Mineral collecting at Chipping Sodbury Quarry
WEBJan 16, 2017 · Chipping Sodbury Quarry is a large quarry in South Gloucestershire on the edge of the Mendip Hills. Quarrying has been undertaken in this area for many years but locally, until the 1980’s, the area has also been a large producer of the mineral Celestine for the valuable element it contains, Strontium.
‘Stromatolites’ built by sponges and microbes – a new type of ...
WEBDec 30, 2015 · The abrupt appearance of these stromatolites above the stable, massive pelmicrite beds in Barnhill Quarry is believed to indicate a relatively sudden switch from a transgressive to a regressive phase controlled by the …
Carboniferous of the Mendips - Bibliography of Geology by Ian …
WEBExtraction of the rock led to the revealing of some magnificent exposures in the quarry walls, including stromatolites, limestone pavement, ripple bedding, dolomitic wadi deposits, thrust planes and an well-defined unconformity between Triassic shales and …
WEBThe stromatolite occurs at the top of the Cotham Member of the Upper Rhaetic which was deposited in a shallow, probably schizohaline lagoon. It is overlain by the Langport Member which is composed of micrites and peloidal limestones with a restricted bivalve fauna.
Cheddar Gorge, Geology. (by Ian West) - University of Southampton
WEBParticularly note that this small exposure of stromatolites suggests that there is a bed of stromatolites at this horizon, resembling the superb surface shown by the Avon RIGS group in Barnhill Quarry, Chipping Sodbury.
WEBChipping Sodbury contribute to UK priority habitats Quarry has the potential to Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) for mesotrophic open water, woodland and grassland through the restoration of quarry benches, the excavation voids and quarry waste tips.
Sketch map showing the geographic disposition of the Chipping Sodbury ...
WEBTytherington Quarry is a key Late Triassic Bristol sauropsid fissure site, having previously yielded abundant Thecodontosaurus remains and a new genus of sphenodontian, Diphydontosaurus.
Chipping Sodbury Quarry overview - Heidelberg Materials UK
WEBLocated in South Gloucestershire to the north of Chipping Sodbury and Yate, Chipping Sodbury quarry produces around 1,000,000 tonnes of limestone aggregate a year. It supplies construction materials to projects ranging from major motorway repair schemes to local building works.
The Carboniferous Limestone of Chipping Sodbury and Wick ...
WEBApr 30, 2007 · The abrupt appearance of these stromatolites above the stable, massive pelmicrite beds in Barnhill Quarry is believed to indicate a relatively sudden switch from a transgressive to a regressive...
The Quarries - Ridge Wood
WEBChipping Sodbury quarry produces around 700,000 tonnes of limestone a year. It supplies construction materials to projects ranging from major motorway repair schemes to local building works. The 500 acre quarry sits on a ridge of limestone stretching north to Wickwar and Cromhall.