Below are samples of photographs illustrating the geology of Northern England as well as occasionally members of N.E.G.S. Please be patient- some photos take a couple of minutes to download.
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Some N.E.G.S. members examining an overfold in the Eelwell Limestone, (Carboniferous, Middle Limestone Group, Dinantian), Saltpan Rocks, near Scremerston, south of Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland. |
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Some members enjoying a visit to Whitby Museum which, among other exhibits of local geology, has a fine collection of ammonites. June 2001. |
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Some of the members of N.E.G.S. who had an enjoyable afternoon touring the "Walking with Dinosaurs" exhibition at the Yorkshire Museum in York. The tour was greatly enhanced by the guidance of Phil Manning, Keeper of Geology, who gave some fascinating insights into the technology used in the making of the above-mentioned film. Thanks Phil! |
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Walking up Great Rundale Valley examining exposures of the Cross Fell Inlier. Flat floor of the Permo-Triassic Vale of Eden to the west is visible in the backround. |
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Looking at channel sandstone cross bedding in a stack known locally as Charley's Garden. On the coast between Whitley Bay & Seaton Sluice, Tyne & Wear. (Upper Carboniferous Coal Measures). Area is a SSSI |
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