About this website
This website can be used as a guide to lots of interesting geological places across southwest England and is designed for students and / or geology enthusiasts or those who just want to learn more about the rocks under their feet. To start exploring, head to the interactive map to find places near you. Each site description has a map, a little bit of information about the rocks & minerals, how the geology came to be and a gallery. If you would like more information, references are provided.
If you would like to know more about the geological history of southwest England, you can start on the Variscan Orogeny or Cornubian Batholith pages. And if you’re just curious about a certain rock type, you can learn more about granites and lamprophyres, including what they are and how and why they form.
About the author
I’m Beth and I’m from Cornwall, southwest England. My PhD was on “high tech” metals in the granites of southwest England and I worked as a geoscientist in academia and industry for a few years. These days, I work in the humanitarian sector. When home, I occasionally work on projects relating to planning, cultural geography, art and natural resources – get in touch if this is of interest. My Twitter is @CornubianBeth
Can I use information from this website?
This website contains information collected from my PhD, some of which made it into the thesis and subsequent papers, as well as photos and notes from walks around southwest England in my spare time. Where information is from published work, this is referenced. Photos all belong to myself (unless stated otherwise), and can be used for educational purposes, but not for commercial use. If you want to use something from the website, and are unsure, get in touch!
Note that several of the final paper edits are paywalled, the pre-prints are freely available. If you would like a copy of a final edited paper, please get in touch.