
- 160 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Lakeland Rocks
About this book
The characteristic landscape of the Lake District is influenced by its geology. The huge array of different rocks found there determines the shape and appearance of the fells and dales. Also, as the dominant building material in the region, rocks impact both the local architecture and the economy through quarrying. A simple easy-to-read guide to the rocks of the English Lake District, with nearly 200 colour illustrations including diagrams, maps and photographs, this book provides an understanding of the main types of rock and characterizes over sixty of the most common rocks. It describes where to find them and how to recognise them in the landscape. Details are given of the use of rocks in local buildings and how the rocks are still quarried today, and finally, their importance to the local economy.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- acknowledgements
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Geological Background
- 2. Skiddaw Rocks
- 3. Volcanic Rocks
- 4. The Silurian Sedimentary Rocks
- 5. Granites
- 6. Dyke Rocks
- 7. Sills
- 8. Minor Intrusions
- 9. Basic Igneous Rocks
- 10. Metamorphic Rocks
- 11. Carboniferous Rocks
- 12. Conglomerates and Breccias
- 13. Permian and Triassic Rocks
- 14. Clay
- Appendix I: Classification Scheme for Igneous Rocks
- Appendix II: Scheme for Describing Sedimentary Rocks
- Glossary
- Going Further
- Index