Horsts and Grabens: A field trip to Cleeve Hill , Gloucester with Nick Cridlaw. 8th Oct 2023

13/10/2023

by Jane Allum Towards the end of the Palaeozoic (c.290m years ago), the north south trending Severn Basin began to form between what is now the Malverns, the Birmingham area and the Gloucestershire Oxfordshire border. Subsidence of the basin continued as sediments were deposited through the Triassic and early Jurassic. At that time the UK …

Field Trip: Cleeve Hill, Gloucestershire. Led by Dr Nick Chidlaw

20/03/202303/02/2023

The location has the most complete stratigraphic succession of the Middle Jurassic InferiorOolite Group in the Cotswolds. A lot of sections were re-exposed by Gloucestershire GeologyTrust some years ago. Post-glacial landforms will be described.The scenery from this location is fabulous with great views over the Severn Valley to theMalverns and beyond on a clear day. …