Branscombe mudstones and the Blue...Blue Anchor Formation) and nine members, each with a distinctive suite of geophysical-log signatures, has |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 196 H. B. Woodward and J. H. Blake— enumerated above belong to the former group. I t is observable...affinities of the fossil plants placed under Athrotaxites and Condylites have been, properly ascertained, each...Oolitic Flora,—Athrotaxis belonging to the Taxodiem, and Condylites most probably to the Cupressinea. It is...LOWER L I A S AND KETFPER FORMATIONS IN SOMERSETSHIRE.1 By HORACE B. "WOODWARD, F.G.S., and J. H. BLAKE... C.E., F.G.S., Of the Geological Surrey of England and Wales. T would at first sight seem superfluous |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | inch. The colour of the interior is a bluish-white and is very uniform. More than half the stone is made...yellow, are vitreous and translucent, have two imperfect oblique cleavages, and bear a resemblance to...through the mass, with a few grains of troilite and one little black mass, which was probably graphite...resemblance, as regards the crust, between this stone and thai which fell at Mauerkirchen (1768, November 20th);...hornblende, with a little albite (or orthoclase) and chromite 3927 Nickel-iron 1463 Magnetic pyrites ( |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | EXCURSION TO WEST SOMEI'SET. 97 8.-Greenish-grcy pointed implement, with thick bntt partly crusted...implement, barely patinated, with yellow knots, and sharp edges, interrupted by diminutive platform in...Acheul. L. 3.+ in. REPORT OF AN EXCURSION ro WEST SOMERSET. JUNE 20TH TO 24TH, 1913. By THE PRESIDENT...F.G.S.) L. R1CHARbSON, F.R.S.E., F.L.S., F.G.S., AND E. e. MARTIN, B.Sc., A.I.e., Directors of the Excursion...travelled from Paddington by the 4. J 5 p.m. train and arrived at Minehead at 8.55 p.m. Here a number of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | TI~IASSlC ROCKS oF SOMERSET A~ DEVON. 367 40. On the TRIAssic RocKs of SOmeRSET and D~vox. By W. A....Uss~R, Esq., F.G.S., of the Geological Survey of England and Wales. (Read June 7, 1876.) (Communicated by...II. Polden Hills, Bridgewater and Taunton Vale. III. West-Somerset and Devon Area. INTRODUCTION. Tum...Devon and Somerset may be divided into three lithological districts :--the first, on the north and north-east...Polden Hills; the second, on the north-east, east, and southeast of the Quantocks; the third, comprising |  | | Report (issue) | | r. ���: MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGIC.AL SURVEY. ENGLAND AND WALES� . , EXPLANATION OF SHEET 295. -.,�...\VYlfAN & SONSt LI1:IIrrED, JfETTEit L..tlNE, E.C. And to be pt1rohased from E. STANFORDt 12, 13, ar1d... , \��, ::'��� . , ..'."�{,v·. ! ·��� THE TAUNTON . :. ,· •"/,/<·S,· GEOLOGY -·OF ,. . \ ...OF THE GEOLOQIOAL SURVEY O F E NGLAND A.ND WALES, AND . M US E U M O F PRAOTIOAL GEOLOGY. -------------------...IV[11sal1m, Jetmyu Street, London, S.\V. . The }taps and M�1noirs are 110w isst1EHl by the Ord110.11-ce S11r |  | | Book | | IN THE AGE . . STEAM SOMERSET I:\J THE ACiE cJ/ STEAM omerset witnessed a remarkable variety of industries...Revoluti on of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and beyond. Water and steam were the main providers... lead, iron, zinc and copper, quarries for building scone, lime or aggregates, and clay pits for making...tiles and pottery. Other activities included malting, brewing, cider making, corn milling and dairying;...collars and gloves; tanneries, shoen1akers, foundries and engineering works. Water, gas and electricity |  | | Book | | Geology and Landscape of Taunton Deane A geological exploration of south west Somerset Hugh Prudden...Prudden Published by Taunton Deane Borough Council n' a - -s* ■ ADDENDA Page 13 24 should read 2.4 Page...Page 108 Visitors to Culmstock Beacon and Black Down Common may find it more convenient to park at the telecommunications...telecommunications tower at