The geological structure of Great Britain is complex, resulting as it does from a long and varied geological history spanning more than two billion years...
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The geology of Great Britain is renowned for its diversity. As a result of its eventful geological history, Great Britain shows a rich variety of landscapes...
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list of the named geological folds affecting the rocks of Great Britain and the Isle of Man. See the main article on folds for a fuller treatment of fold...
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List of geological faults of Scotland List of geological faults of Wales List of geological folds in Great Britain Geological structure of Great Britain...
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the county at that time. Geology of Great Britain Geological structure of Great Britain "Merevale Shale Formation". Lexicon of Named Rock Units. BGS. Retrieved...
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Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland, and...
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Great Britain and the United States, initiated geological surveying that would produce geological maps of vast areas of the countries. Geological mapping...
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List of geological faults of Scotland List of geological faults of Wales List of geological folds in Great Britain Geological structure of Great Britain...
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List of geological faults of Scotland List of geological folds in Great Britain Geological structure of Great Britain 1:625,000 scale geological map 2007...
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Nottingham, British Geological Survey) ISBN 0751831298 Txxx = Trewin, N.H. (editor) 2002 The Geology of Scotland 4th edition The Geological Society, London...
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Caledonian orogeny (category Geology of the United Kingdom)
Mountains Geological structure of Great Britain Central Pangean Mountains Gondwana comprised Africa, South America, Australia, Antarctica, parts of what later...
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similar role. Geology of the British Isles Geology of England Geological groups of Great Britain Geological structure of Great Britain Geology of Monmouthshire...
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List of geological faults of Scotland List of geological faults of Wales List of geological folds in Great Britain Geological structure of Great Britain...
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have been mapped across the British Isles and adjacent areas and they reveal aspects of these islands’ geological structure. Negative gravity anomalies...
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The geology of national parks in Britain strongly influences the landscape character of each of the fifteen such areas which have been designated. There...
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first mapping the geology of India. Thus, the Geological Survey commenced to map the rock types, geological structures and relative ages of different rock...
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The geologic time scale or geological time scale (GTS) is a representation of time based on the rock record of Earth. It is a system of chronological...
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Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man is a book written by British geologist, Charles Lyell in 1863. The first three editions appeared in February...
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Engineering geology is the application of geology to engineering study for the purpose of assuring that the geological factors regarding the location,...
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Gould, D. (1995). British Regional Geology. The Grampian Highlands (4 ed.). Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London: British Geological Survey. Trewin,...
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Karoo (redirect from Great Karoo)
(2008). Bedrock Geology UK South. p. 6-7. Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey. Walton, Christopher, ed. (1984). "Anatomy of South Africa: 200...
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East Lothian Geodiversity Audit BGS Open Report OR/14/063 192pp (ELGA) List of geological folds in Great Britain Geological structure of Great Britain...
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Hinxman, L.W., (1907) The Geological Structure of the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. McKirdy et al. (2007)...
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occupation of Britain, lasting almost 400 years, also impacted the linguistic and cultural identity of Great Britain. Following the expansion of the British Empire...
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Victorian era (redirect from Victorian era (Great Britain))
persisted. Literacy and childhood education became near universal in Great Britain for the first time. Whilst some attempts were made to improve living...
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publication by the Geological Survey of a book of fundamental geological significance: The Geological Structure of the North-West Highlands of Scotland. The...
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Henry De la Beche (category Directors of the British Geological Survey)
first director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, who helped pioneer early geological survey methods. He was the first President of the Palaeontographical...
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The geology of the Pacific Northwest includes the composition (including rock, minerals, and soils), structure, physical properties and the processes that...
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Several species of humans have intermittently occupied Great Britain for almost a million years. The earliest evidence of human occupation around 900...
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are able to chronicle the geological history of the Earth as a whole. One aspect is to demonstrate the age of the Earth. Geology provides evidence for plate...
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