The Geology of England and WalesP. J. Brenchley, Peter Franklin Rawson This second edition of 'The Geology of England and Wales' is considerably expanded from its predecessor, reflecting the increase in our knowledge of the region, and particularly of the offshore areas. Forty specialists have contributed to 18 chapters, which cover a time range from 700 million years ago to 200 million years into the future. A new format places all the chapters in approximately temporal order. Both offshore and economic geology now form an integral part of appropriate chapters. |
Contents
England and Wales through geological time Patrick J Brenchley and Peter F Rawson | 1 |
the late Precambrian terranes that formed Eastern Avalonia Duncan McIlroy and Jana M Horák | 9 |
Early Palaeozoic History | 25 |
the influence of extensional tectonics and sealevel changes on sedimentation in the Welsh Basin and on the | 75 |
the Lower Palaeozoic record of the deep marine Lakesman Basin a volcanic arc and foreland | 103 |
the midDevonian phase of deformation that formed slate belts in England and Wales | 131 |
Caledonian intrusive rocks of northern England and the Midlands David Millward | 147 |
fluvial basins Robert D Hillier and Brian P J Williams | 155 |
Cornubian granites and mineralization of SW England Richard C Scrivener | 257 |
arid basins and hypersaline seas Alastair H Ruffell Douglas W Holliday and Denys B Smith | 269 |
seasonal rivers dusty deserts and saline lakes Mark W Hounslow and Alastair H Ruffell | 295 |
the returning seas John C W Cope | 325 |
sea levels peak as the North Atlantic opens Peter F Rawson | 365 |
uplift and a cooling climate Chris King | 395 |
ice sheets and their legacy John A Catt Philip L Gibbard John J Lowe Danny McCarroll | 429 |
climate and sealevel change glaciation and a northward drift Philip L Gibbard Jane E Rawson and | 469 |
extensional basins advancing deltas and coal swamps Colin N Waters and Sarah J Davies | 173 |
the development and deformation of Devonian Carboniferous basins in SW England and | 225 |
References | 477 |
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activity ammonoid associated basal base beds boreholes boundary British carbonate central Chalk changes Channel Clay complex comprises contain continued correlation Cretaceous dated deposits developed Devonian District early east eastern England environments erosion et al evidence extensive facies Fault fauna Formation formed Geological Geological Society granite grey Grit Group High Hill indicate interpreted Jurassic Lake late later Limestone locally London Lower mainly major marine marked Member Middle Midlands mudstones North Sea northern occur Ocean origin outcrop overlying Permian Pleistocene present probably recorded reflect region represented resulted rocks sands Sandstone Sea Basin sea-level sediments sequence Series Shales shallow shelf siltstone similar South Wales southern Stage stone strata stratigraphy structures subsidence succession suggest surface tectonic thick thin tion Tournaisian transgression Triassic tuffs turbidites unconformity units uplift Upper volcanic volcaniclastic Wales Welsh western Zone