The United Kingdom's Natural Wonders: Scotland and Northern Ireland, Lake District and Yorkshire Dales, Wales and West Midlands, England (Geologic Tours of the World)

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Author
Introduction and a Few Words About Driving in the United Kingdom
Chapter 1 Scotland and Northern Ireland
	Overview
	Itinerary
	A Brief History of Scotland
	Scotland’s Outsized Role in Geology
	Geology of Scotland
	Geology of Whiskey
		Highlands
		Speyside
		Lowlands
		Campbeltown
		Islay
	Stop 1 Siccar Point, Unconformities, and Deep Time
	Stop 2 Edinburgh and Holyrood Park
		Stop 2.1 Ballagan Formation
		Stop 2.2 Lion’s Haunch Agglomerate
		Stop 2.3 Samson’s Ribs
		Stop 2.4 Salisbury Crags and Hutton’s Section
		Stop 2.5 Arthur’s Seat
	Stop 3 Castle Rock
	Stop 4 Dulnain Bridge Rôche Moutonnées
	Stop 5 Loch Ness and the Great Glen Fault
	Side Trip 1 Achanarras Quarry and Durness
		ST1.1 Achanarras Fish Quarry
		ST1.2 Smoo Cave
		ST1.3 Durness and Sango Bay
	North West Highlands Geopark
	Stop 6 Lewisham Gneiss, Loch Na Facial
	Stop 7 Loch Glencoe and the Concept of Thrust Faulting
	Stop 8 Loch Assynt
		Stop 8.1 Cambrian Burrows
		Stop 8.2 Cambrian-Torridonian Unconformity
		Stop 8.3 Torridonian-Lewisham Unconformity
	Side Trip 2 Stac Fada and Torridonian, Store and Clachtoll
		ST2.1 Stack Fade Impact Breccia
		ST2.2 Clachtoll Beach Torridonian Section
		ST2.3 Clachtoll Lewisham-Torridonian Unconformity
	Stop 9 Ardvreck Castle and Deformed Cambrian
	Stop 10 Knockan Crag and the Moine Thrust
	Stop 11 Loch Broom
		Stop 11.1 Corrieshalloch Gorge and the Falls of Measach
		Stop 11.2 Loch Broom Glacial Valley
	Stop 12 Loch Maree
	Stop 13 Benin Eighe Visitor Centre
	Stop 14 Valley of 100 Hills (Coire a’ Cheud-Chnoic)
	Stop 15 Glen Torridon
	Side Trip 3 Isle of Skye
		ST3.1 Skye Marble Quarry
		ST3.2 Old Man of Storr
		ST3.3 Mealt Falls and Kilt Rock
		ST3.4 Fairy Pools (Glumagan Na Sithichean)
	Stop 16 Great Glen Fault, Loch Lochy
	Stop 17 Ben Nevis Volcano and Visitor Centre
	Stop 18 Lochaber Geopard Visitor Centre
		Visit
	Side Trip 4 Ardnamurchan Volcanic Complex
		ST4.1 Ardnamurchan Volcano
		ST4.2 Sanna Bay
		ST4.3 Mingary Pier
		ST4.4 Kilnchoan Community Centre
	Stop 19 Ballachulish Slate Quarry
	Stop 20 Glen Coe and Surrounding Area
		Stop 20.1 Aonach Dubh
		Stop 20.2 Loch Achtriochtan Car Park
		Stop 20.3 Three Sisters
		Stop 20.4 Meeting of the Three Waters
	Stop 21 Rannoch Moor
	Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park
	Stop 22 Falls of Falloch
	Stop 23 Firkin Point, Loch Lomond
	Stop 24 Highland Boundary Fault at Conic Hill, Balmaha
	Stop 25 Glasgow
		Stop 25.1 Dumbarton Rock
		Stop 25.2 Fossil Grove
	Stop 26 Balantrae Area
		Stop 26.1 Balcreuchan Port Ophiolite and Ailsa Craig Viewpoint
		Stop 26.2 Bennane Lea Pillow Lavas and Raised Beach Terrace
	Stop 27 Southern Uplands Fault and Southern Uplands
		Stop 27.1 Southern Uplands Fault View, Downthrown Side
		Stop 27.2 Deformed Kirkcolm Formation at A77 Curve and Quarry
	Side Trip 5 Northern Ireland
		ST5.1 Triassic– Jurassic Transition, Larne
		ST5.2 Whitepark Bay
		ST5.3 Giant’s Causeway World Heritage Site, Northern Ireland
		ST5.4 White Rocks
		ST5.5 Ramore Head, Portrush
	Stop 28 Monreith Folded Turbidites
	Stop 29 Port Castle Bay and Saint Ninian’s Cave
	Stop 30 Isle Head, Isle of Whithorn
	Stop 31 Carrick Beach Turbidites, Wigton Bay
	Stop 32 Brighouse Bay Turbidites
	Stop 33 Southerness Area
		Stop 33.1 Deformation at Powillimount and Thirlstane Arch
		Stop 33.2 Powillimount Formation, Southerners Lighthouse
	References
Chapter 2 Lake District and Yorkshire Dales
	Overview
	Itinerary
	Penrith and Lake District, Lake District National Park and World Heritage Site
		Penrith History
		Geology
	Stop 1 Thrilled Mining Museum and Quarry
	Stop 2 Hoister Slate Mine
	Stop 3 British Gypsum Mine, Long Matron
	Yorkshire Dales National Park
		Rocks and Structure
		Glaciation
		Resources
	Stop 4 Ingleton Area Sinkholes, Caves, and Unconformities
		Stop 4.1 Waterfalls Trail
		Stop 4.2 White Scar Cave
