Tailor–made geology 1: General introduction and Salthill Quarry, Lancashire |
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| Authors: | KEITH DUFF |
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| Institution: | Deputy Head, Geology and Physiography Section Nature Conservancy Council |
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| Abstract: | The protection and long-term safeguarding of geological localities are fundamental to the continuation of fieldwork, both now and in the future. The responsibility for these lies with the Nature Conservancy Council, the government agency charged with protecting geological and biological sites. Part of the work of the Council's Geology Branch is concerned with creating or re-exposing geological localities which are of value for teaching or collecting; and in the article which follows, Keith Duff explains the background and methods of this work, using the recently established geological trail at Salthill Quarry in Lancashire as as example. This is the first of a series of articles which will give details of British sites developed in this way. |
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