ST 1220 1636 to the west of Crossways Farm, where the grid reference should...permission of Taunton Deane Borough Council. ISBN: 0-954052-0-2 Published by Taunton Deane Borough Council |  | | Report (edition) | | ongoing effort to preserve the information in books and make it universally accessible. https://books.google...DKOLT DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND MUSEUM St. Britain BRITISH...GEOLOGY : BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER DISTRICT By F. B. A. WELCH , B.Sc. , Ph.D. and R. CROOKALL , D.Sc...SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY : BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER...GLOUCESTER DISTRICT Ву F. B. A. WELCH , B.SC. , PH.D. and R. CROOKALL , D.SC. , PH.D. Crown Copyright Reserved |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | it can be shown that compression is not required, and that the phenomena of folded mountain chains can...horizons of different sections. Yet in such a thick and widely spread deposit it is very desirable to have...Warwickshire and in Nottinghamshire,4 but these are of local value only. Recently Mr. Bernard Smith and myself...all places where gypsum is worked, or likely to be workable, throughout England, and it appears that the...the workable deposits of* gypsum within the Keuper occur at definite horizons. The economic results have |  | Schwenzer, S. P., Bridges, J. C., Wiens, R. C., Conrad, P. G., Kelley, S. P., Leveille, R., Mangold, N., Martín-Torres, J., McAdam, A., Newsom, H., Zorzano, M. P., Rapin, W., Spray, J., Treiman, A. H., Westall, F., Fairén, A. G., Meslin, P.-Y. (2016) Fluids during diagenesis and sulfate vein formation in sediments at Gale crater, Mars. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 51 (11) 2175-2202 doi:10.1111/maps.12668 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | doi: 10.1111/maps.12668 Fluids during diagenesis and sulfate vein formation in sediments at Gale crater...WESTALL15, 16,17, and P.-Y. MESLIN18 A. G. FAIREN 1 Department of Environment, Earth and Ecosystems, The...The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK 2 Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Blvd., Houston...Centre, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester LE1 7RH, UK 4 Space Remote Sensing, Los...Planetologie et Geodynamique de Nantes, LPGN/CNRS UMR6112 and Universite de Nantes, 44322 Nantes, France 8 Lule |  | | Book | | . · . . ' . � Burnham-on-Sea ·1. · : .·�./ Watchet Li I stock Geology of the country around Weston-super-Mare...Middle Hope and Brean Down, the western end of the Mendip Hills, part of the Somerset Levels and the north...north Somerset coast between Hinkley and Watchet, as well as the islands of Steep Holm and Flat Holm. Miles...interbedded volcanic rocks in the north, and of Triassic and Lower Lias rocks in the south. The Institute'...the Central Somerset Basin, give a section through most of the Lower Jurassic strata and the greater |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the distinctive characters of the ZiThlrostrum ; and the description of 2lacocetus also is not yet published...Geological Society, Somerset :House, W.C., and 7 Caversham Road Villas, N.W. ; and The Rev. Henry W. Watson... 1. On the R~_~IC B~ns and WHITE LIAS of WESTElU~"and CE~TRA:L SO~ERS:~ ; and on the DISCOVERYof a new... PAR~I. On the Rhmtic Beds and White Lias of Western and Central Somerset. I. Introduction. II. Description...Description of the Sections. 1. West of Watchet. 2. East of Watchet. 