Tag Archives: UK geology

How the UK’s tectonic past is key to its seismic present

Today I learnt something very interesting that I didn’t know before – that intraplate earthquakes in the UK mostly occur in western England and Scotland, not Ireland, eastern Scotland or southeast England (where I grew up). The cause of this … Continue reading

Categories: deep time, earthquakes, geohazards, tectonics

An interactive map of UK geology

The BGS have put up a nice interactive map of the UK’s geology (flash required). You can select and deselect rocks of different geological periods to see where they are distributed around Britain and Ireland, and if you hover over … Continue reading

Categories: geology, links