Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-Upon Tyne, 1972- 1981

Summary

(Includes Volumes 41, 42, and 43)

VOLUME 41

This volume includes:

• Contents
• Geology of Durham County, compiled by G. A. L. Johnson, edited by Grace Hickling (pp. 1 – 158)
  • Contents and Contributors (pp. 3 – 4)
  • 1. Introduction by G. A. L. Johnson (pp. 5 – 9)
  • 2. Structure by M. H. P. Bott and G. A. L. Johnson (pp. 10 – 20)
  • 3. Ordovician by G. A. L. Johnson (pp. 21 – 22)
  • 4. Carboniferous by G. A. L. Johnson (pp. 23 – 42)
  • 5. Coal by J. M. Jones and B. S. Cooper (pp. 43 – 65)
  • 6. Permian and Trias by Denys B. Smith and J. Pattison (pp. 66 – 91)
  • 7. Whin Sills and Dykes by A. C. Dunham (pp. 92 – 100)
  • 8. Tertiary Igneous Intrusions by C. H. Emeleus (pp. 101 – 102)
  • 9. Weardale Granite by J. Grenville Holland and Richard ST. J. Lambert (pp. 103 – 118)
  • 10. Metamorphic Rocks by D. Robinson (pp. 119 – 123)
  • 11. Mineralization by K. C. Dunham, F. R. S. (pp. 124 – 133)
  • 12. Quaternary by E. A. Francis (pp. 134 – 153)
  • Index (p. 155 – 158)
• The Burried Valley of the Lower Tweed by D. W. Rhind (pp. 159 – 164)
• Wild Mink in Northumberland by S. D. Johnston (pp. 165 – 178)
• The Coleoptera of Castle Eden Dene by M. L. Luff, B. J. Selman and G. N. Foster (pp. 179 – 193)
• The Distribution of some ornithocoprophilous lichen species on Carboniferous Limestone in the Malham area by S. J. Jaggard, J. A. Seviour and D. J. Hill (pp. 194 – 203)
• Foraminiferida of Budle Bay, Northumberland by M. B. Hart and S. Thompson (pp. 204 – 219)
• The palaeomagnetism of the Cleveland-Armathwaite Dyke by J. W. Giddings, D. H. Tarling and D. H. Thomas (pp. 220 – 226)
• Characteristics of the northern Cheviot river system by R. Clark (pp. 227 – 237)
• Short Communications
  • Australian recovery of ringed arctic tern Sterna paradisaea Pont by Grace Hickling (p. 238)
  • Buried valleys of coastal Northumberland by R. Clark (pp. 238 – 239)
  • Identification of tick from Farne Island kittiwake by A. P. Nimmo (pp. 239 – 240)
  • Kestrel apparently caught by Pirri Pirri Burr by Athol J. Wallis (p. 240)
  • Recovery of Estonian-ringed arctic tern by Eric F. Pithers (p. 240)
  • Sunfish and moonfish by Susan Turner (pp. 241 – 242)

Illustrations:

• Geology of Durham county
  • Plate 1. The Great Whin Sill intruded into shales above the Tyne Bottom Limestone at High Force, Teesdale (facing p. 3)
  • Plate 2.  The base of the Great Limestone and underlying Tuft sandstone near Killhope Mine, Weardale, showing the junction between the Lower and Upper Carboniferous (facing p. 28)
  • Plate 3. Redburn Mine, Weardale Lead Company, Rookhope (facing p. 29)
  • Plate 4. Fig. 1. Polished section of coal cut perpendicular to the bedding. Photographed under oil immersion. Fig. 2. Polished section of coal under oil immersion (facing p. 54)
  • Plate 5. Fig. 1. Fusinite. Fragments of cell wall tissue,
    high reflecting. Fig. 2. High reflecting and high relief haloes caused by radioactive alteration of vitrinite (facing p. 55)
  • Plate 6. Fig. 1. Primary vesiculation in heat-affected vitrinite. Fig. 2. Heat-affected coal, plastic stage (facing p. 58)
  • Plate 7. Fig. 1. Heat-affected coal showing brecciation. Fig. 2. Heat-affected coal, granular stage (facing p. 59)
  • Plate 8. Fig. 1. General view of the north side of Frenchman’s Bay, South Shields. Fig. 2. Seaham Residue at type locality (facing p. 76)
  • Plate 9. Magnesian Limestone cliffs and sea-stacks at Marsden Bay, South Shields (facing p. 77)
• Wild Mink in Northumberland
  • Plate 10. Wild Mink (facing p. 165)

