Rock, Rail and Roade - uncovering a geological treasure

Woods, Mark; Barron, Mark; Hobbs, Peter; Boon, David. 2007 Rock, Rail and Roade - uncovering a geological treasure. Geology Today, 23 (6). 227- 230. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2451.2007.00640.x

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Abstract/Summary

Railway cuttings, like that at Roade, near Northampton in the English East Midlands, can provide a wealth of geological information, but for safety reasons they remain off-limits to the majority of geologists. Even when access can be achieved, observations are often limited by the extent of vegetation cover. However, a new programme of engineering works at Roade has allowed Natural England and the British Geological Survey (BGS) to explore new ways of capturing the geological and topographical data from railway cuttings that could eventually allow everyone to make a virtual reality visit to otherwise inaccessible sites.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2451.2007.00640.x
Programmes:	BGS Programmes > Geology and Landscape Southern
ISSN:	0266-6979
Additional Keywords:	Cuttings analysis, Geological data, Northamptonshire
NORA Subject Terms:	Earth Sciences
Related URLs:	http://geolib.bgs.ac.uk/cgi-bin/w24.sh?o...
Date made live:	03 Aug 2009 11:43 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/3534

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2451.2007.00640.x

Programmes:

BGS Programmes > Geology and Landscape Southern

ISSN:

0266-6979

Additional Keywords:

Cuttings analysis, Geological data, Northamptonshire

NORA Subject Terms:

Earth Sciences