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Sandstone and Sea Stacks Ronald Turnbull

Sandstone and Sea Stacks By Ronald Turnbull

Sandstone and Sea Stacks by Ronald Turnbull


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Summary

An accessible and informative celebration of Britain's coastal geology - sea stacks and wavecut platforms, ammonites and sand.

Sandstone and Sea Stacks Summary

Sandstone and Sea Stacks by Ronald Turnbull

Sandstone and Sea Stacks is a celebration of Britain's coastal geology - ammonites and sand, sea stacks and wavecut platforms. It goes paddling in the rock pools to examine the rock samples so perfectly polished up for us by the sea. Between the lichen and the low-tide line, everything is out in the open to be looked at: desert sand dunes emerging out of the ocean; cliffs bent and crumpled by two continents crashing into each other; a band of red-hot basalt squeezed from somewhere in Scotland. Britain today lacks glaciers and volcanoes, but the grand geological earth-shifter we do see is the sea, hard at it around our 6000 miles of coast. And as you wander along the edge of the sand, gradually slowing your eye to the beach-holiday speed of looking at things, you see small creatures, seashells and corals from hundreds of millions of years ago. Real geology isn't looking up the books and memorising long words. Real geology is looking at real rock, and working out what has been happening to it. What Britain is and where it came from, just what's been going on for the last 500 million years: all is revealed, in a continuous slice around our seaside.

Sandstone and Sea Stacks Reviews

What Britain is and where it came from, just what has been going on for the last 500 million years; all is revealed in this highly accessible and informative work of scholarship and personal devotion by Ronald Turnbull. Keswick Reminder Would make an ideal Christmas gift for those members of the family who have a penchant for rocks and fossils and a desire to improve their knowledge in an entertaining way. Westmorland Gazette User-friendly and inspiring. Whitehaven News The author is keen walker and noted wit Ronald Turnbull, who could make the Yellow Pages into a riveting read. Country Walking A celebration of Britain's coastline. Written in accessible layman's language, 'Sandstone and Sea Stacks' is lavishly illustrated with stunning photos of Britain's coastline. Dumfries and Galloway Life

About Ronald Turnbull

RONALD TURNBULL is a geographer and a walker. Author of over a dozen highly regarded walking books and guides, he has won seven awards from the Outdoor Writers' Guild. Ronald lives in Thornhill in Dumfriesshire.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1 The Sea the Sea scissors paper stone ice, the sidekick 2 Understanding Sand sandstone, siltstone, limestone pebbles on the beach fossils life and times of the ammonite 3 Sediments, Squashed Rocks, Volcanoes stones with stripes 4 Igneous Antrim black bottom rocks 5 Folds mountain excitement crunch times 6 Faults stretches of time that are also times of stretch stones with spots 7 chalk walk calcite 8 Jurassic Coast: Dorset and Devon stones that stop 10 The Other Jurassic Coast: Cleveland Alum money Whitby: the urine economy Scarborough rock 11 Red Sandstone Sandwich 12 Coal Coasts Mountain Limestone meets the sea: Gower Peninsular 13 Greatly controversial Devon 14 Ancient Days The greywacke grindstone Pembrokeshire coast Glossary, Further Reading

Additional information

GOR006660840
9780711232280
0711232288
Sandstone and Sea Stacks by Ronald Turnbull
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Quarto Publishing PLC
20111006
240
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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