Exploring Lakeland Rocks and Landscapes
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This book is an attempt to answer the questions of those who want to know more about the formation of the fantastic rocks and landscapes of Cumbria. An introductory chapter sets the scene and the 17 excursions are aimed at everyone. They are written with a minimum of technical language and very from easy low-level half-day excursions to more demanding full day trips in mountainous country. They are profusely illustrated with maps and photos.
Authored by local enthusiasts and who are members or closely associated with the Cumberland Geological Society.
The Rock Men – Pioneers of Lakeland Geology
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Edited by Alan Smith and published by the Cumberland Geological Society, this book seeks to explore the people behind what we know of Lakeland Geology. From Jonathan Otley and Adam Sedgwick to the later academics and pysiographers who clarified the work of the earlier ‘fathers’ of geology.
Proceedings 2008-09 Part 4
These proceedings ran from 1962 to 2019 before being replaced by our newest publication The Cumberland Geologist. Each Proceedings has been digitized and made searchable.
Disclaimer: Opinions expressed within the Proceedings are solely the author’s and do not reflect the opinions and beliefs of the website or its affiliates. Localities visited may no longer be accessible. Rules regarding collection of fossil and mineral samples mentioned in the publication may have changed.
Contents
| EDITORIAL | 354 |
| Records of the use of Egglestone marble in Cumbria | 355 |
| The many uses of Shap Granite | 365 |
| The Seathwaite Graphite Mine | 371 |
| Dr Richard Peter Kelvin Clark (1927-2009) An Appreciation | 381 |
| The Raasay iron mines | 389 |
| The society trip to Raasay | 395 |
| Excursion Reports 2008 | 401 |
| Excursion Reports 2009 | 409 |
| Obituary Notice | 423 |
| Lecture Meetings | 425 |
| Annual General Meetings | 428 |
| Annual Dinners | 429 |
| List of Society Officers and Council | 430 |
Proceedings 2004-06 Part 2
These proceedings ran from 1962 to 2019 before being replaced by our newest publication The Cumberland Geologist. Each Proceedings has been digitized and made searchable.
Disclaimer: Opinions expressed within the Proceedings are solely the author’s and do not reflect the opinions and beliefs of the website or its affiliates. Localities visited may no longer be accessible. Rules regarding collection of fossil and mineral samples mentioned in the publication may have changed.
Contents
| EDITOR’S NOTES | 145 |
| ORIGINAL ARTICLES | 146 |
| Multum ex parvo: graptolites from Threlkeld Quarry and their implications, DrA. W. A. Rushton | 146 |
| The fossils collected during John Bolton’s marathon search at Rosside, Dr A. W. A. Rushton and Dr P. Shepherd. | 154 |
| On identifying frontal positions of Lake District valley glaciers, Dr R. P. K. Clark | 162 |
| FIELDWORK REPORTS | 177 |
| The Geology of the Northern Marginal Zone complex on the isle of Rum, 177 Scotland, Edward Loffill | 177 |
| Late Devensian outwash environments in the Tyne Valley: Preliminary investigations., Lynda Yorke | 179 |
| Biological responses and environmental change across the Carboniferous boundary, Rejmyrefjellet, Templefjorden, Svarlbard, Tom Chailands. | 184 |
| EXCURSION REPORTS 2004 | 190 |
| Chalk Beck Quarries, East Curthwaite, David Powell | 190 |
| Sale Fell: minette intrusion and Skiddaw Group, David Livesey | 192 |
| The Coal Measures south of Whitehaven Harbour, David Kelly and John Brown | 193 |
| The submerged forest on Allonby beach, Fred Lawton | 194 |
| The Namurian rocks and mineralisation around Alston, Dr Charlotte Vye and Dr Stu Clarke | 195 |
| Force Crag Mine, Coledale, Penny Webb | 199 |
| The Borrowdale Volcanics of upper Wasdale and lllgill Head, Dr Alan Smith | 207 |
| The Howk, Caldbeck, Anne Freeland and Susan Beale | 211 |
| EXCURSIONS REPORTS 2005 | 212 |
| The Borrowdale Volcanic Group at Water Crag, Wastwater, David Kelly | 212 |
| Fossil hunt at White Horse, Broad End, Skiddaw Massif, Dr Alan Smith | 213 |
| North Pennine Carboniferous at Hallbankgate and the Great Whin Sill quarry at Midgeholme, Judy Suddaby | 229 |
| Skiddaw Group geology, Dr Adrian Rushton | 230 |
| Raise Beck, Dunmail Raise, Dr Richard Johnson | 231 |
| Geology of the Kirkbeck Valley, Mervyn Dodd and Michael Forsdyke | 233 |
| Mineralisation in the Caldbeck Fells, Brian Young | 236 |
| Geology of the northern part of High Rigg, Dr Alan Smith | 237 |
| Other excursion held in 2005 | 238 |
| LECTURE REPORTS 2004 – 2005 | 239 |
| Remote sensing and fieldwork on active volcanoes, Professor Harry Pinkerton | 239 |
| The Burgess Shale fauna: new light on theories of evolution, Professor Simon Conway Morris | 241 |
| Other lectures held in 2004 – 2005 | 242 |
Proceedings 2002-03 Part 1
These proceedings ran from 1962 to 2019 before being replaced by our newest publication The Cumberland Geologist. Each Proceedings has been digitized and made searchable.
