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Rock, Rail and Roade—uncovering a geological treasure
Author(s) -
Woods Mark,
Barron Mark,
Hobbs Peter,
Boon David
Publication year - 2007
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/j.1365-2451.2007.00640.x
Subject(s) - treasure , geology , geological survey , natural (archaeology) , vegetation (pathology) , cover (algebra) , mining engineering , archaeology , cutting , paleontology , geography , engineering , pathology , botany , biology , medicine , mechanical engineering
Railway cuttings, like that at Roade, near Northampton in the English East Midlands, can provide a wealth of geological information, but for safety reasons they remain off‐limits to the majority of geologists. Even when access can be achieved, observations are often limited by the extent of vegetation cover. However, a new programme of engineering works at Roade has allowed Natural England and the British Geological Survey (BGS) to explore new ways of capturing the geological and topographical data from railway cuttings that could eventually allow everyone to make a virtual reality visit to otherwise inaccessible sites.