Links to useful societies and web resources. Some of these links open in new windows to stop this page from being hijacked.
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| Open University Geological Society Home Open University Geological Society Home Page |
The Nine Planets Sort of 'Rough Guide' to our solar system, essential reading for S196. |
| UCMP Taxon Lift A giude through the taxonomy of fossils and their living relatives using the fossil exhibits of the Unviersity of California. |
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| OUGS Membership Form pdf format download & print |
Tidal Predictions If you're collecting on a beach it's as well to know. |
| South-west OUGS Branch Constitution 2005. pdf format download & print. |
Streetmap UK Find out how to get to any location in the UK |
| Adobe pdf reader Get the Adobe pdf reader. |
UK Fossils Many many locations, what you might find, what it means and photos. |
| Open University The Open University |
Geological Time Machine University of California again. |
| Russell society | Geology of the Dorset Coast Extensive info and field guides to arguably the most important fossil site in the world |
| Cornwall RIGS. | Somerset Good Rock Guide A great users guide to geology sites in Somerset. |
| Devonshire Association All things Devon including a few rocks. |
Charmouth Heritage Centre Fossil walks and events. |
| Plymouth Caving Group | Discovering Fossils UK An excellent site with places to visit, identification and preparation tips. |
| The Ussher Society | Mineralisation of the Cornubian Ore Province A PhD thesis on ore emplacement in Devon and Cornwall. |
| Mineral Database Mines, quarries around the world, exhaustive mineral decriptions and many photos and help from the knowledgable. |
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| Mineral Identification Project Just what is it you think you've brought home this time? |
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| Minerology Database Help for the clueless, one of the finest free, independantly run online resources. |
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| Wheal Friendship copper mine History of this mine and mining practices in this part of the world 150 years ago. |
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| About Geology Plenty of on site information and top quality links. |
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| Index of Geology Sites in Devon descriptions in pdf form of SSSI sites |
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| Aggregate quarriesAudit of Active Aggregate Quarries in Devon | |
| Doddiscombsleigh Manganese Mines | |
| University of Bristol Earth Sciences Trips and lifelong education. |
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