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Raised Beaches

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Annotated Map of Gibraltar, 1868

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Identifier: Coll-99/11/1
Scope and Contents

Coloured index map to the 1/600 Plans of Gibraltar, with geological annotations detailing features such as raised beaches and shale.

Dates: 1868

Applications in regard to Levelling Old Strand Lines in Scotland, 1900-1901

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Identifier: Coll-74/3/10
Scope and Contents

5 letters to Sir Archilbald Geikie, 1 each from Martin Alister Campbell Hinton (1883-1961) and Russell F Gwinnell, following Geikie's lecture to the Geologists' Association on 'Our Older Sea Margins', and 3 from John W Lime offering his services for further survey work around the coast of Scotland.

Dates: 1900-1901

Bibliographic notes, 1890s-1900s

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Identifier: Coll-74/3/13
Scope and Contents

Rough bibliographical notes relating to Raised Beaches.

Dates: 1890s-1900s

Geological Survey notebook 'Q Q', 1893-1894

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Identifier: Coll-74/1/6
Scope and Contents

Drawings and notes on the geology of parts of Scotland (including Edinburgh, Arran, Mull and Islay) of parts of England and also of Pomeroy, Ireland. References are made to Plymouth limestone, Skye granite, toadstones in Derbyshire and papers on raised beaches at Loch Carron.

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Dates: 1893-1894

Geological Survey notebook 'V V', 1896-1899

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Identifier: Coll-74/1/7
Scope and Contents

Drawings and notes on the geology, particularly of parts of Ireland (including Dundalk, Wicklow) and Wales (including Anglesey, Glamorgan) and to a lesser extent Scotland and England. Reference is made to igneous rock at Kildare, carboniferous volcanoes in west Somerset and raised beaches at Jura.

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Dates: 1896-1899

Geological Survey notebook 'X X', 1900

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Identifier: Coll-74/1/10
Scope and Contents

Drawings and notes on the geology of areas of Scotland, including Aviemore, Inverness, Schehallion and parts of Fife, and to a lesser extent locations around Auvergne, France, with a list of excursionists who went there. References are made to raised beaches at the Firth of Tay, a fault line at St Monans, limeworks at Ceres, erosion near Wormit and necks at St Andrews.

Dates: 1900

Letter from George William Lamplugh, 1903

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Identifier: Coll-74/3/12
Scope and Contents

George William Lamplugh (1859-1926) wrote to Sir Archibald Geikie on 14 January 1904 regarding 'Pleostocene changes of level in our Islands'. He was glad that Geikie was piecing together scattered information on the subject and refers to his own research in areas of England and Ireland.

Dates: 1903

Letter from John Horne, 1903

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Identifier: Coll-74/3/11
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John Horne wrote to Sir Archibald Geikie on 17 July 1903, passing on various points on raised beaches which had been submitted to the Geological Survey Office for Geikie's consideration. These included the lack of beaches at Caithness, Orkney and Shetland.

Dates: 1903

Notebook No.254, August 1868-1 March 1869

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/254
Scope and Contents This dark red Notebook starts in London with Mary and Leonard Lyell, and documents travels in Pembrokeshire, Wales, with an index created by Arabella Buckley. Lyell studies submerged forests, beaches, caves and iron works making notes and sketches, and referencing experts as well as local guides. Several meetings 'with Darwin'. Final pages relate to Grindle Pit, Bury St Edmunds, with sections written by Buckley that appear to be dictated by Lyell. ...
Dates: August 1868-1 March 1869

Notebook No.258, 22 April 1870-3 July 1871

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/258
Scope and Contents This black Notebook is annotated with Lyell's name, address at 73 Harley Street, London. The Notebook begins with the end a tour of Devon - started in the previous Notebook 257 - with Lyell in Barnstaple. Mostly written by Buckley, there are sections of very poor writing at times, which could be Lyell's own. From Devon to Bristol Clifton Bridge and Bath. Time following up queries and visiting the British Museum in London is followed by train to Glasgow with Mary and Leonard, then to the Isle...
Dates: 22 April 1870-3 July 1871