14.00 – 14.30 Introduction to the evidence, its implications and the need for
this research project (MH de Freitas)
14.30 – 15.15 The Basement, its post Palaeozoic history and neotectonics
(JW Cosgrove)
15.15 – 16.00 Chalk (RN Mortimore)
16.00 – 16.30
Tea & Biscuits
16.30 – 17.15
17.15 – 18.15
Palaeocene – Eocene (JA Skipper & C King)
Quaternary (P Gibbard, U Lawrence & D Aldiss)
18.15 – 18.25
Break
18.25 – 19.10
19.10 – 20.00
Implications for London’s future (K Royse)
Discussion Wine & Nibbles
LONDON BASIN
REGIONAL GUIDE 1947
LONDON BASIN
Lineaments & axes of Woolridge (1923 & 1926)(1)
Woolridge & Linton (1939 & 1955)(2)
(1) The minor structures
of the London Basin
Proc. Geol. Assoc.,34,:175-193
WM
The structural evolution
of the London Basin
Proc. Geol. Assoc.,37,:162-192
(2) Structure, surface & drainage in
S. E. England, George Phillip.
W
W
WM
WM
WM
WM
LONDON BASIN
0m
5
0
Key
Key
10 km
Major
basin
Major syncline
synclinal ads
axis for
for the
the basin
Minor
Minor syncline
syncline axis
Anticline
Anticline
Axialtrace
traceuncertain
uncertain
Axial
Dome
Dome
Fault
Fault
Map of Chalk beneath Eocene
Water Resources Board, 1972
LONDON BASIN
REGIONAL GUIDE 1996
Map 6 – A map showing the tributaries of the Thames from Kingston to
Erith
5
0
Key
Key
10 km
Major
basin
Major syncline
synclinal ads
axis for
for the
the basin
Minor
Minor syncline
syncline axis
Relationships of the “domes”
of Water Resources Board
interpretation of Chalk surface beneath
the Eocene and lineaments
of Thompson, 1997
Anticline
Anticline
Axialtrace
traceuncertain
uncertain
Axial
Dome
Dome
Fault
Fault
Map of Chalk beneath Eocene
Water Resources Board, 1972
10
London Basin
Current Chalk
Groundwater levels
January 1996
(metres OD)
00
90
80
70
10
8
6
4
2
0
5
Kilometres
00
10
20
30
40
From A to Z Map 35 miles around London – 1:133 000. Based on O. S. Maps
Overlay of Thompson’s Lineaments on A to Z map
Greasy backs ward etal. Geotech. 9
Overlay of Berry & Wakeling QJEG Data on A to Z
LONDON BASIN
Total directions for river sections >2km in Coln, Lea & Roding catchments
( N ) Cumulative frequency
1000
100
10
1
1
( S ) Length (km)
10
100
From Boydell 2006
LONDON BASIN
Water content
PROSPECT PARK
Chandler, Willis, Hamilton & Andreou
Geotechnique. 1998. 48. (2) 257-270
LONDON BASIN
LONDON BASIN
Pull-apart basins with “ups” and “downs”
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+
+
+
+
+
+
Tim Newman 2008
LONDON BASIN
Geotechnical
Parameter
Effects of Compartments
Depth
Such a spread
may have a number
of causes other than
lithology, moisture
content and sampling
Maryland
Goodmayes
Romford
Bond
Street
West
Ealing
Farringdon
Manor Park
Abbey
Wood
Paddington
Hayes &
Harlington
Liverpool
Street
Isle of Dogs
Map 6 – A map showing the tributaries of the Thames from Kingston to
Erith
Barton, N., 1992, The Lost Rivers Of London
Cross Rail & Thames Tideway
LONDON BASIN
Fig. 10. Relationships of ice loading and expected forebulge development (after Dawson 1992)
Devoy. R. J. N., 1995, Deglaciation, Earth crustal behaviour and sea level changes etc. in Preece. R. C. (ed.)
Island Britain: a Quaternary perspective. Geol. Soc. Spec. Labs. 96: 181-208
ISBN 1-897799-32-2
Ballantyne. C. K., Harris. C., The Periglaciation of Great Britain
ISBN 0-521-310164
Oct 2009; Engineering Gp Geol Soc meeting to bring this project
to a larger audience.
Oct 2010; Regional Meeting Thames Valley Group - "this is where
we are" - any comments from "locals"?
Oct 2011; A Geol Soc Ordinary Meeting to present litho-facies and
palaeo-facies findings and associated tectonics.
Post Olympics 2012; An International meeting on the subject.
2013; Heads down to the finishing line and start of production.
2014; Launch in London at Geol Soc or ICE.