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Exploring Lakeland Rocks and Landscapes

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Exploring Lakeland Rocks and Landscapes – See InsideDownload

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Physical Copies £5.00 + P&P
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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.

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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.

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CGS and WGS joint long weekend trip to Scarborough, 7 – 10 May 2026.

The trip will be led by Jonathan Redfern, Chair of Petroleum Geoscience at University of Manchester.

Proposed itinerary (based on car sharing to visit sites).

Thursday 7th May:  Arrive Scarborough (Bike and Boot suggested hotel).  Visit to Rotunda Museum, Wiliam Smith and other collections in afternoon (3pm)

Friday 8th May: Morning: Drive to Staithes, morning Staithes Group shallow marine sandstones – Lunch in Staithes.  Afternoon:  Cleveland Ironstone (HT 8.36 am LT 3.01pm)

Saturday  9th May:  Morning: Drive to Whitby, examine Whitby Sandstone on East and West Cliff.   Fish and Chips lunch in Whitby

Pm: Drive to Cloughton, Long Nab Formation, fluvial meander belts. (HT 9.28 am LT 4.02pm)

Sunday 10th May: Morning :drive to Flamborough Head.  Examine Cretaceous Chalk Group.  Regional tectonics and faulting. (HT 12.46)

Lunch 

Depart home after lunch pm

The trip will cost £40 per individual (to cover the leader’s costs), payable on booking, plus individual accommodation costs.

We will be staying in the Bike and Boot hotel, Scarborough from Thursday night through to Saturday evening.  There is a choice of room type available for the 3 nights, with prices for the 3 nights, including breakfast. 

Single room £241.50

Single room with view £301.50

Double room  (2 people) per room £298.20

Double room with view (2 people) per room £339.00.

It is hoped that we will all eat together in the hotel in the evenings. A copy of the menu can be found on their website. www.Bikeandboot.com 

If interested please contact Lesley Wornham, CGS, on email hidden; JavaScript is required or number removed (text) by the end of November, indicating the type of room you require.

The trip will be on a first come first served basis. After the end of November, I will let you know whether you are on the trip and provide details of how to secure your place by payment of £40. I will also be able to let you know how to secure your hotel room from the rooms I am holding.




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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.
Proceedings 2008-09 Part 4Download

Contents

EDITORIAL354
Records of the use of Egglestone marble in Cumbria355
The many uses of Shap Granite365
The Seathwaite Graphite Mine371
Dr Richard Peter Kelvin Clark (1927-2009) An Appreciation381
The Raasay iron mines389
The society trip to Raasay395
Excursion Reports 2008401
Excursion Reports 2009409
Obituary Notice423
Lecture Meetings425
Annual General Meetings428
Annual Dinners429
List of Society Officers and Council430
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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.
Proceedings 2004-06 Part 2Download

Contents

EDITOR’S NOTES145
ORIGINAL ARTICLES146
Multum ex parvo: graptolites from Threlkeld Quarry and their implications, DrA. W. A. Rushton146
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. Clark162
FIELDWORK REPORTS177
The Geology of the Northern Marginal Zone complex on the isle of Rum, 177 Scotland, Edward Loffill177
Late Devensian outwash environments in the Tyne Valley: Preliminary investigations., Lynda Yorke179
Biological responses and environmental change across the Carboniferous boundary, Rejmyrefjellet, Templefjorden, Svarlbard, Tom Chailands.184
EXCURSION REPORTS 2004190
Chalk Beck Quarries, East Curthwaite, David Powell190
Sale Fell: minette intrusion and Skiddaw Group, David Livesey192
The Coal Measures south of Whitehaven Harbour, David Kelly and John Brown193
The submerged forest on Allonby beach, Fred Lawton194
The Namurian rocks and mineralisation around Alston, Dr Charlotte Vye and Dr Stu Clarke195
Force Crag Mine, Coledale, Penny Webb199
The Borrowdale Volcanics of upper Wasdale and lllgill Head, Dr Alan Smith207
The Howk, Caldbeck, Anne Freeland and Susan Beale211
EXCURSIONS REPORTS 2005212
The Borrowdale Volcanic Group at Water Crag, Wastwater, David Kelly212
Fossil hunt at White Horse, Broad End, Skiddaw Massif, Dr Alan Smith213
North Pennine Carboniferous at Hallbankgate and the Great Whin Sill quarry at Midgeholme, Judy Suddaby229
Skiddaw Group geology, Dr Adrian Rushton230
Raise Beck, Dunmail Raise, Dr Richard Johnson231
Geology of the Kirkbeck Valley, Mervyn Dodd and Michael Forsdyke233
Mineralisation in the Caldbeck Fells, Brian Young236
Geology of the northern part of High Rigg, Dr Alan Smith237
Other excursion held in 2005238
LECTURE REPORTS 2004 – 2005239
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 – 2005242
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