3. From the Coast to the River Parrett |  | | Journal (issue) | | Society Research into the geology and geomorphology of south-west England Volume 6 Part 1 1984 Edited by...promote research into the geology and geomorphology of southwest England and the surrounding marine areas;...Annual Conferences at various places in South West England where those engaged in this research can meet...formally to hear original contributions and progress reports and informally to effect personal contacts;...open to all on written application to the Secretary and payment of the subscription due on January lst each |  | | Report (edition) | | British Regional Geology I * South-West England r * FOURTH EDITION e ■ - O ” ..y 1835 Geological...carry out the geological survey of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the latter as an agency service...service for the government of Northern Ireland), and of the surrounding continental shelf, as well as its basic...edition (1935). Chapters 2 and 3 were written by Mr. M. C. McKeown, Chapter 6 and the metalliferous mining...Williams, and the rest by Mr. E. A. Edmonds. The authors gratefully acknowledged the advice and assistance |  | | Book | | DISTRICT. Qua.t.erna1-y Made ground, \•Vorked ground and rnade ground, Landslip, Scree, Debris cone, Head...Group* Sandstone, green-grey, clayey, fine grained; and siltstone Thickness m up to c.100 Callovian Bathonian...grey and grey silty shale and shale c.700 Jurassic Toarcian Pliensbachian Lias Group Lower and tvJiddle...Sine1nurian Hettangian Rhaetiax1 Grey mudstone and shale with regular thin interbeds of 1nicritic lin1estone...(1-1.5 m): pale grey and green-grey ca.k:areous mudst◊ne, limestone, siltstone and sandstone 12.5 to 16 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Portion of a ventral valve, showing the form of beak and its deltidium. 5 a, b, c, d. T. Boubei (?), D'Archiac...OUTLINE OF THE RH^ETIC FORMATION IN W E S T AND CENTRAL SOMERSET. By W. BOTD DAWKINS, B.A. Oxon., F . G ...Keuper Marls and Lower Lias Shales in Germany, we owe to the labours of Dr. Wright, F.G.S., and Mr. Charles...relation of the sandstones, shales, and limestones to the White Lias above and the Keuper below, added upwards...Ammonites planorbis, Mr. Moore considered to belong to, and to constitute an upper member of, the Rhastic Formation |  | Richardson, L., Ussher, W.A.E., Whitaker, W., Winwood, H.H., Stebbing, W.P.D. (1911) Excursion to Dunball, Burlescombe, Ilminster, Chard, Ham Hill, and Bradford Abbas. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 22 (5) 246 doi:10.1016/s0016-7878(11)80011-8 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DUNBALL, BURLESCOMBE, ILMINSTER, CHARD, HAM HILL, AND BRADFORD ABBAS. JUNE 2ND TO JUNE 7TH (WHITSUNTIDE)...E. USSHER, F.G.S., W. WHITAKER, F.R.S., F.G.S., AND THE REV. H. H. WINWOOD, M.A., F.G.S. Excursion Secretary:...cores from the boring sunk between January loth and December, 1910, near Dunball. He then conducted the...exposed, under calcareous shales, formerly ground up and used for cement, but now abandoned in favour of the...the Rhsetic as the possible equivalent of the Watchet Beds. In the Dunball railway cutting he gives their |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CORRESPONDENCE Lower Chalk of South-West England: The Mid-Dorset Swell Written Discussion to Papers... J. Kennedy, Proc. Geol. Ass., 1970,81,613-77,2 and by P. V. O. Drummond, 1970,81, 679-714, reflect in...publishing the correspondence at this time. Jurassic and Cretaceous Rocks of Wessex: Highest Keuper Deposits...STEVENSON and G. WARRINGTON The Editor Dear Sir, In the Report of the Field Meeting on the Jurassic and Cretaceous...exposed in the coast section east of Seaton, Devon, and have inferred (p. 721) that the 'Tea Green Marls' |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | EXCURSION TO WEST SOMERSET AND NORTH DEVON. 433 blocks were abundant. Occasionally the sands showed...showed strong current-bedding, and in places were much contorted. It was much to be regretted that no stoppage...line. Soon afterwards the party left the train, and made the rest of the journey into Leicester on foot...Mr. Parry for his excellent railway arrangements, and also to the contractor" who themselves took personal... 1876. II{VING, REV. A.-" Excursion to Grantham and Nottingham." Proc, Ceu!..-lssoc., vol. iv, p. +91 |
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