Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-Upon Tyne, 1966 -1967

Summary

This volume includes:

• Contents
• A guide to the geology of Northumberland and the Borders by D. A. Robson (pp. 1 – 77)
• Ornithological report for Northumberland and Durham for 1965 by D. G. Bell (pp. 79 – 107)
• Ornithological report for the Farne Islands for 1965 by Grace Hickling (pp. 108 – 125)
• Wader migration in north-east England by P. R. Evans (pp. 126 – 151)
• The geology of the coast section from Tynemouth to Seaton Sluice by John M. Jones (pp. 153 – 192)
• Millerite from Boldon Colliery, Co. Durham by W. R. Dearman and J. M. Jones (pp. 193 – 196)
• Ornithological report for Northumberland and Durham for 1966 by D. G. Bell (pp. 197 – 225)
• Ornithological report for the Farne Islands for 1966 by Grace Hickling (pp. 226 – 240)
• Ornithological report for Northumberland and Durham for 1967 by D. G. Bell (Durham) and J. D. Parrack (Northumberland) (pp. 241 – 274)
• Ornithological report for the Farne Islands for 1967 by Grace Hickling (pp. 275 – 289)

ILLUSTRATIONS

• Plate 1. Photograph of a scale model of Northumberland (facing p. 1)
• Plate 2. Geological map of Northumberland and the Borders (facing p. 78)
• Plate 3. Male golden plover at nest: Co. Durham, 1960 (facing p. 79)
• Plate 4. Tynemouth to Seaton Sluice (facing p. 153) 
• Plate 5. A portion of one of the lenses of conglomerate which occur in the Coal Measure Sandstone on the north side of Priory Point, Tynemouth (facing p. 160)
• Plate 6. Permian strata outcropping on the south side of Cullercoats Bay, just north of the 90 Fathom Dyke (facing p. 162)
• Plate 7. The base of the Table Rocks Sandstone, near the Table Rocks, Whitley Bay (facing p. 168)
• Plate 8. The Crag Point Fault  (facing p. 182)
• Plate 9. Short-eared owl at nest. Co. Durham, May 1965 (facing p. 197)
• Plate 10. Whitethroat with young (facing p. 241)

