Databases of cores and sample types from over 20 000 onshore and UKCS offshore boreholes.
Weathering is the wearing down or breaking of rocks while they are in place.
Relief is the term used for the differences in height across the land’s surface and is affected by the underlying rocks.
Implementing several high profile expeditions for the European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD).
A history of geological mapping in Scotland, including timeline and early beginnings.
Ground dissolution occurs when water passing through soluble rocks produces underground cavities and cave systems. These cavities reduce support to the ground above and can cause localised collapse of the overlying rocks and deposits.
Take a look at the history of the Earth, from its formation over four and a half billion years ago to present times.
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