Geology

Geology

Hamstone

Golden-brown sedimentary stone, from Ham Hill in Somerset.

Geology

Karst cave

The most common type of cave, formed by the solution of carboniferous rocks by the action of rainwater.

Geology

Keuper Marl

Now deprecated term for multiple layers of mudstone and siltstone that occur beneath parts of the English Midlands and beyond.

Geology, Yorkshire

Elland flags

Sandstones interbedded with mudstones and siltstones in the Lower Coal Measures of West Yorkshire, once extensively quarried.

Coal mining, Geology

Pendleton fault

Geological fault stretching for about 20 miles (32 km) from Bolton in Greater Manchester in the north along the Irwell Valley through Pendleton and south to Poynton in Cheshire.

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