Quantocks and North Somerset Coast

Landscape and Geology

Dave Green (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

144 Seiten

2022
The Crowood Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7198-4043-2 (ISBN)

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West Somerset is an area of great geological diversity, straddling the Tees–Exe Line between highland and lowland Britain. The story of the last 400 million years of Earth history can be gleaned from its rocks: the opening and closing of oceans, the collision of continents and a journey across the Equator. The area may also provide the key to settle the controversy about the origin of South-West England, whose ancient geology is so different from the rest of the country. This unique and diverse geology is also the reason why it is one of the most beautiful and varied stretches of landscape in England. With nearly 170 illustrations, including maps, charts, diagrams and colour photographs, this book describes and explains the evidence for the geological history of the area, from the Palaeozoic, through the Mesozoic to the Pleistocene and Holocene. Regional guides, which discuss the factors that led to the landscape we see today and offer places of interest to visit, cover: the Northern Brendon Hills and Minehead; the Southern Brendon Hills; Wellington and the Blackdown Hills; Wiveliscombe and the Vale of Stogumber; the Quantock Hills; West Somerset coast and the Cannington and Bridgwater Lowlands.

Dave Green is a semi-retired teacher of geology with some fifty years' experience, mainly in schools and in further education. At present he teaches part-time in Ross-on-Wye and runs evening classes there and in Gloucester. His main interest is in field geology and landscape development, for which he runs many trips, both at home and abroad.

Erscheinungsdatum	24.05.2022
Zusatzinfo	10 Maps; 168 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort	Ramsbury
Sprache	englisch
Maße	165 x 235 mm
Gewicht	339 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
ISBN-10	0-7198-4043-0 / 0719840430
ISBN-13	978-0-7198-4043-2 / 9780719840432
Zustand	Neuware