MAPS, DIAGRAMS AND FIGURES

• A guide to the geology of Northumberland and the Borders
  • Fig. 1. Bamburgh Castle (p. 2)
  • Fig. 2. Diagramatic sections through northern England and Scotland, illustrating the geological history of the area (pp. 8 – 9)
  • Fig. 3. Table showing the succession of rocks forming the earth’s crust (p. 4)
  • Fig. 4. Block diagram illustrating an angular unconformity (p. 10)
  • Fig 5. Artist’s reconstruction of Northumberland at a time when the Cheviot volcanoes were active (p. 14)
  • Fig. 6a. Diagramatic section through a major intrusion (p. 15)
  • Fig. 6b. Diagramatic section through a major intrusion after erosion (p. 16)
  • Fig. 7. Diagramatic section illustrating a dyke feeding a laccolith (p. 17)
  • Fig. 8. Artist’s reconstruction of Northumberland at a time when the earliest Carboniferous sediments were being laid down in the sea around the extinct Cheviot volcanoes (p. 20)
  • Fig. 9. Block of sandstone from the Fell Sandstone Group, showing current-bedding (p. 21)
  • Fig 10. Grains of sand, Fell Sandstone Group (p. 22)
  • Fig. 11. Diagram of a rhythmic sequence (p. 23)
  • Fig. 12. Block diagram illustrating dip and strike (p. 26)
  • Fig. 13a. Block diagram illustrating transcurrent or tear faulting (p. 27)
  • Fig. 13b. Block diagram illustrating symmetrical folds (p. 27)
  • Fig. 13c. Block diagram illustrating symmetrical folds (p. 27)
  • Fig. 13d. Block diagram illustrating a thrust fault (p. 28)
  • Fig. 13e. Block diagram illustrating a reversed fault (p. 28)
  • Fig. 13f. Block diagram illustrating normal faulting (p. 29)
  • Fig. 13g. Block diagram illustrating oblique faulting (p. 29)
  • Fig. 14. Block diagram illustrating a sill intrusion with its effect upon the subsequent glacial moulding of the land surface (p. 31)
  • Fig. 15a. A group of local brachiopods (p. 43)
  • Fig. 15b. Brachiopods in limestone (p. 45)
  • Fig. 16a. A group of local lamellibranchs (p. 46)
  • Fig. 16b. A living lamellibranch (p. 45)
  • Fig. 17a. Local gastropods (p. 47)
  • Fig. 17b. A living gastropod (p. 48)
  • Fig. 18a. Nautilus, a modern cephalopod (p. 48)
  • Fig. 18b. Ammonites (p. 49)
  • Fig. 19a. Restoration of a Carboniferous trilobite (p. 49)
  • Fig. 19b. A Carboniferous trilobite, dorsal view (p. 50)
  • Fig. 20. Carboniferous corals and a living colony (p. 51)
  • Fig. 21. A living crinoid (p. 52)
  • Fig. 22. A group of Carboniferous plants (p. 54)
  • Fig. 23. Some varieties of Foraminifera (p. 56)
  • Fig. 24. A Carboniferous ostracod shell (p. 57)
  • Fig. 25. Block diagram of Northumberland and the Borders (p. 59)
  • Fig. 26. Whin and sandstone dip features, from Limestone Bank, above Chollerford, looking westwards (p. 60)
  • Fig. 27. The angular unconformity at Siccar Point, Berwickshire (p. 61)
  • Fig. 28. Rock outcrops at Carshope, under Coquetdale (p. 62)
  • Fig. 29. Dykes in the Sinai Desert, Egypt (p. 63)
  • Fig. 30. Laccolith intruded into lava at Harden quarry, Biddlestone (p. 64)
  • Fig. 31. The Roddam Dene Conglomerate, Roddam, south of Wooler (p. 65)
  • Fig. 32. Coquet gorge in the Cementstones, above Alwinton (p. 66)
  • Fig. 33. Rock outcrops in the cliffs on the Howick shore (p. 67)
  • Fig. 34. An asymmetrical anticline in the Eelwell Limestone, Scremerston shore (p. 68)
  • Fig. 35. The Heugh and Castle Hill, Holy Island, formed by a whin dyke (p. 69)
  • Fig. 36. The whin sill and associated sediments in Ewesley quarry, Rothley (p. 70)
  • Fig. 37. Disturbed sedimentary rocks underlying boulder clay, Howick shore (p. 71)
  • Fig. 38. Dunstanburgh Castle from Craster village (p. 72)
  • Fig. 39. Dip slopes in the lava at Alwinton (p. 73)
  • Fig. 40. The Cheviot Hills (granite and lava), the Vale of Whittingham (Cementstones) and the Fell Sandstone Ridges, viewed from Corby Crags (p. 74)
• The geology of the coast section from Tynemouth to Seaton Sluice
  • Fig. 1a. A stratigraphical column showing the principal coal seams and marine bands in the Northumberland and Durham coalfield (p. 154)
  • Fig. 1b. A geological sketch map of the coastal region of south-east Northumberland (p. 155)
  • Fig. 2. Cliff section below Tynemouth Priory (p. 157)
  • Fig. 3. Cliff section at Sharpness Point (p. 157)
  • Fig. 4a. A composite section of the Coal Measure and Permian strata exposed along the coast section from Tynemouth pier to the Table Rocks, Whitley Bay (p. 158)
  • Fig. 4b. Geological map of the coast section from Tynemouth pier to the Table Rocks, Whitley Bay (p. 159)
  • Fig. 5a. A composite section of the Coal Measure strata exposed along the coast from the Table Rocks, Whitley Bay, to St. Mary’s Island (p. 164)
  • Fig. 5b. Geological map of the coast section from the Table Rocks, Whitley Bay, to St. Mary’s Island (p. 165)
  • Fig. 6a. A composite section of the Coal Measure strata exposed along the coast from St. Mary’s Island to Crag Point (p. 172)
  • Fig. 6b. Geological map of the coast section from St. Mary’s Island to Crag Point (p. 173)
  • Fig 7a. A composite section of the Coal Measure and Permian strata exposed in Collywell Bay, Seaton Sluice (p. 184)
  • Fig. 7b. Geological map of Collywell Bay, Seaton Sluice (p. 185)
• Millerite from Boldon Colliery, Co. Durham
  • Fig. 1. The distribution of millerite and other nickelbearing minerals in Northumberland and Durham (p. 194)

 

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