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The shrink–swell capacity of soils refers to the extent certain clay minerals will expand when wet and retract when dry. Soil with a high shrink–swell capacity is problematic and is known as shrink–swell soil, or expansive soil . [ 1 ]
The geological structure of Great Britain is complex, resulting as it does from a long and varied geological history spanning more than two billion years. This piece of the Earth's crust has experienced several episodes of mountain building or 'orogenies', each of which has added further complexity to the picture.
Geology of the UK: Section from Snowdon to Harwich showing underlying strata. This cross section shows what would be seen in a deep cutting nearly E. and W. across England and Wales. It shows also how, in consequence of the folding of the strata and the cutting off of the uplifted parts, old rocks which should be tens of thousands of feet down ...
The UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) is the region of waters surrounding the United Kingdom, in which the country has mineral rights. The UK continental shelf includes parts of the North Sea, the North Atlantic, the Irish Sea and the English Channel; the area includes large resources of oil and gas. The UK continental shelf is bordered by Norway ...
The London Clay is well developed in the London Basin, where it thins westwards from around 150 metres (492 feet) in Essex and north Kent to around 4.6 metres (15 feet) in Wiltshire. [2]
PDF file including history and map of the Irish part and its links to Britain; Information and Maps on many aspects of Triangulation (& Levelling) in Great Britain "History Section - Corps History". Royal Engineers Museum. Archived from the original on 2006-08-29 – via Archive.org. "Major General William ROY (1726-1790)". Royal Engineers Museum.
UK economy to shrink by 0.3% – the worst of any G7 country, as IMF warns of more turmoil. Alastair Jamieson,Jon Stone and Archie Mitchell. Updated April 12, 2023 at 4:41 AM.
This is a selected list of notable, natural landscape features in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It includes isolated, scenic, or spectacular surface rock outcrops.