Overview

This volume summarizes the results of a survey of British Upper Carboniferous sites, undertaken between 1978 and 1990 as part of the Geological Conservation Review (GCR). The GCR was the first attempt to assess the scientific significance of all Britain's geological sites and has proved a landmark in the development of a coherent geological conservation strategy in this country. To ensure that the assessments were based on a firm logical and scientific foundation, the range of scientific interest was divided into ninety-seven discrete subject 'blocks', reflecting the natural divisions of stratigraphy, palaeogeography and geological process; Westphalian stratigraphy and Namurian stratigraphy were two of these blocks. The first stage in the survey was a review of the literature, to establish a compre­ hensive database of sites. From this, a provisional list of potentially significant sites was made and this was circulated to all relevant specialists in this country and abroad. At the same time, the sites were visited to assess their physical condition and whether the interest was still extant. In some cases, excavation (so-called 'site-cleaning') was carried out to see if the interest of a site could be resurrected or enhanced. The com­ ments made by the specialists and the field observations were then used to produce a second site list, which again was circulated for comment.

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Author:   C.J. Cleal ,  B.A. Thomas
Publisher:   Chapman and Hall
Imprint:   Chapman and Hall
Edition:   1996 ed.
Volume:   v. 11
Weight:   1.126kg
ISBN:  

9780412727801

ISBN 10:   0412727803
Pages:   339
Publication Date:   31 December 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction and general background.- 2 International stage stratotypes.- Gill Beck.- Blake Brook.- River Darwen.- Park Clough.- Orchard Farm.- Little Don.- Duckmanton Railway Cutting.- Doe Lea.- 3 Culm Trough.- Crackington Coast.- Bonhay Road Cutting.- Bickleigh Wood Quarry.- Clovelly Coast.- Abbotsham Coast.- Bude Coast.- Shipload Bay.- 4 South Wales.- Tenby-Saundersfoot Coast.- Marros Sands.- Amroth Coast.- Nolton Haven.- Barland Common.- Vale of Neath.- Smarts Quarry.- Lower House Stream Section.- Cwm Gwrelych-Nant Llyn Fach.- Nant Llech.- Cwm Twrch.- Earlswood Road Cutting and Ferryboat Inn Quarry.- Blaenrhondda Road Cutting.- Trehir Quarry.- Penllergaer Railway Cutting.- Llammarch Dingle.- Brynmawr Road Cutting.- Wern Ddu.- Coed-y-Darren.- 5 Forest of Dean and Severn coalfields.- Meezy Hurst.- Puddlebrook Quarry.- Oakenhill Railway Cutting.- Portishead Pier.- 6 Bristol-Somerset Basin.- Cattybrook Claypit.- BickleyWood.- Winterbourne Railway Cutting.- 7 English Midlands.- Cornbrook Dingle.- Benson’s Brook.- Eyemore Railway Cutting.- Brewin’s Canal Cutting.- Doulton’s Claypit.- Ketley Claypit.- New Hadley Brickworks.- Kingsbury Brickworks.- Halesowen Road Cutting.- Metallic Tileries.- Cheswardine Canal Cutting.- Alveley Grindstone Quarry.- Gospel End Road Cutting.- Webster’s Claypit.- 8 North Wales.- The sequence at Dee Bridge.- The sequence at Ruby Brickworks.- 9 Millstone Grit of the Central Province.- Pot Bank Quarry.- Gib Tor.- River Noe.- Mam Tor.- Alport Castles.- Blackden Brook.- Standedge Road Cutting.- Crimsworth Dean.- Derby Delf Quarry.- Ladcastle and Den Quarries.- Great Dib Wood.- Cockwood Gorge.- Rake Dike.- Hodge Clough.- Pule Hill.- Jumble Coppice.- Hathersage Moor.- Harewood Grange.- Yeadon Brickworks.- Harper Clough, Smalley Delf andClosebrow Quarries.- Heys Britannia Quarries.- 10 Coal Measures of the Pennine Basin.- Ridge way Quarry.- Stannington Ruffs.- Ambergate Quarry.- Neepsend Brickworks.- Honley Station Cutting.- Goyt’s Moss.- Ravenhead Brickworks.- Neepsend Railway Cutting.- Wharncliffe Crags.- Elland Bypass Cutting.- Lowside Brickworks.- Bradgate Brickworks.- River Tonge, Mill Hill.- Ashclough.- Stairfoot Brickworks.- Nostell Brickyard Quarry.- Carlton Main Brickworks.- 11 Northern England.- Mousegill Beck.- Howick to Seaton Point.- Crag Gill.- Tynemouth to Seaton Sluice.- Wear River Bank.- Cresswell and Newbiggin Shore.- Saltom Bay.- Byre Burn.- Jockie’s Syke.- 12 Scottish Basin.- High Smithstone Quarry.- Joppa Shore.- Polhote and Polneul Burns.- Lagrae Burn.- Corrie Foreshore.- Dunaskin Glen.- Inninmore Bay.- East Wemyss to Buckhaven Coast.- References.- Species index.- General index.

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