Explaining our planet’s changing climate and the different rocks that formed as environmental conditions varied through geological time.
Find out more about sites of geological interest around the UK, as described by BGS staff.
A short walk around Holyrood Park provides an insight into the geological history of area from the Carboniferous Period to now.
The rocks that crop out on Beacon Hill are some of the oldest rocks in England and Wales. They formed when fine volcanic ash settled in an ocean, some 600 million years ago in the Precambrian period.
The BGS palaeontology and biostratigraphy collections are held at our Keyworth and Edinburgh offices.
Earthquakes are among the most deadly natural hazards. They strike without warning and many earthquake zones coincide with areas of high population density.
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