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Using urban geology: a field guide to Morpeth Railway Station, northern England
Author(s) -
Donovan Stephen K.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1111/gto.12228
Subject(s) - geology , hammer , compass , locality , archaeology , mining engineering , subject (documents) , cartography , geography , library science , engineering , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , structural engineering
A railway station might not seem an obvious subject as a geological locality. Yet with ease of access (just catch a train), the geology of the building stones of a railway station offers certain advantages in the age of inaccessible quarries, and tiresome health and safety paperwork. Hammers can be left at home, and eyes, hand lenses, cameras and compass‐clinometers may all be applied for non‐destructive investigation.