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Essential reading for first- and second-year Geology undergraduates, A-Level Geology teachers and students and enthusiastic amateur geologists. The book includes a comprehensive glossary, maps and excellent full-colour illustrations, and is based on part of a second-level Open University short course of the same name.
The landscape and surface environment of the continental crust that now forms the islands of Great Britain, Ireland and the adjacent lesser isles has undergone dramatic changes during the geological history of the Earth.
This book takes the reader on a geological tour of the British Isles, showing how changes in climate, sea-level and relief can be recognized and understood in the geological record. The reader is asked to use a variety of data and geological principles to interpret how and why different rocks formed, and to identify past environments and tectonic settings.
By unravelling the geological history of the British Isles, a remarkable insight is gained into the geological evolution of the whole Earth.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
As a complete newcomer to the subject, I found this book very informative and yet easy to follow. The diagrams are excellent and most of the photographs have the grid references for the Geological Survey 1:625000 maps. It also has a very good glossary at the end to help the reader come to terms with the terminology.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
A massive challenge and one the authors have managed to achieve well. This is not a book that can address detail but it certainly presents a comprehensive overview of the geological evolution of Britain. Excellent graphics support the narrative and all terms are adequately defined as they are encountered. Many years ago there was an excellent BBC series that also addressed this subject. As I remember, there was a supplementary text published that identified relevant sites to visit. I'd like to see these two publications packaged -
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