This page provides a glossary of geological terms to be found on the TVRIGS website and elsewhere. It is an evolving document and will grow as the site expands.
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Liquor Channel (or Conduit)
Wood or stone-lined channel along which alum liquor was transferred between the quarry and the [...]
Mammoth lived on most of the continents in the Northern Hemisphere during the last big ice age 70-10,000 years ago. Woolly Mammoths were about the same size as Indian elephants are today and covered in a layer of coarse hair. They are a good indicator of a cold climate and tundra or Steppe [...]
GEOLOGICAL TIMESCALE
Shown below is a representation of the rocks underlying the Tees Valley and Darlington districts in Northeast England. The diagram depicts the relative thickness of the different systems. Absolute ages are given alongside. Click on the different areas to view more details about a particular time period.
Geological column showing the relative thickness and absolute [...]
Welcome to the Tees Valley RIGS Group Website.
The place for you to find out more about the geology and industrial heritage of Redcar & Cleveland, Middlesbrough,
Stockton, Hartlepool and Darlington.
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Introduction
Sub-divisions in the Quaternary of the British Isles.
The Quaternary Period is the shortest division of time in the geological column covering only the last 2.6 million years or so of Earth’s history. The period is characterised by extraordinary changes in global climate producing several major phases of ice-sheet advance, (glacial), and retreat (interglacial) across lower [...]
The word Geology comes from the ancient Greek, Ge (γη) meaning Earth (not to be confused with Gaia (Γαια) the Greek Earth goddess) and Logos (λογος) meaning word or study of, amongst other things. So Geology literally means Study of the Earth.
The the addition of the letter ‘o’ to spell geo was simply to [...]
Grid Reference NZ 469 307
BGS Sheet 27
OS Sheet 93
Forwarded as RIGS 30/09/2003
Site Description
Site Status SNCI
Description of Geodiversity Natural river-cliff exposure of fluvio-glacial deposits. The cliff reveals an exposure of middle sand, gravels and clays.
Literature References The Geology of the Country Between Durham and West Hartlepool – Dennis Smith 1967
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