Articles

50 Years of Footprints!
Author: Alan Staniforth
The Yorkshire coast is renowned for the fossil reptilian footprints which have been discovered along its shores, notably as a result of the extensive research carried out in recent years by Mike Romano and Martin Whyte. However, the first footprint find on the Yorkshire coast was apparently …

Source: Magazine & Record 2013
A geomorphological walk from Thixendale
Author: Derek Gobbett
A small group of RGG members did this walk in September 2008. It is described here so that others may enjoy it. A geomorphological walk from Thixendale Start from the Cross Keys pub in Thixendale and take the field path NE along Water Dale, crossing the entrance to Court Dale and climb up to …

Source: Magazine & Record 2010
Alum and Cementstone, Sandsend and Mulgrave Woods
Author: Tim Burnhill and Steve Livera
8th July - Leaders: Simon Chapman and Steve Livera This was a joint meeting with CMHS (Cleveland Mining Heritage Society) and SAHS (Scarborough Archaeological and Historical Society). It was led by Simon Chapman and Steve Livera. The party met in the Sandsend seafront car park (GR NZ 861129) and …

Source: Magazine & Record 2017
Aspects of the Wolds landscape: valley heads and sliding hills
Author: Derek Gobbett
We looked in some detail at School House Dale which is access land on the Sledmere estate. This dale is a typical dry valley near its head with symmetrical sides uniformly sloping at about 22°. There is an abrupt change in slope where the valley sides meet the flat floor. In parts of the dale …

Source: Magazine & Record 2011
Bryozoa: the animals David Attenborough forgot
Author: Paul Taylor Editor: Derek Gobbett
This was an excellent talk pitched at the right level. Paul summarised the key facts about the phylum. All species are colonial suspension feeders, almost all marine. The hard parts are used in classifying both recent and fossil forms. The colony is a clone and is of modular construction, tubes or …

Source: Magazine & Record 2011
Early Scarborough Geologists
Author: Peter C. Robinson
Professor Versey in his address on the History of Yorkshire Geology presented to the Yorkshire Geological Society at York in April 1974 stated “ The story of Yorkshire geology through the years shows a happy association of Government geologists, University and College teachers, members of …

Source: Magazine & Record 2012
Fossil monster hunters: Mary Anning and Thomas Hawking
Author: Prof Hugh Torrens University of Keele Editor: Derek Gobbett
This talk contrasted two early 19th Century collectors and preparators of vertebrate fossils, notably of marine reptiles. Mary Anning came from a poor, ill-educated background. A lot of nonsense has been written about her but she has no adequate biography. She lived all her life in and around Lyme …

Source: Magazine & Record 2012
From Wollaston and Brora to Brae. Understanding your oilfield: or the search for an analogue?
Author: Rodger Connell Editor: Earl Haworth
2nd November 2017 Petroleum geologists building the computer models used to develop oil and gas fields often rely on analogues from outcrop to provide the 3D sedimentary geometry of the hydrocarbon bearing reservoir. Choosing the appropriate analogue is critical. If an inappropriate analogue is …

Source: Magazine & Record 2017