GeologyRocks

ahhh-summer

the time of year where everything has a veuge scent of-summer

that is to say sunscreen and bug repellent

ahhh-summer

I have recently visited the Isle of Arran just off Scotland. Now i know most of you keen geologists will have been there before but to all those who haven'tI would like to emphasise how brilliant it is, there is so much to see there, but one let down, the Hutten's uncomformitty, the first one ever descovered, is rubbish

Jack

I found a strange rock is made of what appears to be soft clay, but it has many criss crossing thin hard layers some of wich appear to be hard rock. does anyone know what it could be and how it formed?

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I just want to say Hello to everyone!!!! So.....HI!!!! Also I just want to say that SCIENCE RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Now I'm in tecnology now so I can type faster... but I just want to say Hi! to everyine who reads this...

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It's now only two weeks until my degree officially starts. I've made a start of the first book and am wrestling with some of the maths but it all seems very exciting at the moment. We'll see if this still the case in a couple of weeks/months/years time...

This week I am working in Holland, at Aalsmeer, near Amsterdam Airport.

I walked into the office from my hotel, it was cold with some snow left from yesterdays fall, and ice. This whole area is some two or more meters below sea level, and is criss-crossed by canals and waterways. Indeed Aalsmeer means Aals lake. The only geology I could see is in the sides of a newly dug excavation by a building site, the soil is light coloured sandy silt. It was not fully daylight, but there appeared to be shell fragments in the sand/silt.

My dad found this unusual stone many years ago whilst strolling along a beach on the South Coast of England (he can't remember which one). It's made up of three smooth spheres that appear to have been fused together. The stone is lighter along the joins and they have a sandy texture. My dad thought it was a lump of old iron, but it is not magnetic and not as heavy. I was wondering if anyone out there might know what it is and how it came to be on the South Coast.

Many Thanks!

Paul.