GCR Blocks

List of GCR blocks in the UK

Precambrian and Structural Geology

EnglandScotlandWalesTotal
Alpine Structures of Southern England100010
13 Caledonian Structures of the Lake District120012
14 Caledonian Structures of the Southern Uplands010010
15 Caledonian Structures of Wales001919
25 Dalradian01040104
43 Lewisian024024
56 Moine081081
88 Precambrian of England & Wales1701229
89 Precambrian Palaeontology6017
99 Torridonian011011
103 Variscan Structures of South Wales and the Mendips101415
102 Variscan Structures of South-West England310031

Igneous and Mineralogy

EnglandScotlandWalesTotal
12 CALEDONIAN IGNEOUS746053
11 Carboniferous - Permian Igneous1831150
37 Igneous Rocks of South-west England540054
57 Mineralogy of Peak District, Leicestershire, Cheshire & Shropshire200020
53 Mineralogy of Scotland047047
54 Mineralogy of South West England340034
50 Mineralogy of the Lake District200020
51 Mineralogy of the Mendips9009
52 Mineralogy of the Pennines180018
55 Mineralogy of Wales004444
61 Ordovician Igneous Rocks14182658
62 Silurian and Devonian Volcanic Rocks016016
94 Tertiary Igneous250052

Palaeozoic Stratigraphy

EnglandScotlandWalesTotal
Arenig - Llanvirn642535
Arenig - Tremadoc2002
16 Cambrian741526
17 Cambrian - Tremadoc0235
18 Caradoc-Ashgill1761437
26 Dinantian of Devon & Cornwall9009
27 Dinantian of Northern England & North Wales580866
29 Dinantian of Scotland033033
28 Dinantian of Southern England & South Wales1001929
41 Llandeilo22812
42 Llandovery1091635
44 Ludlow250833
45 Marine Devonian550055
46 Marine Permian270027
59 Namurian of England & Wales420749
60 Non-Marine Devonian7381459
70 Permian - Triassic3810452
86 Prídolí3036
100 Tremadoc3069
105 Wenlock2351947
106 Westphalian5091473

Mesozoic-Tertiary Stratigraphy

EnglandScotlandWalesTotal
Aalenian - Bajocian482050
Aptian-Albian310031
Bathonian417048
Berriasian, Valanginian, Hauterivian, Barremian110011
21 Callovian114015
20 Cenomanian, Turonian, Senonian, Maastrichtian352037
36 Hettangian, Sinemurian and Pliensbachian198229
40 Kimmeridgian112013
73 Neogene150015
63 Oxfordian283031
72 Palaeogene310031
90 Portlandian - Berriasian290029
91 Rhaetian110213
98 Toarcian151016
104 Wealden430043

Palaeontology

EnglandScotlandWalesTotal
Arthropoda79016
Aves8008
10 Carboniferous - Permian Fish/Amphibia19010
38 Jurassic - Cretaceous Reptilia282030
58 Mesozoic - Tertiary Fish/Amphibia230023
48 Mesozoic Mammalia81110
49 Mesozoic Palaeobotany205126
66 Palaeoentomology162018
67 Palaeozoic Palaeobotany12201143
71 Permian - Triassic Reptilia116118
68 Pleistocene Vertebrata312942
93 Silurian - Devonian Chordata1931353
95 Tertiary Mammalia8008
96 Tertiary Palaeobotany261027
97 Tertiary Reptilia5005

QuaternaryGeology and Geomorphology

EnglandScotlandWalesTotal
74 Quaternary of Cumbria160016
75 Quaternary of East Anglia760076
76 Quaternary of Midlands - Avon200020
77 Quaternary of North-East England280028
79 Quaternary of Scotland01410141
82 Quaternary of Somerset220022
80 Quaternary of South Central England220022
81 Quaternary of South-East England250025
83 Quaternary of South-West England380038
78 Quaternary of the Pennines and Adjacent Areas240024
84 Quaternary of the Thames370037
85 Quaternary of Wales007373

Geomorphology

EnglandScotlandWalesTotal
19 Caves3621048
22 Coastal Geomorphology of England460046
23 Coastal Geomorphology of Scotland042042
24 Coastal Geomorphology of Wales001313
30 Fluvial Geomorphology of England350136
33 Fluvial Geomorphology of Scotland028028
34 Fluvial Geomorphology of Wales001919
39 Karst361441
47 Mass movement177327

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