18 February 2010
U.K. sediment survey
Posted by Callan Bentley
A friend forwarded this via e-mail to me today… U.K. readers may be interested in participating.
Millstone Grit? Kimmeridge Clay? Old Red Sandstone? Durness Limestone?
Yorkshire Lias? ………. What are YOUR top three British sediments?
BSRG (British Sedimentological Research Group) are conducting a small survey to find out what formations geologists consider the “best” sedimentary deposits across the United Kingdom.
This sounds like a loony piece of work (and it is) but the results
have been quite surprising so far (millstone grit? the best? really?!).
BSRG are trying to get more people involved in this survey (approx 150
so far). To join in, email your top three favourite formations, in
order (+ your name and your profession) to: [email protected]
Callan Bentley is Associate Professor of Geology at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. For his work on this blog, the National Association of Geoscience Teachers recognized him with the James Shea Award. He has also won the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council on Higher Education in Virginia, and the Biggs Award for Excellence in Geoscience Teaching from the Geoscience Education Division of the Geological Society of America. In previous years, Callan served as a contributing editor at EARTH magazine, President of the Geological Society of Washington and President the Geo2YC division of NAGT.