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 British Geological Survey University Funding Initiative (BUFI) supports numerous PhD students through funding and/or supervision. Here is a list of ISI publications arising from these collaborations.
Explore the geology around this classic Victorian resort, which boasts the oldest pier in Wales.
Hosting BGS's collections of borehole cores, cuttings, samples, specimens, and related subsurface information from the UK landmass and continental shelf.
The BGS mineralogy and petrology collections contain upwards of a million samples and can be searched using the BRTIROCKS database.
Scans, photos and publications that are stored and managed by the BGS
BGS scientists are studying the diets of ancient British wolves and how they adapted to changing environments.
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