Geological Conservation Review: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Geopersona (talk | contribs) →GCR blocks: link |
changed "To date 36 of the planned 45 volumes have been published" to "As of 2010, 36 of the planned 45 volumes had been published" (2010 was the year when this text was added to this article) |
||
| (9 intermediate revisions by 6 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Short description|Database of UK geological and geomorphological heritage}} |
|||
The '''Geological Conservation Review''' ('''GCR''') is produced by the UK's [[Joint Nature Conservation Committee]] and is designed to identify those sites of national and international importance needed to show all the key scientific elements of the [[geological]] and [[geomorphological]] features of [[United Kingdom|Britain]]. These sites display [[sediments]], [[rocks]], minerals, [[fossils]], and features of the landscape that make a special contribution to an understanding and appreciation of Earth science and the geological history of Britain, which stretches back more than three billion years. The intention of the project, which was devised in 1974 by George Black and William Wimbledon working for the Governmental advisory agency, the [[Nature Conservancy Council]] (NCC), was activated in 1977. It aimed to provide the scientific rationale and information base for the conservation of geological SSSIs ([[Site of Special Scientific Interest|Sites of Special Scientific Interest]], protected under British law (latterly the [[Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981]], as amended 1995). The NCC and country conservation agencies were established in 1990 when JNCC became established ([[Environmental Protection Act 1990]]) and took over responsibility for managing the GCR site assessment process, and publishing accounts of accepted sites. |
|||
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} |
|||
The '''Geological Conservation Review''' ('''GCR''') is produced by the UK's [[Joint Nature Conservation Committee]] and is designed to identify those sites of national and international importance needed to show all the key scientific elements of the [[geological]] and [[geomorphological]] features of [[United Kingdom|Britain]]. These sites display [[sediments]], [[rock (geology)|rock]]s, minerals, [[fossils]], and features of the landscape that make a special contribution to an understanding and appreciation of Earth science and the geological history of Britain, which stretches back more than three billion years. The intention of the project, which was devised in 1974 by George Black and William Wimbledon working for the Governmental advisory agency, the [[Nature Conservancy Council]] (NCC), was activated in 1977. It aimed to provide the scientific rationale and information base for the conservation of geological SSSIs ([[Site of Special Scientific Interest|Sites of Special Scientific Interest]], protected under British law (latterly the [[Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981]], as amended 1995). The NCC and country conservation agencies were established in 1990 when JNCC became established ([[Environmental Protection Act 1990]]) and took over responsibility for managing the GCR site assessment process, and publishing accounts of accepted sites. |
|||
By |
By 2000, over 3000 localities had been identified as qualifying for GCR standard (SSSI standard). NCC and later JNCC, have published detailed site descriptions of the GCR localities. For part of the GCR Series of books, commercial publishers were involved, principally [[Chapman & Hall]]. {{As of|2010}}, 36 of the planned 45 volumes had been published, with volumes 15 to 36 published by JNCC directly, and available for sale through the Natural History Book Service, Totnes. |
||
==GCR blocks== |
|||
The GCR is broken down into 107 'blocks' whereby sites with a similarly themed interest are collected together and described in one of the published volumes described above. A block may contain anything from 2 to 140 sites:<ref>http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-4171 JNCC List of GCR blocks in the UK</ref> |
|||
'''Precambrian and Structural Geology''' |
|||
*Alpine Structures of Southern England |
|||
*Caledonian Structures of [[Shetland]] |
|||
*Caledonian Structures of the [[Lake District]] |
|||
*Caledonian Structures of the [[Southern Uplands]] |
|||
*Caledonian Structures of [[Wales]] |
|||
*[[Dalradian]] |
|||
*[[Lewisian complex|Lewisian]] |
|||
*[[Moine]] |
|||
*Precambrian of England & Wales |
|||
*Precambrian Palaeontology |
|||
*[[Torridonian]] |
|||
*Variscan Structures of South Wales and the Mendips |
|||
*Variscan Structures of South-West England |
|||
'''Igneous and Mineralogy''' |
|||
*Caledonian igneous |
|||
*Carboniferous - Permian Igneous |
|||
*Igneous Rocks of South-west England |
|||
*Mineralogy of [[Peak District]], [[Leicestershire]], [[Cheshire]] & [[Shropshire]] |
|||
*Mineralogy of [[Scotland]] |
|||
*Mineralogy of South West England |
|||
*Mineralogy of the Lake District |
|||
