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What do you do?
Most people use a computer in their daily lives and most will also use some sort of search engine to find out information; it can answer all sorts of questions, particularly useful when you are watching a film and someone asks the question; “Who is that actor?” A search engine is also a useful tool [...]
Posted in Famous People, Guest Blogs
Tagged BCGS, Geology, google, science, scientist, Steno, stratigraphy
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Erratic ice of the Black Country
This is an extract from the Black Country Geological Society (BCGS) Newsletter 210 December 2011. In many of the articles I have read about local glacial erratics, there arise the problems related to age; which glaciation was responsible for their transport and deposition. I thought that with a few days concentrated research I might throw [...]
Posted in General, Guest Blogs, Local Geology
Tagged anglian, BCGS, Black Country, devensian, Erratic, geological maps, Geology, Glacial, Ice Age, Societies, till, wolstonian
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Stuck in the Mud!
On Saturday 28th January the Black Country Geological Society headed south for a chilly fieldtrip to two fossil rich quarries in the Cotswolds. The geologists gathered excitedly at the first quarry, where Dr Neville Hollingworth was waiting to brief us about the local geology and what wonders we may find. Finally everyone arrived and I anxiously listened [...]
Posted in Activities and Events, Collecting, Fossils, General, Guest Blogs
Tagged Activities, BCGS, Collecting, Fossils, Geology, Glacial, hunting, Jurassic, Societies, trips
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We are the Champions!
In 2008 the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust (H&W EHT) received a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to fund the Community Earth Heritage Champions project, an initiative to select key geological sites in Herefordshire and Worcestershire and involve local people in their ongoing maintenance and promotion. Additional funding was also obtained from [...]
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Tagged Activities, BCGS, Black Country, Champions, Geology, Places, Quarries, Rocks, volunteer
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A way with words
This short but amusing extract entitled ‘Geobabble’ was taken from the newsletter of the Black Country Geological Society number 160, August 2003. A favourite word of mine however, is PENECONTEMPORANEOUSLY. Perhaps not a Technical term, but an adverb that I have only see used in a geological context. Indeed, I have only seen it used in [...]
Posted in General, Guest Blogs, Local Geology, Rocks and Minerals
Tagged BCGS, Black Country, Geology, Minerals, Rocks, Terminology, Words
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Erratic Anvil’s
This is an extract from the Black Country Geological Society newsletter number 210, December 2011. It investigates how glacial erratics have been used as a local resouce in the Black Country. Each area of the Black Country has always been associated with its own specialised trade and Bloxwich is no exception, having long been a [...]
Posted in General, Guest Blogs, Local Geology, Rocks
Tagged BCGS, Black Country, Erratic, Geology, Glacial, Granite, Places, Rocks
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I’m a geologist….Get me outa here!
An extract from the Black Country Geological Society newsletter number 198 entitled the Dudley Bug. Recently, a revolutionary new reality TV show has taken the world of TV by storm. It has been creatively called “I’m a geologist… Get me out of here”. The geological reality show is based around the danger and excitement of [...]
Rock with laughter
This short but amusing extract entitled ‘Geobabble’ was taken from the newsletter of the Black Country Geological Society number 187, December 2007. It reveals that even minerals can have a sense of humour at this festive time of year. Petrology deals with the origin, composition, structure, and alteration of rocks. To do this geologists slice up perfectly good [...]
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Tagged BCGS, Geology, Igneous rocks, Microscopes, Minerals, Petrology, Rocks, Thin Sections, volcano, volcanoes
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Geobabble
This is an extract from the Black Country Geological Society newsletter 209, October 2011 entitled Geobabble. Stratigraphy has always been a very important area in the study of geology. Within any geographical area, if you are looking at the geology you need to understand the sequence of the rocks, and visualise it as a column, [...]
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Tagged BCGS, Bentonites, Black Country, Dudley, Fossils, Geology, Microfossils, Scolecodonts, Wrens Nest
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My Desert Adventures
I lived in Saudi Arabia for 7 years when I was little – I went out in 1989, and came back in 1996. I can remember going out into the desert with my family and our trusty 1984 left hand drive white Range Rover ‘Foggy’ (which we still have). I can also remember camping Hamilton-style, [...]