Maps, diagrams and figures:

• Geology of Durham County
  • Fig. 1. Geological map of the Durham region (facing p. 5)
  • Fig. 2. Map showing the position of the Weardale granite and adjacent thick Lower Carboniferous sedimentary basins (p.11)
  • Fig. 3. Structure contour map on the base of the Great Limestone (p. 13)
  • Fig. 4. Computer interpretations of the subsurface shape of the Weardale granite along A-A’ (text-fig. 2) (p.15)
  • Fig. 5. East to west section across Durham county showing the Carboniferous and Permian sediments and underlying Weardale granite (p.16)
  • Fig. 6. True scale section showing the interpretation of the topmost third of the crust beneath Durham county along the line A-A’ (text-fig. 2) (p.17)
  • Fig. 7. Carboniferous succession of the Durham region (intended as facing p. 23, missing from this copy) 
  • Fig. 8. Palaeogeographical map showing the disposition of massifs, blocks, ridges and basins during the early part of Lower Carboniferous times (p. 31)
  • Fig. 9. Comparative vertical sections showing the correlation of Viséan sequence from the Northumberland trough southwards to the Alston and Askrigg blocks (p. 33)
  • Fig. 10. Variation in percentage reflectivity of vitrinite in oil (p. 50)
  • Fig. 11. Principal coal horizons in the Viséan and Namurrian strata of the Alston block (p. 52)
  • Fig. 12. Principal seams in the Westphalian of Durham (p. 53)
  • Fig. 13. Variation in the rank of coals encountered in the Harton borehole (p.56)
  • Fig. 14. Rank variation of Harvey seam expressed as % carbon (p. 58)
  • Fig. 15. Variation in percentage reflectivity in oil (p. 62)
  • Fig 16. Provisional sketch map showing the distribution of Permian and Triassic strata in Durham county (p. 69)
  • Fig 17. Generalized section of strata exposed at Claxheugh Rock and in Ford Quarry, Sunderland (p. 77)
  • Fig. 18. Map showing the outcrop of the whin sill, its transgressions, and the sites of the principal boreholes (p. 93)
  • Fig. 19. (a) Plot of FeO-MgO-(Na₂O + K₂O) (b) Plot of SiO₂  against Na₂O + K₂O (p. 96)
  • Fig. 20. Site of the Rookhope borehole (5) in relation to the gravity field of the Alston block (p. 103)
  • Fig. 21. Solid geology at Rookhope (p. 104)
  • Fig. 22. The system normative anorthite-albite-orthoclase for the Weardale granite, illustrating the marked separation between the granite above 2200 ft and the granite below 2200 ft (p.108)
  • Fig. 23. The system normative quartz-albite-orthoclase illustrating the course of crystallization of the Weardale granite and the distinct separation between the granite above 2200 ft and the granite below 2200 ft (p. 108)
  • Fig. 24. The system FeO (total iron)—total alkalies—MgO for the Weardale granite, illustrating the distinct separation between the granite above 2200 ft and granite below 2200 ft and the supposed course of crystallization (p. 108)
  • Fig. 25. ⁸⁷Sr/ ⁸⁸Sr  vs ⁸⁷Rb/⁸⁶Sr plot of samples from the Weardale granite (p.116)
  • Fig. 26. Mineralization in Durham county (p. 126)
  • Fig. 27. Cross-section of the Red Vein at No. 4 underground shaft, Stotfield Burn mine (Weardale Lead Co. Ltd.) (p. 128)
• The buried valley of the lower Tweed
  • Fig. 1. Rockhead morphology in the Tweed estuary (p. 160)
  • Fig. 2. Drift deposits under the rail bridge, Berwick upon Tweed (p. 162)
• The Coleoptera of Castle Eden Dene
  • Fig. 1. Map of Castle Eden Dene, Peterlee, showing collecting localities mentioned in the text (p. 180)
• The distribution of some ornithocoprophilous lichen species on Carboniferous Limestone in the Malham area
  • Fig. 1. Transect from limestone pavement to scar edge (p.197)
  • Fig. 2. The relationship between boulder height and the number of species on the boulder (p.199)
  • Fig. 3. The relationship between boulder diameter and the number of species on the boulder (p. 200)
• Foraminiferida of Budle Bay, Northumberland
  • Fig. 1. Location of Budle Bay, Northumberland, and the solid geology of the catchment draining into the bay (p. 205)
  • Fig. 2. Tidal data from Budle Bay, and its comparison with the Wash (Evans 1965) (p. 206)
  • Fig. 3. Physiography of Budle Bay (p. 208)
  • Fig. 4. The distribution of Foraminiferida across Budle Bay  (p. 211)
  • Fig. 5. Distribution of the indigenous fauna across Buddle Bay (p. 213)
  • Fig. 6. Analysis of foraminiferal data (p. 215)
• The palaeomagnetism of the Cleveland-Armathwaite dyke, northern England
  • Fig. 1. Outcrops and sampling sites along the Cleveland-Armathwaite dyke (p. 222)
  • Fig. 2. Palaeomagnetic directions and stability (p. 223)
• Characteristics of the northern cheviot river system
  • Fig. 1. the north Cheviot area (facing p. 227)

