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Category Archives: limestone fossils
Protecting the coast: limestone rock armour
A local Cumberland councillor, who sits on the Board of the cross-border Solway Firth Partnership, often refers to the Cumbrian coast as being the ‘soft side’ of the Firth, in contrast to the rockier Scottish, side. And once you have … Continue reading
Posted in geology, LIMESTONE, limestone fossils, limestone rock armour, stones
Tagged boulders, corals, fossils, gabions
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Limestone: Death assemblages
The boulders are the fossilised graveyard of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of the shells of brachiopods, that lived then died about 300 million years ago. These tangled remains of former lives are what geologists call a ‘death assemblage’ [1]. A variety … Continue reading
Posted in fossils, geology, LIMESTONE, limestone fossils
Tagged Carboniferous, death assemblage, fossil brachiopods, fossil corals
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