Monthly Archive: November, 2012

Jurassic: the seas return The slides from the class can be found here: 2012_GHB_Lect8 An excellent overview of the Rhaetian of the UK is provided on the JNCC website here. It explains the stratigraphy, palaeontology, and where the Rhaetian can be seen. A guide to the Lower Jurassic is available on the Geological Society website (click here). Images from the JNCC...

New Red Sandstones – the Permian and Triassic The slides from the lecture can be found here: 2012_GHB_Lect7 An excellent overview of the Permian and Triassic of the UK, listing the best places to see rocks of this interval, can be found on the JNCC website here. An overview of the Permian can be found at the University of California Museum...

Lime, sand and coal – the Carboniferous The lecture slides for the class can be found here: 2012_GHB_Lect6_bw An overview of the Carboniferous period is provided on the Natural England website here. A free publication on the geology of the North Pennines can be found here. A brief overview of the Yoredale Group in Northumberland National Park can be found...

Silurian and Devonian – closure of Iapetus and the building of Britain The lecture notes for class 5 are available as a pdf here: 2012_GHB_Lect5 Images from the GCR book “British Silurian Stratigraphy” can be found here.  They include a comparison of Murchison, Sedgwick and Lapworth’s stratigraphies with that recognized in the late 20th Century (which has since been modified,...