Mercian Geologist Volume 17

Contents Part 1, 2008, pages 1 - 68 Part 2, 2009, pages 69 – 140 plus supplement Part 3, 2010, pages 140 – 220 plus supplement Part 4, 2011, pages 221 – 292

Academic papers Peter Worsley 11 Pleistocene and Flandrian natural rock salt subsidence at Arclid Green, Sandbach, Cheshire John Jones 19 The Big Hole of Starkholmes Michael J Czajkowski 23 Formation of St. John’s Hill, Gruczno, Poland Ian Thomas an Mike Cooper 27 The geology of Chatsworth House, Derbyshire John Carney, John Aram and Tony Waltham 43 Two notable earthquakes in 2008 Jonathon D Radley 75 The geological evolution of Warwickshire Michael J Czajkowski 86 Amber from the Baltic Trevor Ford and Bernard O’Connor 93 A vanished industry: coprolite mining Christopher J. Duffin 101 Records of warfare…embalmed in everlasting hills: a history of early coprolite research Peter Worsley 112 The physical geology of beavers David G. Bate 149 Sir Henry Thomas de la Beche and the founding of the British Geological Survey John Carney 166 Magma mixing in the South Leicestershire Diorite: evidence from an Ordivician pluton at Croft Quarry Tim Colman 173 Gold in Britain: past, present and future Stephen Gurney, Timothy Astin, Geoffrey Griffiths 181 Origin and structure of Devensian depressions at Letton, Herefordshire Albert Horton 185 Building stones of St. Mary’s Church at Colston Bassett , Nottinghamshire Helen Boynton and Trevor Ford 195 William W. Watts, pioneer Midland Geologist John Hunter and Richard Shaw 229 The Cressbrook Dale Lava and Litton Tuff, between Longstone and Hucklow Edges, Derbyshire Martin Cross 243 Slope geomorphology and threshold slopes at Callow Bank, Hathersage, Derbyshire Hugh S. Torrens and Trevor D. Ford 249 Elias Hall, pioneer mineral surveyor and geologist in the Midlands and Lancashire Tim Colman 262 The last 50 years of mineral exploration in Britain Jonathon R. Lee 272 Cool Britannia: from Milankovich wobbles to Ice Ages

Index Compiled by Alan Filmer Author Index Aram, J 17/43, 17/48, 17/203 Astin, T 17/181 Bate, D 17/149 Boynton, H 17/51, 17/195, 17/210, 17/225 Carney, J 17/43, 17/166 Colman, T 17/173, 17/262 Cooper, M 17/5, 17/27 Cross, M 17/243 Czajkowski, M 17/23, 17/86 Duffin, C 17/101 Falcon-Lang, H 17/61 Filmer, A 17/53.17/122, 17/211 Ford, T 17/93, 17/195, 17/226, 17/249 Gosling, K 17/284 Griffiths, G 17/181 Guion, P 17/56 Gurney, S 17/181 Hamblin, R 17/136, 17/280 Horton, A 17/185 Howard, A 17/71 Hunter, J 17/229 Jones, J 17/19, 17/50, 17/205 Lee, J 17/272 Nixon, J 17/147 O’Connor, B 17/93 Radley, J 17/75 Rayner, C 17/130 Shaw, G 17/207 Shaw, R 17/229 Slatter, J 17/6, 17/74, 17/146, 17/228 Slavin, G and B 17/124, 17/207, 17/213 Thomas, I 17/5, 17/27, 17/287 Torrens, H 17/249 Turner, N 17/132 Waltham, T 17/43, 17/55, 17/126, 17/128, 17/129 17/130, 17/131, 17/133, 17/216 Worsley, P 17/11, 17/112

General Index Amber 17/86 Baryte 17/270 Beavers 17/112 Brine 17/12 British Geological Survey 17/149 Buckland, William 17/101 Cave pearls 17/2, 17/50 Caves 17/129, 17/130 Charnia 17/66, 17/226 Charnian 17/51, 17/226 Chatsworth House 17/35 Christchurch earthquake 17/280 Coal Measures 17/79 Coprolite mining 17/93 Coprolite research 17/101 Darwin, Charles 17/72, 17/123 Dawn, Alan 17/224 De la Beche, Sir Henry Thomas 17/149 Dinosaurs 17/223 Duckmantian 17/79 Dukes Wood Oil Museum 17/60 Earthquake 17/43, 17/280 Erratic 17/225 Eyam Volcano 17/241 Eyjafjallajokull 17/144 Fluorspar 17/270 Global climate change 17/3 Gold 17/173, 17/271 Great Fen project 17/131 Halite 17/13 Hall, Elias 17/249 Humberstone, The 17/4 Hutton, James 17/207 Ice Ages 17/274 Lead and zinc 17/269 Long Rake 17/142 Magma mixing 17/166 Mantell, Gideon 17/102 Marie Stopes 17/61 Maps of Elias Hall 17/249 Methane 17/3 Milankovick wobbles 17/274 Mineral collection 17/35 Mineral exploration 17/262 Mud volcanoes 17/126 National Stone Centre 17/5 Nottingham Museum 17/132 Nottingham caves 17/68 Oilfields 17/56 Ostracods 17/282 Oxygen 17/222 Plesiosaurs 17/48 Roddons 17/8 Salt subsidence 17/11 Salt terrains 17/133 Slopes 17/243 Snowball Earth 17/145 Thulean basalt province 17/7 Tin and tungsten 17/268 Tuff 17/229 Water wheels, Matlock 17/9 Watts, William W. 17/195 Woodward, John 17/101

