A Handbook to the Geology of Cambridgeshire
For the Use of Students

A systematic account of local geology, integrating research available at the close of the nineteenth century.

Frederick Richard Cowper Reed (Author)

9781108002394, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 July 2009

296 pages, 11 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 1.7 cm, 0.38 kg

Beneath Cambridgeshire's towns, villages, farmland, hills, fens and waterways lie the rocks that display a variety of geological landscapes. Basement rocks are buried under sandy deposits from ancient tropical seas. The rising and tilting of the land due to large-scale movements permitted water flows that produced gradual alterations. Glaciation, erosion and dramatic variations in climate all wrought more rapid changes. The consequences of these processes are revealed in this scholarly 1897 account of the geology of Cambridgeshire, which integrated the latest research then available. Proceeding from the most ancient to the most recent beds, systematic consideration is given to the features, distribution and modes of formation, as well as the economic implications of the various strata. Discussions of palaeontology, including detailed lists of site-specific fossils, and of water supply are also provided. An appendix, lists, maps, memoirs and other publications of H.M. Geological Survey from 1814 to 1897 are included.

Introduction
1. The Jurassic beds
2. The Cretaceous beds
3. The Pleistocene deposits
4. Recent alluvium
5. The antiquity of man in the district
6. Water supply
Appendix
Index.

Subject Areas: Geological surface processes [geomorphology RBGD]