GY210 Ingleton: Troller's Gill

	AIMS/OBJECTIVES ITINERARY FIELD EXERCISES TOWN/MAPS MARKS SCHEME PRIOR READING ACCOMMODATION SAFETY EQUIPMENT REGISTRATION 1st YEAR MARKS FINAL REMARKS	GY210 Ingleton Field Course: excursion to Troller's Gill      This exercise will introduce you to a different method of geological mapping, namely through the use of aerial photographs as a base map.  Using transparent overlays, you will be mapping the exposures found from Fancarl Crag (above left) through the whole of Troller's Gill (above right).  There will be a considerable amount of feature mapping, given the nature of some of the underlying lithologies.  The formations you will be mapping each consist of a single lithology (limestone, shale and coarse sandstone). In Troller's Gill itself, you will be examining not only the host limestone, but also the mineral veins which have been developed in the carbonates too.  Although many of these veins have been worked out many years ago, some mineral specimens will be found, and the orientation of the veining will be mapped in order to suggest the controls on their emplacement (above right). Once you have completed the mapping exercise, it will be necessary to construct a geological cross section of the area you have ccvered, extrapolating the lithologies, structure and mineral veining both above and below ground level. On to: Excursion to Sedgwick Trail Field mapping exercise Quarry visits Please follow the links (left) for further information regarding the field course. Top

Author: Ian Harding.  Last Updated: February 2000   SOC Home | SOES Home  | University Home