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- Title
Rock, Rail and Roade—uncovering a geological treasure.
- Authors
Woods, Mark; Barron, Mark; Hobbs, Peter; Boon, David
- Abstract
Railway cuttings, like that at Roade, near Northampton in the English East Midlands, can provide a wealth of geological information, but for safety reasons they remain off-limits to the majority of geologists. Even when access can be achieved, observations are often limited by the extent of vegetation cover. However, a new programme of engineering works at Roade has allowed Natural England and the British Geological Survey (BGS) to explore new ways of capturing the geological and topographical data from railway cuttings that could eventually allow everyone to make a virtual reality visit to otherwise inaccessible sites.
- Subjects
EAST Midlands (England); ENGLAND; GEOLOGICAL surveys; TOPOGRAPHICAL surveying; RAILROAD plants
- Publication
Geology Today, 2007, Vol 23, Issue 6, p227
- ISSN
0266-6979
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2451.2007.00640.x