 

VOLUME 42

This volume includes:

• Contents
• A bibliography of the literature of the Farne Islands, Northumberland by June W. Thompson and Grace Hickling (pp. 1 – 64)
• The grey seals of the Farne Islands, 1971 to 1973 by W. Nigel Bonner and Grace Hickling (pp. 65 – 84)
• Notes on the sex and age of potentilla fruticosa L. in upper Teesdale by A. J. Richards (pp. 85 – 92)
• The grey seals of the Farne Islands. The 1974 breeding season by Grace Hickling and Peter Hawkey (pp. 93-97)
• The age of the grey seal at the Farne Islands. A study of growth, age-distribution and mortality of the breeding stock by N. E. Platt, J. R. Prime and Susan R. Witthames (pp. 99 – 106)
• The grey seals of the Farne Islands. The 1975 breeding season by Grace Hickling, Peter Hawkey and Laurence H. Harwood (pp. 107 – 114)
• Inter-colony movements of Farne Islands puffins by M. P. Harris (pp. 115 – 118)
• The grey seals of the Farne Islands. The 1976 breeding season by Grace Hickling, Peter Hawkey and Laurence H. Harwood (pp. 119 – 126)
• A contribution to the bryophyte flora of Castle Eden Dene by A. J. Richards (pp. 127 – 135)
• Short Communication: A rare fish in the North Sea by Susan Turner and Roger Bamber (p. 136)

Illustrations

• Plate 1. Farne Islands lighthouses (facing p. 1)
• Plate 2. A picnic on Pinnacle Island (facing p. 12)
• Plate 3. The servants having their picnic meal on a lower part of the island (facing p.13)
• Plate 4. Part of the breeding area on Staple Island, 11 November 1970 (facing p. 65)
• Plate 5. A calf, injured by a bite from an adult (facing p. 66)
• Plate 6. A starveling calf attempting to suck from another starveling (facing p. 67)
• Plate 7. An ailing calf in Staple Island gully, 30 November 1974, both its eyes were closed and oozing pus  (facing p. 94)
• Plate 8. A few of the 241 calves found dead on Staple Island in 1974 (facing p. 95)

