VOLUME 15 PART 4 JULY 2003 East Midlands Geological Society Contents President Vice-President Profile 194 Ian Thomas Tony Morris Ian Thomas – President Secretary Treasurer Mercian News 195 John Wolff Mrs Christine Moore Geobrowser Review Editorial Board The Record Dr Tony Waltham Tony Morris From the Archives Dr John Carney Gerry Slavin Dr Andy Howard Mrs Judy Small Ian Jefferson, Ian Smalley, Kevin Northmore 199 Consequence of a modest loess fall Council over southern and midland England Dr Beris Cox Tony Morris Miss Lesley Dunn Janet Slatter Jonathan D. Radley 209 Dr Peter Gutteridge Dr Ian Sutton Warwickshire’s Jurassic geology: Dr Andy Howard John Travis past, present and future Robert Littlewood Neil Turner Sue Miles Dr Alf Whittaker Peter Gutteridge 219 A record of the Brigantian limestone succession Address for Correspondence in the partly infilled Dale Quarry, Wirksworth The Secretary, E.M.G.S. 4 Charnwood Close, Trevor D. Ford 225 Ravenshead NG15 9BZ William Martin, 1767-1810, pioneer 0774 386 2307
[email protected] palaeontologist The Mercian Geologist is published by the East Reports 232 Midlands Geological Society and printed by Quaternary in Norfolk – Richard Hamblin et al Norman Printing Ltd (Nottingham and London) on Mitchell Caverns – Alan Filmer paper made from wood pulp from renewable forests. Landmarks of Geology 235 No part of this publication may be reproduced in The reef at High Tor – Peter Gutteridge any printed or electronic medium without the prior written consent of the Society. Lecture Reports 238 Crinoid decapitation – Stephen Donovan Registered Charity No. 503617 Crinoid adaptation – Mike Simms Midlands glaciations – David Keen © 2003 East Midlands Geological Society Loss of the Aral Sea – Tony Waltham ISSN 0025 990X Silurian soft bodied fossils – David Siveter Southern Britain – John Cope Cover photograph: East side of the Derwent End-Permian extinction – Paul Wignall Gorge just below Matlock, seen from the slopes of Masson Hill.