Folding in Carboniferous Limestone rocks, Scremerston, near Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland. Some N.E.G.S. members examining an overfold in the Eelwell Limestone, (Carboniferous, Middle Limestone Group, Dinantian), Saltpan Rocks, near Scremerston, south of Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland.

 

Some members on a visit to Whitby Museum , June 2001Some members enjoying a visit to Whitby Museum which, among other exhibits of local geology, has a fine collection of ammonites. June 2001.

Some  of the N.E.G.S. members visiting York Museum for "Walking with Dinosaurs" exhibition.Some members of N.E.G.S. touring the "Walking with Dinosaurs" exhibition at the Yorkshire Museum in York. The tour was greatly enhanced by the guidance of Phil Manning, Keeper of Geology, who gave some fascinating insights into the technology used in the making of the above-mentioned film. Thanks Phil!

 

Walking up Great Rundale Valley examining  exposures of the Cross Fell Inlier Walking up Great Rundale Valley examining exposures of the Cross Fell Inlier. Flat floor of the Permo-Triassic Vale of Eden to the west is visible in the backround.

Crossbedding in Coal Measures sandstone, (Upper Carboniferous.Looking at channel sandstone cross bedding in a stack known locally as Charley's Garden. On the coast between Whitley Bay & Seaton Sluice, Tyne & Wear. (Upper Carboniferous Coal Measures). Area is a SSSI

 

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