North Pennines — Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and European Geopark: a geodiversity audit. North Pennines Natural Landscape, 2010.
North Pennines — Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and European Geopark: a Geodiversity Audit
Revised March 2010
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Contents
Introduction
Geological time
The geological evolution of the North Pennines AONB
The North Pennines' place in the development of geological science
The geological framework
Ordovician and Silurian rocks
Devonian rocks
Carboniferous rocks
Dinantian rocks
Namurian rocks
Westphalian rocks
Permo-Triassic rocks
Intrusive igneous rocks
Metamorphic rocks
Geological structures
Mineral veins
Quaternary deposits
Landforms
Karst features
Fossils and palaeontology
Mineral and mineralogy
Geophysics
Geochemistry
Soils
Mineral extraction
The built environment
Frosterley Marble
Spar boxes
Geological models
Geological archives
Geoloigcal societies
Selected bibliography
Glossary