Excursion Reports Clitheroe reef belt 17/289 East Midlands oilfields 17/56 Matlock Gorge 17/287 Sutton Knoll Crags 17/136

Book Reviews Castleton Caves: Trevor Ford 17/138 Darwin’s lost world: the hidden history of Animal Life: M Brasier 17/219 Geological Excursion guide to Rum: C H Emeleus and V R Troll 17/140 Geology of Gravestones in Welford Cemetery: Helen Boynton 17/65 Geology of the Nottingham District: A S Howard et al (BGS) 17/219 Granite and Grit: Ronald Turnbull 17/139 Lead Mining in Derbyshire: J H Rieuwerts 17/63 Lithostratigraphical framework for : Colin Walters et al (BGS) 17/139 Making of the Land: Geology of Norway: I Ramberg et al 17/220 Mineralization in England and Wales: R E Bevins et al 17/292 Minerals of Britain and Ireland: A G Tindle 17/140 Minerals of Northern England: R F Symes and B Young 17/65 The Earth After Us: Jan Zalasiewicz 17/140 The Last Two Glaciations of East Lincolnshire: Allan Straw 17/65 Yorkshire Dales Landscape and Geology: Tony Waltham 17/64

Stratigraphical Index Anthropocene 17/223 Cenozoic 17/11, 17/274 Chelford Sands Fm. 17/14 Coralline Crag Fm. 17/136 Devensian 17/181 Oadby Till 17/83 Woburn Sands 17/96 Spilsby Sandstone 17/97 Charnmouth Mudstone Fm. 17/82 Marlstone Rock Fm. 17/82 Pliensbachian 17/82 Whitby Mudstone Fm. 17/82 Arden Sandstone Fm. 17/81 Blue Anchor Fm. 17/81 Branscombe Mudstone Fm. 17/81 Bromsgrove Sandstone 17/81 Cotham Member 17/81 Hopewas Breccia 17/80 Langport Member 17/81 Lilstock Fm. 17/81 Mercia Mudstone 17/12, 17/81 Penath Group 17/81 Polesworth Fm. 17/80 Sherwood Sandstone 17/80 Tarporely Siltstone Fm. 17/81 Westbury Fm. 17/81 Wych Mudstone 17/13 Wylkesley Halite 17/13 Ashlow Fm. 17/80 Carboniferous Cranshaw Sandstone 17/56 Etruria Fm. 17/79 Halesowen Fm. 17/79 Litton Tuff 17/229 Miller’s Dale Lava 17/229 Namurian 17/229 Salop Fm. 17/80 Tilehill Mudstone Fm. 17/80 Visean 17/229 Wardie Shales 17/94 Warwickshire Group 17/79 Westphalian 17/56 Whitacre Member 17/80 Oldbury Farm Sandstone Fm. 17/78 Croft Quarry pluton 17/166 Mancetter Shale 17/77 Moorwood Sandstone Fm. 17/77 Mountsorrel Complex 17/166 Stockingford Shale Fm. 17/77 Hartshill Sandstone 17/77 Precambrian Caldecote Volcanic Fm. 17/76 Charnian 17/51, 17/210 Hadean 17/222

Localities in Britain Arclid Green 17/11 Birchen Edge 17/57 Blackbrook Reservoir 17/71 Bridgnorth 17/130 Callow Bank 17/243 Chatsworth House 17/27 Cheshire 17/11 Cliffe Hill Quarry 17/51 Clitheroe 17/289 Clogau 17/175 Clontibret 17/178 Coed y Brenin 17/266 Colston Basssett 17/185 Cononish 17/178 Crediton Trough 17/178 Cressbrook Dale 17/229 Cresswell Crags 17/216 Curraghinalt 17/177 Dolaucothi 17/175 Dolgellau 17/175 Dukes Wood 17/60 Gairloch 17/267 Golconda Mine 17/205 Grangemill 17/147 Great Fen 17/131 Great Stretton 17/225 Groby Pool 17/284 Gwynfynydd 17/175 Hathersage 17/243 Helmsale 17/176 Hucklow 17/229 Ives Head 17/53 Kirkdale Cave 17/102 Letton 17/181 Longstone 17/229 Market Rasen 17/43 Matlock 17/9, 17/287 Nottingham 17/128, 17/129, 17/132 Omagh 17/179 One Barrow Quarry 17/71 Outwoods 17/210 Parys Mountain 17/265 Pumpsaint 17/173 Riber Mine 17/19 Shetland 17/203 Starkholmes 17/19 Sutton Knoll 17/136 Upton Warren 17/17 Warwickshire 17/75 Welton 17/58

Localities abroad Australia, Wave Rock 17/211 Azerbaijan mud volcanoes 17/126 Chile, Valle de Luna 17/54 Chile volcanoes 17/122 China, Sichuan 17/43 Iceland, Strokkur 17/55 Iran, Zagros salt 17/133 New Zealand, Christchurch 17/280 Oman, Wadi Ghul 17/212 Poland, Baltic 17/86 Poland, Gruczno 17/23 Tanzania volcanoes 17/124