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Complete or near-complete skeletons of the herbivorous dinosaur Hypsilophodon foxii occur frequently in a metre-thick band of mudstone and sandstone in the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight. The reasons for this accumulation have been the subject of some debate. This article examines new sedimentological clues that provide a plausible explanation for these dinosaurs' demise. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Examines the geology, glaciation and development of the Irish landscape. Domination of the Irish landscape by the effects of glacial processes which operated during the late Devensian ice age; Landscape character in Ireland; Description of upland landscapes, lowland landscapes and coastal landscapes; Glaciation and landscape development; Description of glacial process-landscape relationships.

Presents news and comments in the field of geology, as of August 1999. Debate on the origin of the Upheaval Dome in Utah; Difficulties involved in geologic site conservation in Ireland; Assistance given by geologists to the art and craft of dry stone walling in Great Britain.

The geology of Portreath preserved both in the natural outcrop and as building stones is assessed as a potential resource for visiting educational groups. Portreath is a former mining port, its expansion and historical development being closely associated with local and regional geology. A fieldwork programme and complementary literature search revealed that this location contains a wide range of accessible rock types suitable for student analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A classic British geological locality revisited. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sea-level curves are powerful tools for correlation: rocks deposited at the peaks of global transgressions, otherwise known as maximum flooding surfaces, can be correlated theoretically from one region to another. This begs the question: given that geologists can estimate the change in sea-level between one rock formation and the next, can they discern trends at a smaller scale, within formations? Here I outline how foraminifera can be used to draw time/sea-level graphs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers news briefs related to geographical research and studies. A series of monazite grains collected from the black sands of northern Sinai were examined. David Loope and his colleagues went to the Utah-Arizona border to examine the role of wind in the development of the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone. A view on the Zumaya coastal exposures in the Basque Region of Spain is also presented.

Or, how the‘Dudley Bug’ escapes from a town Museum in the English Midlands and tries to find its way back on to Dudley's Coat of Arms... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents a photograph as a geological puzzle that requires an interpretation of its features and location.

Recounts the existence of a Welsh slate quarry in the ridges of Brendon Hills on the northern slopes of Exmoor, England and describes the local geology then and thereafter. Sandstones, siltstones and slates of the Ilfracombe Beds; Rock cleavage; History of the Welsh enterprise.

Comments on photograph of Culver Cliff taken by the author in August 1999. Strata revealed by the offshore photograph.