The Geological History Of The British Isles.

The British
Isles has undergone a remarkable journey through geological time from thirty
degrees south of the equator to its present position some fifty degrees north.
The course will look at the main geological periods and the processes which are
of significance to the evolution of the British Isles as we know them of as of
today.

Week 1 The
importance of plate tectonics, continental drift and mountain building periods
in the geological column.

Week2  The Pre Cambrian and Cambrian 1000Ma to
500Ma.

Week 3 The Ordovician
500 to 435 Ma and the Silurian 435 to 395 Ma and the Caledonian Orogeny.

Week 4 The
Devonian or ORS 395Ma to 345 Ma

Week 5 The
Lower Carboniferous, the importance of limestones,

Week 6  The Middle Carboniferous and Upper
Carboniferous gritstones, shales, coal measure series. The Variscan Orogeny.
290 to 280 Ma.

Week 7 The
Permian and Triassic periods 280 to 195 Ma. NRS.

Week 8 The
Jurassic period , the acme of the dinosaurs. 195 to 135 Ma. The Cretaceous
period and sea level changes 135 to 65Ma.

Week 9 The
Tertiary period and the Alpine Orogeny 65 to 2 Ma.

Week 10 The
Pleistocene, the Ice Age and the Holocene, 2Ma to present.