Maps, Diagrams and Figures

• A bibliography  of the literature of the Farne Islands
  • Fig. 1. Puffin (p. 28)
  • Fig 2. Fulmar (p. 29)
  • Fig 3. Crested cormorant (p. 30)
  • Fig 4. Heron (p.32)
  • Fig 5. King eider (p. 33)
  • Fig 6. Young kittiwake (p. 34)
  • Fig 7. Sandwich tern (p. 36)
  • Fig 8. Ash-coloured shrike (greater butcher bird) (p. 37)
  • Fig 9. Adult gravid female grey seal, after drawings by John Hancock (p. 39)
  • Fig. 10. View of mainland and nesting cormorants (p. 46)
  • Fig. 11. Inner Farne ca. 1848 (p. 48)
  • Fig 12. Monastic buildings, Inner Farne—late 18th century (p. 50)
• The grey seals of the Farne Islands 1971 – 1973
  • Fig 1. Farne Islands births 1956 – 73 and projections (p. 81)
• The age of the grey seal at the Farne Islands
  • Fig. 1. Mean body length in relation to age (p. 100)
  • Fig. 2. Mean body weight in relation to age (p. 101)
  • Fig. 3. Age frequency distribution of breeding bulls and cows (p. 102)
• Inter-colony movements of Farne Islands Puffins
  • Fig. 1. Map showing puffin colonies mentioned in the text (p. 117)
• A contribution to the bryophyte flora of Castle Eden Dene
  • Fig. 1. Map of Castle Eden Dene, showing compartments. The vertical and horizontal lines represent 1 km squares of the National Grid (p. 128)

VOLUME 43

This volume includes:

• Contents
• A guide to the geology of the Cheviot Hills
  by D. A. Robson (pp. 1 – 23)
• The grey seals of the Farne Islands. The 1977 breeding season by Grace Hickling, Peter Hawkey and Laurence H. Harwood (p. 25 – 33)
• Short Communications
  • Records of common seal in 1977 by David A. O’Connor and Charles F. Summers (p. 34)
  • Mink in Northumberland by David A. O’Connor (p. 34)
• The grey seals of the Farne Islands. The 1978 breeding season by Grace Hickling, Peter Hawkey and Laurence H. Harwood  (pp. 35 – 44)
• Burrow excavation and infill in the Farne Islands puffin colony by M Hornung (p. 45 – 54)
• Vascular plants native to Northumberland which are now thought to be extinct by George A. Swan (p. 55 – 58)
• Short communications:
  • Codium on the Northumbrian coast by F. G. Hardy (p.59 – 60)
  • Occurrence of the tadpole fish or lesser forkbeard on the northeast coast by P. S. Davis (p.60 – 62)
  • First records for the northern rockling from the Northumberland coast by P. S. Davis (p. 62 – 63)

Illustrations

• Plate 1. Housey Crags, a tor of lava within the metamorphic aureole of the Cheviot granite viewed from the north bank of the Harthope Burn (between p. 12 and p. 13)
• Plate 2 (1). The granite hills of Dunmoor and Hedgehope and the rising slopes of the lavas viewing west from above Powburn (between P. 12 and p. 13)
• Plate 2 (2). The long, straight valley of the Harthope Burn, marking the line of the Harthope fault (between p. 12 and p. 13)
• Plate 3 (1 – 4). Polished surface of rocks (between p. 12 and p. 13)
• Plate 4. The south slope of Cheviot and the Breamish valley, viewed from the summit of Cushat Law (between p. 12 and p. 13)

Maps, Diagrams and Figures

• A Guide to the geology of the Cheviot Hills
  • Fig. 1. Geological map of the Cheviot Hills (between p. 1 and p. 2)
  • Fig 2. Map showing access routes into the Cheviot Hills (between p. 4 and p. 5)
  • Fig. 3. Topography of the Cheviot region (between p. 4 and p. 5)
  • Fig. 4. The pattern of faults and trend lines in the Cheviot Hills (between p. 4 and p. 5)
  • Fig. 5. Map of the meltwater channels of the eastern Cheviot region (between p. 4 and p. 5)
  • Fig. 6. Five mica-porphyrite dykes crossing the summit of Yeavering Bell (p. 12)
  • Fig. 7. Intrusions of dykes together with granite-lava junctions in the Broadstruthers Burn (p. 13)
  • Fig. 8. The valley of the Breamish, between Low Blakehope and Linhope (p. 14)
  • Fig. 9. In the Breamish valley (p. 15)
  • Fig. 10. Rose diagram of the dykes of Lower Old Red Sandstone age in the Cheviot Hills (p. 17)
• Burrow excavation and infill in the Farne Islands puffin colony
  • Fig 1. Relationship between vegetation cover and weight of soil excavated from burrows (p. 48)

 

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