Disclaimer: Opinions expressed within the Proceedings are solely the author’s and do not reflect the opinions and beliefs of the website or its affiliates. Localities visited may no longer be accessible. Rules regarding collection of fossil and mineral samples mentioned in the publication may have changed.
Contents
| EDITOR’S NOTES | 5 |
| ORIGINAL ARTICLES | 6 |
| A message from the Labyrinth, Trinity Gardens, Whitehaven, Dr E. Robinson | 6 |
| Rock slope failure in the Lake District: a preliminary report of ongoing research, Dr P. Wilson, Dr R. P. K. Clark and Dr R. A. Smith | 13 |
| How old is the Lake District landscape? Dr R. P. K. Clark | 37 |
| The distinctiveness of the southern Lake District landscape, Dr R. P. K. Clark | 46 |
| EXCURSION REPORTS 2002 | 58 |
| Geology of the area around Nethertown, David Kelly | 58 |
| Geology of Dodd Wood, Dr Alan Smith | 59 |
| Silurian and Carboniferous rocks of the Langholm area, Iver Gray | 62 |
| The geology of Bowness Point, Mervyn Dodd | 64 |
| The Quaternary deposits of the Furness Peninsula, Derek Leviston | 66 |
| Silurian rocks south of Torver, David Kell | 70 |
| Rocks and scenery of the Nannycatch Gorge, David Livesey | 71 |
| Other excursion held in 2002 | 72 |
| EXCURSIONS REPORTS 2003 | 73 |
| The lower Borrowdale Volcanic Group succession on Falcon Crag and Brown Knotts, Dr Alan Smith | 73 |
| Mousegill Quarry near Wilton, Egremont, Mervyn Dodd | 78 |
| Permian brockrams and sandstones in the Eden valley, Dr Gordon Taylor | 82 |
| Upper Wasdale, David Livesey | 83 |
| List of other excursions held in 2003 | 84 |
| LECTURE REPORTS 2002 – 2003 | 85 |
| History of women in geology, Dr Cynthia Burek | 85 |
| Cyprus: life at the edge, Dr Trevor Morse | 86 |
| Life: an unauthorised biography, Prof Richard Fortey | 89 |
| A geologist in the Canadian Rockies, Derek Leviston | 91 |
| Volcanoes in the landscape, Dr Alan Smith | 101 |
| The Coniston copper mines, Nigel Courtman | 103 |
| James Hutton: founder of modern geology, Norman Butcher | 105 |
| LECTURE REPORTS 2003 – 2004 | 107 |
| Hydrocarbon recovery, Dr Jim Riding | 107 |
| Early mining in the Lake District, David Bridge | 109 |
| The Iceland Excursion, Nigel Courtman | 111 |
| The geology of the Canary Islands, Dr Alan Smith | 113 |
| West Cumbrian vernacular architecture, David Grech | 115 |
| Skiddaw Slates – fossils, facts and fallacies, Dr Adrian Rushton | 116 |
| Other lecture held in 2003 – 2004 | 120 |
| REVIEWS | 121 |
| NOTE ON THE NETHERTOWN SEA DEFENCES | 128 |
| OBITUARY NOTICES | 130 |
| ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS | 131 |
| ANNUAL DINNERS | 132 |
| THE SOCIETY SMALL AWARDS FOR STUDENTS | 133 |
| LIST OF SOCIETY OFFICERS AND COUNCIL – 2003 and 2004 | 134 |