East Midlands

GA Guide Number 63

A major guide to the exposures of highly significant Precambrian, Carboniferous and Permo-Triassic, through to Jurassic rocks of the East Midlands. Eleven itineraries (or excursions) of variable length detail the geology of each location, such as; the rock types, the palaeoenvironmental interpretation and fossil content, the structure, geomorphology and mineralization. The areas covered extend from Charnwood Forest (Precambrian), to Wirksworth, Ashover, Ecclesbourne, Alport and Holymoorside in Derbyshire (Carboniferous), to Nottingham, Vale of Belvoir and South Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire (Permian-Jurassic), many illustrated with colour photographs and diagrams.