The Geology of West Yorkshire

Monday, 5th September 2005

Scale: 10 miles

Index to the Colours

 

New Red Sandstone (Trias)

  Magnesian Limestone (Permian)
 
  Coal Measures
  Millstone Grit
  Carboniferous Limestone

Map, detail from Sketch Map of the Geology and Mineralogy of the North of England by J. A. Knipe, Esq., 1860 from Coal and Iron, by W. Fordyce, 1860.

Coal Measures Rocks and Fossils

Sandstone

Calamites
Giant horsetail
Rolled ironstone pebble Sigilaria
Giant club moss bark

Richard Bell, richard@willowisland.co.uk