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1:250 000 Geological Map
This range of geological maps show the general geology of the area, they come in either folded (for taking on the field), or flat (for wall mounting)
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1: 50 000 Geological Map
This range of geological maps show the localised geology, they come in either folded (for taking on the field), or flat (for wall mounting)
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Carboniferous
GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE: Gondwanaland joins the Northern land masses to form Pangaea, Warm climate cooled to an ice age in the Southern Hemisphere Marine limestone's overlaid with coal seams.
TERRESTRIAL ANIMAL LIFE: Age of Amphibians, first reptiles appear, snails Centipedes and millipedes cockroaches and giant dragonflies.
PLANT LIFE: Rich flora of giant tree-ferns, horsetails and conifers from the swampy coal forests.
SEA LIFE: Ammonites, Brachiopods in the seas. Rugose corals, graptolites trilobites and some forms of Bryozoans, crinoids and mollusc's disappear.
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Geological Guide to Seaton Sluice
The Carboniferous coal measures are full of plant remains
The coal measures at Seaton Sluice are of Westphalian age, division D and part of the 'Newcastle Formation'. These are grey sandstones, siltstones and mudstones with minor reddened strata; coals few and thin with some thin limestones near base.
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