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  2. Bonchurch Landslips - Wikipedia

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    Bonchurch Landslips is a 28.2-hectare (70-acre) site of special scientific interest which is located north-east of Ventnor, Isle of Wight.A wooded coastal landslip zone, the site was notified in 1977 for both its biological and geological features.

  3. List of geological faults of England - Wikipedia

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    Column 4 indicates on which sheet, if any, of the British Geological Survey's 1:50,000 / 1" scale geological map series of England and Wales, the fault is shown and named (either on map/s or cross-section/s or both). A handful of BGS maps at other scales are listed too.

  4. Subsidence - Wikipedia

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    Subsidence frequently causes major problems in karst terrains, where dissolution of limestone by fluid flow in the subsurface creates voids (i.e., caves).If the roof of a void becomes too weak, it can collapse and the overlying rock and earth will fall into the space, causing subsidence at the surface.

  5. Mine subsidence insurance - AOL

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    Mine subsidence coverage may vary depending on what state you reside in and the insurance company writing your policy. In general, the coverage includes a deductible, but offers coverage up to a ...

  6. Geograph Britain and Ireland - Wikipedia

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    The map browsing interface, showing thumbnail photos for each completed "geograph". Geograph Britain and Ireland is a web-based project, begun in March 2005, to create a freely accessible archive of geographically located photographs of Great Britain and Ireland. [1]

  7. Geology of Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    In Southern England, the Jurassic rocks are subdivided upwards as the Lias, Inferior Oolite, Great Oolite, Ancholme (interfingering with Corallian) and Portland groups. These rock units include sandstones , greensands , oolitic limestone of the Cotswold Hills , corallian limestone of the Vale of White Horse and the Isle of Portland .

  8. Geology of England - Wikipedia

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    The geology of England is mainly sedimentary. The youngest rocks are in the south east around London , progressing in age in a north westerly direction. [ 1 ] The Tees–Exe line marks the division between younger, softer and low-lying rocks in the south east and the generally older and harder rocks of the north and west which give rise to ...

  9. Gravity anomalies of Britain and Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Gravity anomaly maps of the British Isles are interpreted as indicating the presence of granite plutons in the following areas. The list is not exhaustive: Galloway, UK; Cheviot Hills, UK; Mountains of Mourne, UK; Connemara, Ireland; County Donegal, Ireland; South West England (Cornubian batholith and Haig Fras granite), UK; Askrigg Block ...