Earth Science Field Skills Training Courses – Graphic Logging & Geological Mapping
- Nick Chidlaw‘s training courses are offered to Earth Science students – particularly those studying with the OU – who wish to supplement their existing experience of the techniques of geological mapping and graphic logging.
Geological Field Trips
- The Open University Geological Society
- The Geological Society of London, UK
- Geological Society of America
- Geologists’ Association, UK (representing amateur geologists)
- The Geologists’ Association, UK list of local UK geology groups
Other Geological Field Trips:
- Roadside geology of Wales
- Discovering Fossils
- UK Fossils
- Scottish Geology
- Earth Science On-Site
- Bells Rocks Trails
- Lyme Regis Fossil Walks
- UKAFH
Geological equipment
- UKGE
- Northern Geological Supplies
- GeoLogic Geological Supplies
- Geo Supplies Ltd
- Estwing geological hammers
- Silva Compass-clinometers
- Brunton Compass-clinometers
- ASC Scientific Compass-clinometers
- Suunto Compass-clinometers
- UK Tide timetables
Geology Social Networks
Facebook Groups: (search for terms)
- OU groups: Search for course codes, e.g. 369, S276 etc…
- Fossil Collectors Club
- Fossil exchange group
- Geology GroupGeology Group
- Darwin Facebook Project
- For the love of TRILOBITES!!!
(Basically, if there is something that interests you, then search for it!)
Flickr Groups:
Childs Play
- Learning Zone: Fossils
- Learning Zone: Minerals
- Learning Zone: Rocks
- Geology for Kids
- One Geology
- Rockwatch
Sites of Geological Interest
- Sites of special scientific interest (SSSI) in England
- Scotland’s Natural Heritage
- Geoparks across Europe
- World Heritage Sites
- Geology of the Dorset (Jurassic) Coast, UK
- Regionally Important Geological and Geomorphological Sites (RIGS) in the UK, including detailed descriptions and resources for classic geological localities
Museums
- Geology Matters: showcasing the geology collections of four Black Country museums
- The Natural History Museum, London, UK.
- Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge, UK
- Oxford University Museum of Natural History, UK
- Berkeley museum. Lots of on line exhibits and palaeontology/evolution links.