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Dr Liam Herringshaw: lgh865@hotmail.com
Geology of York Dr Liam Herringshaw:
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York: Rock of Ages
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What Lies Beneath? The Remains of An Ice Age (Hall et al. 2010)
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The Moraines of An Ice Age
What Lies Beneath? The Moraines of An Ice Age
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Immigrant Stones Glacial erratics Museum Gardens
(image from Briggs 2009) Crossgates Stone, Seamer
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The Superficial Vale Glacial 'drift' Image from Hall et al. (2010)
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The Bedrock of the Vale 'Solid' Geology Image from Hall et al. (2010)
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Triassic: Sherwood Sandstone
Robin's Desert © Tim Heaton, Geograph Triassic: Sherwood Sandstone
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Permian: Magnesian Limestone
Salty Seas © Oliver Dixon, Geograph Permian: Magnesian Limestone
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Building York Gaunt & Buckland (2002)
“[C]ompared with other Roman sites…it has one major disadvantage, [that] there is no suitable source of building stone for at least 15 km in every direction”
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Permian (Cadeby Formation) dolostones
Building The City Permian (Cadeby Formation) dolostones
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Building The City Carboniferous: York Stone & Millstone Grit
Wikimedia Commons © British Geological Survey Carboniferous: York Stone & Millstone Grit © Matthew Hatton, Geograph
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Jurassic: Hackness Stone
Building The City Jurassic: Hackness Stone
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Building The City Exotics © Pablo York, Flickr
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Science In The City Geologists in York
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Rock Stars Dr Martin Lister (1639-1712) (York: 1670-1683)
Dr Martin Lister ( ) (York: ) Fossil shells (1678) Geological mapping (1683)
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Leeds, Sheffield, Hull societies:
Schools of Rock Leeds, Sheffield, Hull societies: “Do not these useful institutions…convey a severe reproof to the tardiness of our own city? Whilst York can boast her…Associations for Fashionable Amusements, she presents none of the characteristics of an enlightened and scientific people.” The York Courant, Dec. 1822
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Rock Stars William Buckland & the YPS 1821: Bones found
in Kirkdale Cave 1822: Buckland enters a hyaena den
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Built from bones: the YPS
‘to elucidate the Geology of Yorkshire’ William Vernon Harcourt ( ) Cleric chemist 1st YPS President (1822)
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Rock Stars 1824: William Smith
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Smith & Nephew John Phillips (1800-1874) 1825: Keeper of Geology;
1829: Geology of Yorkshire 1830: Yorkshire Museum opens
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‘The cultivators of science’
1831: Inaugural meeting of the not-yet-BAAS
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1840-41: Phillips defines 3 eras
Fossil Time : Phillips defines 3 eras
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1844 BAAS: Sedgwick vs Cockburn
Yorkshire Time Wars 1844 BAAS: Sedgwick vs Cockburn
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Anne Phillips (1803-1862) A Trowelblazer http://trowelblazers.com/
“Through many years your counsel has been my guide & Your gentle & true affection my reward” (Letter from John to Anne)
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‘eminently judicious, ever courteous, genial, and conciliatory.’
Death of a Time Lord ‘eminently judicious, ever courteous, genial, and conciliatory.’ John & Anne Phillips Lecture University of Hull, Thursday March 8th, 6pm
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The Volcano-chaser Tempest Anderson:
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Yorkshire’s Jurassic World
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