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9th May 2015 Northumberland Coast
Carboniferous Howick and Boulmer.
Leader Derek Teasdale:
Met
at 10.30 am. Carboniferous sedimentary cycles between Howick Bay and Boulmer.
The
trip will traverse 'Yoredale' type cycles from the
top Visean and Base Namurian
along the seashore north of Boulmer. These are some
of the most accessible exposures of Carboniferous stratigraphy in the North
East and will provide an excellent opportunity to 'get your eye in' on
limestones, sandstones, shales and coals.
Length
of trip: Full-day.
Meeting
Point: The public car park on the coast at Boulmer
(free). Toilets: Adjacent to the car park in Boulmer.
Nearest
Post Code: NE66 3BL: Nat Grid: NU 265 139 Full report & photo's.
July 4th 2015 Siccar Point and Barns Ness:
Leader Mike Brown, BGS retired. Click here for full report.
19th September Whitby – Saltwick Bay. Leader: John Waring: Click here for
full report in Oct. 2015 Newsletter
26th September Knock Fell, Pennine Escarpment. Leader: Eric Johnson
Met
on the side of the Great Dun fell road where it leaves the enclosed ground by
the sheep pens [NY 697 296]. The circular route followed the Pennine Way up the
escarpment alongside Swindale Beck onto Knock Fell
and returned via the Dun Fell road.
Click here for detailed full report in Oct. 2015
Newsletter
Saturday 10th October 2015
Geology of Coldberry
Gutter and Hardberry Hill, Hudeshope,
Middleton in Teesdale.
Leader: Brian
Young
Met, 10.30 am at Hudeshope
valley about 2 miles north of Middleton Teesdale; on
the roadside at NY945 288 north of Club Gill.
Walking distance about 5miles or
8 kilometres following paths and tracks on open moorland. Amount
of uphill walking, about 200metres.
OS Maps. Landranger 1:50 000 scale Sheet 92
Barnard Castle Explorer; 1:25 000 scale Sheet OL31 North Pennines Teesdale and Weardale.
BGS Maps. 1:50 000 scale Sheets 25 Alston and 31 Brough
under Stainmore; 1:25 000 scale Sheet NY 82
Middleton in Teesdale.
Reference. Dunham K C 1990 Geology of the Northern
Pennine Orefield, Volume 1 Tyne to Stainmore (2nd
Edition). Economic Memoir of the British Geological
Survey (contains a comprehensive list of other
relevant geological references.
Geology.
Overview of the geology of the Teesdale landscape. Carboniferous stratigraphy
and sedimentology of the Alston and Stainmore groups.
Mineralisation along the Lodgesike
and Manor Gill vein system. Mining methods and
history. Caenozoic igneous intrusion - The Cleveland Dyke. Quaternary
geology erosion and deposition during the last Late Devensian
Glaciation.
Click here for detailed full
report in Dec. 2015 Newsletter (headed as April 2015)
