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City geology: gabions within the Dutch townscape
Gabions are instruments of the engineering geologist, dealing with parts which might be used to stabilize over-steep slopes, resembling sea cliffs or railway/roadway cuttings; additionally they have army functions. The phrase is derived from the French, gabion, and Italian, gabbione, … Continue reading
City geology: the Worsley Park wall sport, Manchester
Wall video games are a really geological type of mild leisure and training. I definitely have amused myself by figuring out rocks and their options in partitions since my days as an undergraduate and earlier than. I used to be … Continue reading
Nice Plains geology – a private journey
I grew up within the 1940s and 50s within the japanese US state of Maryland and went to cinemas alone from the age of six, largely to see what had been then to me thrilling western films. In 1962, I … Continue reading
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) – using geology to fight climate change
Practically everyone has an opinion on climate change by now, although for the vast majority of scientists, the weight of evidence is overwhelming – emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are causing climate change, sometimes referred to as … Continue reading
Urban geology: a rostroconch in Hoofddorp
Part of my job is to provide service teaching for the University of Leiden. The university lacks a geology department, but my colleagues and I provide tuition in stratigraphy and palaeontology for life science students at the undergraduate and masters … Continue reading
The geology and fauna of the South Ferriby foreshore
The large working quarry at South Ferriby, North Lincolnshire (SE991204) is a well known and productive source of Late Jurassic and Cretaceous fossils, exposing beds from the Upper Oxfordian stage, Upper Jurassic (Ampthill clay, Ringsteadia psuedocordata zone) to the Terebratulina … Continue reading
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The geology of islands
Islands are attractive places to visit, not just for geologists. Nonetheless, for us, they provide three advantages that favour collecting and research in the Earth Sciences. One of the attractions of an island is its small size in comparison with … Continue reading
The geology and landscape of Levisham and Newtondale, Yorkshire: an overview
This article is about the geology and geomorphology of the Levisham Bottoms and Newtondale area of Yorkshire. This is an interesting strip of virtually level land, which forms a shelf at about 150m above sea level, between Levisham Moor and … Continue reading
Geology, biology agree on Pangaea supercontinent breakup dates
Independent estimates from geology and biology agree on the timing of the breakup of the Pangaea supercontinent into today’s continents, scientists have found. Geology News — ScienceDaily