Help us to restore the St Andrews Geology Wall!
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St Andrews has a geologically informative feature: the geology wall, set up in 2001.
This wall contains examples of rocks from all over Fife:
Volcanic Ash, Columnar Basalt, Quartz Dolerite, Olivine Dolerite,
Andesite, Oil Shale, Tree Root, Algal Limestone, Massive Limestone,
Red Devonian Sandstone, Shelly Limestone, Rippled Sandstone,
Coral limestone, Conglomerate, Coal, Dolomitised Limestone,
Cross-Bedded Sandstone, Felsite, Fossil Rootlets, Agate Rich Andesite,
Crinoidal Limestone and Highland Schist!
The wall was set up by geoHeritage Fife working with various geological associations and societies around Britain.
New Campaign The Geology Wall of St Andrews
geoHeritage Fife:
geoHeritage Fife is a registered charity (SC032509) and a fully-constituted society which was set up in 2000. geoHeritage Fife aims to publicise Fife's geological heritage, to provide educational resources in geology and to promote geotourism in Fife. It also has a duty to inform the local planning authority on new geologically-important sites. Contentious planning applications are referred to the group for assessment.
The group currently has 38 members who participate in field excursions, suggest new itineraries and “test-walk” new trail leaflets. Its Chairman is Richard Batchelor, currently Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of St Andrews.
A new sister society has been set up in Angus, called the Angus and Dundee GeoSciences Society, aiming to do similar work in the Dundee and Angus area.
Angus and Dundee GeoSciences Society:
This society is dedicated to honoring the lifetime work and achievements of Paul Ewing, geology teacher at Arbroath High School. He inspired 100s of students into the scientific field of geology and the wider geosciences. This society aims to inspire 100s more! Its current focus is on Angus County, the Mearns and the City of Dundee.
The geology wall has fallen into disrepair. And beside a leaflet it doesn’t have a lot of useful information that could help the public connect with the site!
The wall was set up by geoHeritage Fife working with various geological associations and societies around Britain.
New Campaign The Geology Wall of St Andrews
geoHeritage Fife:
geoHeritage Fife is a registered charity (SC032509) and a fully-constituted society which was set up in 2000. geoHeritage Fife aims to publicise Fife's geological heritage, to provide educational resources in geology and to promote geotourism in Fife. It also has a duty to inform the local planning authority on new geologically-important sites. Contentious planning applications are referred to the group for assessment.
The group currently has 38 members who participate in field excursions, suggest new itineraries and “test-walk” new trail leaflets. Its Chairman is Richard Batchelor, currently Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of St Andrews.
A new sister society has been set up in Angus, called the Angus and Dundee GeoSciences Society, aiming to do similar work in the Dundee and Angus area.
Angus and Dundee GeoSciences Society:
This society is dedicated to honoring the lifetime work and achievements of Paul Ewing, geology teacher at Arbroath High School. He inspired 100s of students into the scientific field of geology and the wider geosciences. This society aims to inspire 100s more! Its current focus is on Angus County, the Mearns and the City of Dundee.
The geology wall has fallen into disrepair. And beside a leaflet it doesn’t have a lot of useful information that could help the public connect with the site!
So our society is launching a new initiative to help raise funds and get the site restored, along with a new phone app!
Our society is aiming to work with geoHeritage Fife and St Andrews GeoBus to create a new website and phone app for the wall. The aim is to integrate the wall into the geology walks in the area of Fife, Dundee and Angus.
Organizer
Angus And Dundee GeoSciences Society By Hunor Deak
Organizer
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