*Mineralogy of the [[Mendips]] |
|||
*Mineralogy of the [[Pennines]] |
|||
*Mineralogy of Wales |
|||
*[[Old Red Sandstone]] Igneous (Silurian and Devonian Volcanic Rocks) |
|||
*Ordovician Igneous Rocks |
|||
*Tertiary Igneous |
|||
'''Palaeozoic Stratigraphy''' |
|||
*Arenig - Llanvirn |
|||
*Arenig - Tremadoc |
|||
*Cambrian |
|||
*Cambrian - Tremadoc |
|||
*Caradoc-Ashgill |
|||
*Dinantian of Devon & Cornwall |
|||
*Dinantian of Northern England & North Wales |
|||
*Dinantian of Scotland |
|||
*Dinantian of Southern England & South Wales |
|||
*Llandeilo |
|||
*Llandovery |
|||
*Ludlow |
|||
*Marine Devonian |
|||
*Marine Permian |
|||
*Namurian of England & Wales |
|||
*Non-Marine Devonian |
|||
*Permian - Triassic |
|||
*Pridoli |
|||
*Tremadoc |
|||
*Wenlock |
|||
*Westphalian |
|||
'''Mesozoic-Tertiary Stratigraphy''' |
|||
*[[Aalenian]] - [[Bajocian]] |
|||
*[[Aptian]]-[[Albian]] |
|||
*[[Bathonian]] |
|||
*[[Berriasian]], [[Valanginian]], [[Hauterivian]], [[Barremian]] |
|||
*[[Callovian]] |
|||
*[[Cenomanian]], [[Turonian]], [[Senonian]], [[Maastrichtian]] |
|||
*[[Hettangian]], [[Sinemurian]] and [[Pliensbachian]] |
|||
*[[Kimmeridgian]] |
|||
*[[Neogene]] |
|||
*[[Oxfordian (stage)|Oxfordian]] |
|||
*[[Palaeogene]] |
|||
*[[Portlandian]] - [[Berriasian]] |
|||
*[[Rhaetian]] |
|||
*[[Toarcian]] |
|||
*[[Wealden Group|Wealden]] |
|||
'''Palaeontology''' |
|||
*[[Arthropoda]] |
|||
*[[Aves]] |
|||
*Carboniferous - Permian Fish/[[Amphibia]] |
|||
*Jurassic - Cretaceous [[Reptilia]] |
|||
*Mesozoic - Tertiary Fish/[[Amphibia]] |
|||
*Mesozoic [[Mammalia]] |
|||
*Mesozoic [[Palaeobotany]] |
|||
*[[Palaeoentomology]] |
|||
*Palaeozoic Palaeobotany |
|||
*Permian - Triassic Reptilia |
|||
*Pleistocene Vertebrata |
|||
*Silurian - Devonian [[Chordata]] |
|||
*Tertiary Mammalia |
|||
*Tertiary Palaeobotany |
|||
*Tertiary Reptilia |
|||
'''Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology''' |
|||
*Quaternary of Cumbria |
|||
*Quaternary of East Anglia |
|||
*Quaternary of Midlands - Avon |
|||
*Quaternary of North-East England |
|||
*Quaternary of Scotland |
|||
*Quaternary of Somerset |
|||
*Quaternary of South Central England |
|||
*Quaternary of South-East England |
|||
*Quaternary of South-West England |
|||
*Quaternary of the Pennines and Adjacent Areas |
|||
*Quaternary of the Thames |
|||
*Quaternary of Wales |
|||
'''Geomorphology''' |
|||
*[[Caves]] |
|||
*Coastal Geomorphology of England |
|||
*Coastal Geomorphology of Scotland |
|||
*Coastal Geomorphology of Wales |
|||
*Fluvial Geomorphology of England |
|||
*Fluvial Geomorphology of Scotland |
|||
*Fluvial Geomorphology of Wales |
|||
*[[Karst]] |
|||
*Mass movement |
|||
==References== |
==References== |
||
| Line 123: | Line 10: | ||
==External links== |
==External links== |
||
*[http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-2947 GCR web site] |
*[http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-2947 GCR web site] |
||
[[Category:Conservation in the United Kingdom]] |
[[Category:Conservation in the United Kingdom]] |
||
[[Category:Geology of the United Kingdom]] |
[[Category:Geology of the United Kingdom]] |
||
{{geology-stub}} |
|||
{{UK-org-stub}} |
|||
Latest revision as of 21:03, 15 November 2023
The Geological Conservation Review (GCR) is produced by the UK's Joint Nature Conservation Committee and is designed to identify those sites of national and international importance needed to show all the key scientific elements of the geological and geomorphological features of Britain. These sites display sediments, rocks, minerals, fossils, and features of the landscape that make a special contribution to an understanding and appreciation of Earth science and the geological history of Britain, which stretches back more than three billion years. The intention of the project, which was devised in 1974 by George Black and William Wimbledon working for the Governmental advisory agency, the Nature Conservancy Council (NCC), was activated in 1977. It aimed to provide the scientific rationale and information base for the conservation of geological SSSIs (Sites of Special Scientific Interest, protected under British law (latterly the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, as amended 1995). The NCC and country conservation agencies were established in 1990 when JNCC became established (Environmental Protection Act 1990) and took over responsibility for managing the GCR site assessment process, and publishing accounts of accepted sites.
By 2000, over 3000 localities had been identified as qualifying for GCR standard (SSSI standard). NCC and later JNCC, have published detailed site descriptions of the GCR localities. For part of the GCR Series of books, commercial publishers were involved, principally Chapman & Hall. As of 2010[update], 36 of the planned 45 volumes had been published, with volumes 15 to 36 published by JNCC directly, and available for sale through the Natural History Book Service, Totnes.
References
[edit]- Ellis NV (ed), 1996 An Introduction to the Geological Conservation Review JNCC, Peterborough