Down To Earth Extra! May
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.
Mervyn Dodd, Funeral
MERVYN DODD
Proceedings 1965 Part 2
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Contents
| List of Members of the Society | Page 1 |
| Editorial | 4 |
| Excursion to the Blea Crag Complex, Langstrath. M. F. Burton | 5 |
| Excursion to the Explosion Breccia, Cabble Crag. R. E. O. Pearson | 8 |
| Weekend Camping Excursion to the Southern Uplands of Scotland, R. H. Hewitt, D. C. James and E. H. Shackleton | 9 |
| The Soiree, and a note on the Weardale Granite | 12 |
| Film Evening… Drilling for Oil and Gas in the North Sea | 14 |
| Lecture. “Mines and Mining in the Alston Area”. G. S. Gowing | 16 |
| The Identification of Minerals by X-Rays. W. D. Smith | 17 |
| Grow your own crystals. S. H. Gate | 22 |
| Section at the Base of the Carboniferous at Ghyll Wood, Blindcrake. J. Moon | 24 |