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GCR Blocks

List of GCR blocks in the UK

Precambrian and Structural Geology

EnglandScotlandWalesTotal
Alpine Structures of Southern England00010
13 Caledonian Structures of the Lake District00012
14 Caledonian Structures of the Southern Uplands0909
15 Caledonian Structures of Wales001919
25 Dalradian073073
43 Lewisian024024
56 Moine076076
88 Precambrian of England & Wales001229
89 Precambrian Palaeontology0016
99 Torridonian011011
103 Variscan Structures of South Wales and the Mendips001415
102 Variscan Structures of South-West England00031

Igneous and Mineralogy

EnglandScotlandWalesTotal
11 Carboniferous - Permian Igneous031150
37 Igneous Rocks of South-west England00054
57 Mineralogy of Peak District, Leicestershire, Cheshire & Shropshire00020
53 Mineralogy of Scotland047047
54 Mineralogy of South West England00034
50 Mineralogy of the Lake District00020
51 Mineralogy of the Mendips0009
52 Mineralogy of the Pennines00018
55 Mineralogy of Wales001313
61 Ordovician Igneous Rocks0182658
12 Silurian and Devonian Plutonic Rocks046053
62 Silurian and Devonian Volcanic Rocks016016
94 Tertiary Igneous050052

Palaeozoic Stratigraphy

EnglandScotlandWalesTotal
Arenig - Llanvirn042535
Arenig - Tremadoc0002
16 Cambrian041526
17 Cambrian - Tremadoc0235
18 Caradoc-Ashgill061437
26 Dinantian of Devon & Cornwall0009
27 Dinantian of Northern England & North Wales00866
29 Dinantian of Scotland033033
28 Dinantian of Southern England & South Wales001929
41 Llandeilo02812
42 Llandovery091534
44 Ludlow00530
45 Marine Devonian00055
46 Marine Permian00027
59 Namurian of England & Wales00749
60 Non-Marine Devonian022837
70 Permian - Triassic010451
86 Prídolí0036
100 Tremadoc0069
105 Wenlock051644
106 Westphalian091473

Mesozoic-Tertiary Stratigraphy

EnglandScotlandWalesTotal
Aalenian - Bajocian02050
Aptian-Albian00031
Bathonian07048
Berriasian, Valanginian, Hauterivian, Barremian00011
21 Callovian04015
20 Cenomanian, Turonian, Senonian, Maastrichtian02037
36 Hettangian, Sinemurian and Pliensbachian08229
40 Kimmeridgian02013
73 Neogene00015
63 Oxfordian03031
72 Palaeogene00031
90 Portlandian - Berriasian00029
91 Rhaetian00213
98 Toarcian01016
104 Wealden00043

Palaeontology

EnglandScotlandWalesTotal
Arthropoda09016
Aves0008
10 Carboniferous - Permian Fish/Amphibia09010
38 Jurassic - Cretaceous Reptilia01028
58 Mesozoic - Tertiary Fish/Amphibia00023
48 Mesozoic Mammalia01110
49 Mesozoic Palaeobotany04125
66 Palaeoentomology02018
67 Palaeozoic Palaeobotany0201143
71 Permian - Triassic Reptilia05117
68 Pleistocene Vertebrata02942
93 Silurian - Devonian Chordata031353
95 Tertiary Mammalia0008
96 Tertiary Palaeobotany01027
97 Tertiary Reptilia0005

QuaternaryGeology and Geomorphology

EnglandScotlandWalesTotal
74 Quaternary of Cumbria00016
75 Quaternary of East Anglia00076
76 Quaternary of Midlands - Avon00020
77 Quaternary of North-East England00028
79 Quaternary of Scotland01400140
82 Quaternary of Somerset00022
80 Quaternary of South Central England00022
81 Quaternary of South-East England00025
83 Quaternary of South-West England00038
78 Quaternary of the Pennines and Adjacent Areas00024
84 Quaternary of the Thames00037
85 Quaternary of Wales007272

Geomorphology

EnglandScotlandWalesTotal
19 Caves021048
22 Coastal Geomorphology of England00046
23 Coastal Geomorphology of Scotland041041
24 Coastal Geomorphology of Wales001313
30 Fluvial Geomorphology of England00136
33 Fluvial Geomorphology of Scotland027027
34 Fluvial Geomorphology of Wales001919
39 Karst01441
47 Mass movement07327

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