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Event Reminder: Glacial Effects on SW Coast

Date Sunday, June 5, 2022
Time 10:30

Leader: David Evans
Meet:  10:30 am at SD 115845 layby at Whitbeck.  c. 6 km walking on farm track and steep gravelly path to beach. Hard hat and digging tools optional. No toilet facilities.
This trip will investigate the complex stratigraphy of glacial deposits and glacitectonic structures associated with the construction of moraines along the Cumbrian coast during the last glaciation. Extensive cliff exposures at Gutterby and Annaside will be the focus of some hands on sedimentology.

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Proceedings 1965 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.
Proceedings 1965 Part 2Download

Contents

List of Members of the SocietyPage 1
Editorial4
Excursion to the Blea Crag Complex, Langstrath. M. F. Burton5
Excursion to the Explosion Breccia, Cabble Crag. R. E. O. Pearson8
Weekend Camping Excursion to the Southern Uplands of Scotland, R. H. Hewitt, D. C. James and E. H. Shackleton9
The Soiree, and a note on the Weardale Granite12
Film Evening… Drilling for Oil and Gas in the North Sea14
Lecture. “Mines and Mining in the Alston Area”. G. S. Gowing16
The Identification of Minerals by X-Rays. W. D. Smith17
Grow your own crystals. S. H. Gate22
Section at the Base of the Carboniferous at Ghyll Wood, Blindcrake. J. Moon24
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Proceedings 1965 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.
Proceedings 1965 Part 1Download

Contents

The Charles Edmonds Memorial Fund
EditorialPage 1
The Annual General Meeting3
The Annual Dinner4
The Presidential Address, delivered by E. H. Shackleton, F.G.S.5
“Joe and the Geologist”, a tale in Cumbrian dialect12
Experimental Studies at High Temperatures and Pressures, G. McL. Biggar14
Week-end School in Geology at Hawse End, near Keswick. Directors: R. H. Hewitt and T. Shipp22
Lecture: Secondary Metalliferous Minerals. Dr. F.H. Day25
Field Meeting at Snebro Gill, Whitehaven. The Hensingham Group of the Lower Carboniferous. Director: R.H. Hewitt27
Excursion to Glenderaterra Valley and Sinen Gill. The Skiddaw Granite and its Metamorphic Aureole. Director: T. Shipp29
Book Review: Geology for Schools. By J.T. Greensmith31
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