		Stop 4.3 Gaping Gill
		Stop 4.4 Ingleborough Cave
	Stop 5 Combs Quarry Unconformity, Horton in Ribblesdale
	Stop 6 Malham Area Limestone Terrain
		Stop 6.1 Malham Cove and Pavement
		Stop 6.2 Janet’s Foss
		Stop 6.3 Gordale Scar
	Stop 7 Bolton Abbey Folded Carboniferous
		Stop 7.1 Folded Boland Shale, South Flank Skipton Anticline
		Stop 7.2 Subsidiary Folds, Bowland Shale
		Stop 7.3 Folded Bowland Shale, North Flank Skipton Anticline
	References
Chapter 3 Wales and West Midlands
	Overview
	Itinerary
	The West Midlands and Wales
		Geology of Wales
		Geology of the West Midlands
		Manchester
		History
		Geology
	Stop 1 Rhualt, Llandudno, and Great Orme
		Stop 1.1 Rhualt Roadcut
		Stop 1.2 Great Orme from Llandudno Pier
		Stop 1.3 Great Orme Mines
	Side Trip 1 Anglesey and Geodon Global Geopark
		St1.1 Claim Beach
		St1.2 South Stack
	Stop 2 Snowdonia National Park
		2.1 Cwm Idwal
		2.2 Dinorwic Slate Quarry
		2.3 National Slate Museum
	Stop 3 Ceredigion
		3.1 Broth Beach and Submerged Forest
		3.2 Aberystwyth
	Stop 4 Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
		4.1 Cemaes Head
		4.2 Ceibwr Bay
	Side Trip 2 Corn Geodog Bluestones
	Stop 5 South Pembrokeshire Coast
		5.1 Blue Lagoon and Abereiddy Bay
		5.2 Whitesands Bay
		5.3 Caerfai Bay
	Stop 6 Broad Haven
	Stop 7 Marloes Sands
	Stop 8 Castlemartin Peninsula
		8.1 Stackpole Quay
		8.2 Barafundle Bay
	Side Trip 3 Dan-Yr-Ogof Caves and Brecon Beacons National Park
	Stop 9 Glamorgan Heritage Coast
		9.1 Ogmore-By-Sea
		9.2 Dunraven Bay and Heritage Coast Centre
		9.3 Llantwit Major Beach
	Stop 10 Severn Coast South of Cardiff
		10.1 Bendricks Rock Dinosaur Tracks
		10.2 Lavernock Point
		10.3 Penarth Dinosaur Tracks
		10.4 Penarth Pier to Cardiff Barrage
	Stop 11 Aust Cliff
	Stop 12 Abberly and Malvern Hills UNESCO Geopark
		12.1 Gardiners Quarry
		12.2 Malvern Hills GeoCentre and Geopark Way
	Stop 13 Wren’s Nest and Black Country Geopark
	Stop 14 Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site
	Stop 15 The Wrekin
	Stop 16 Ramshaw Rocks
	Stop 17 Peak District National Park
		17.1 Clement Lane Quarry
		17.2 Teak Cliff Cavern
		17.3 Blue John Cavern
		17.4 Mam Tor and the Landslide
	References
Chapter 4 Southern England
	Overview
	Itinerary
	Stop 1 Geology of the London Area
		Stop 1.1 Natural History Museum
		Stop 1.2 Erith Submerged Forest
		Stop 1.3 Gilbert’s Pit
		Stop 1.4 Park Hill Chalk Pit
	Stop 2 Stonehenge
		Age and Construction
		Source of the Stones
		Unravelling the Past
	Stop 3 Bath Area and the Somerset Coal Canal
		Geology of Bath and the Somerset Coalfield
		Stop 3.1 Somerset Coal Canal
		Stop 3.2 Roman Baths
		Stop 3.3 Radstock Museum
	Stop 4 Cheddar Gorge
		Stop 4.1 Horseshoe Bend
		Stop 4.2 Landslip Quarry
		Stop 4.3 Show Caves
	Stop 5 Kilve Beach
	Stop 6 Watchet Beach
	Stop 7 Crooklets Beach
	Stop 8 Million Haven
	Stop 9 Delabole Quarry
	Stop 10 Cigga Mine
		Geology
		Mineralization
		Mineral Collecting
	Stop 11 Penzance Peninsula
		Stop 11.1 Porthmeor Cove
		Stop 11.2 Geevor Mine and Cornish Miners
	Stop 12 Penwith and Lizard Heritage Coasts
		12.1 Land’s End
		12.2 Kynance Cove
		12.3 Lizard Point
	Stop 13 Corryton Cove
	Stop 14 Jurassic Coast
		Visit – Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre
		Visit – Lyme Regis Museum
		Mary Anning, an Original Geologist
		Stop 14.1 Orcombe Point and Geoneedle
		Stop 14.2 Lyme Regis and Monmouth Beach
		Stop 14.3 Charmouth Beach
	Stop 15 Lulworth Area and Wessex Basin
		Stop 15.1 Durdle Door
		Stop 15.2 Lulworth Cove, Stair Hole, Lulworth Crumple, and Fossil Forest
	Stop 16 Kimmeridge Bay
		Visit – Etches Collection, Museum of Jurassic Marine Life, Kimmeridge
	Stop 17 Winspit Quarry
	Stop 18 Isle of Wight
		Stop 18.1 Compton Beach
		Stop 18.2 Yaverland Beach
	Stop 19 Bracklesham Bay
	Stop 20 Chalk Cliffs of East Sussex and South Downs National Park
		South Downs National Park
		Stop 20.1 Birling Gap
		Stop 20.2 Beachy Head
	Stop 21 White Cliffs of Dover
	Stop 22 Beltinge/Herne Bay
	Stop 23 Warden Point, Sheppey Shore, and Thames Estuary
		Thames Estuary
	References
Index