 | | Report (chapter) | | of Michigan on June 13, 2015 A review of onshore UK salt deposits and their potential for underground...*Corresponding author (e-mail: dje@bgs.ac.uk) Abstract: The UK faces a major change in the nature of its gas supply...increasingly reliant upon gas imports. As a result the UK Government recognizes that significant investment...the distribution and nature of halite (rock salt) deposits in England and Northern Ireland, and reviews...the UK salt fields are suitable, with the halite beds being too shallow, thin or impure. The UK became |  | | Report (chapter) | | May 22, 2015 The hydrocarbon potential of the Cheshire Basin P. W. M I K K E L S E N & J. B. F L O O...Kent TN13 1XE, UK A b s t r a c t : Permo-Triassic basins, both onshore and offshore UK, typically have...by an absence of an adequate source rock. The Cheshire Basin lies adjacent to the East Irish Sea Basin...of the Basin. A further difference between the Cheshire and East Irish Sea Basins is the presence, in...Mudstone Formation and, ultimately, by the Northwich Halite. It is therefore proposed that the successful |  | | Report (chapter) | | 8RD, UK 1 Present address: Robertson Research, Tyn-y-Coed, Llandudno, North Wales LL30 1SA, UK 2 Present...Limited, 38 Queens Drive, Prenton, Wirral IA3 0RP, UK Abstract: The identification of early evaporite...to have been the Hercynian massifs of southwest England and northern France (Fitch et al. 1996; Audley-Charles...basins of the western UK, entering the Irish Sea via the northwest outlet of the Cheshire Basin. Beyond the...northwestern UK. The use of Helsby Sandstone (Warrington et al. 1980) was based upon work in north Cheshire where |  | | Report (issue) | | Generalised section of the Keuper Marl in southern Cheshire, based on the \Vilkesley borehole near Crewe ...nature either in the solid form as rock-salt or halite, or in solution as brine. It is a raw material...large scale industry during the 18th century. The Cheshire saltfield has been and remains the principal source...and Somerset. Rock-salt is widely distributed in England and occurs in rocks of either Zechstein (Upper...thickness. Reserves are extremely large, those in the Cheshire - Shropshire Basin alone amounting to perhaps |  | | Book | | The Cheshire Basin Basin evolution, fluid movement and mineral resources in a Permo-Triassic rift setting...setting BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY The Cheshire Basin Basin evolution, fluid movement and mineral resources...reference G, and HAsLAM, HW (editors). 1999. The Cheshire Basin. Basin evolution, fluid movement and mineral...Chapter 1 Introduction Background 1 The scudy l The Cheshire Basin 1 The resources of the basin J Structure...Stratigraphy and sedimentology Tectonic seccing 10 The Cheshire Basin 12 The basin floor 13 The basin fill: overview |  | | Report (chapter) | | Edinburgh EH9 3LA, UK (Present address: 19 Swanston Crescent, Fairmilehead, Edinburgh, EHIO 7EL, UK) 2British...EH9 3LA, UK 3British Geological Survey, Kingsley Dunham Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, UK Abstract:...thickest of the United Kingdom Continental Shelf or UK mainland, but currently, no hierarchical lithostratigraphy...area evolved into a northward-sloping mudstone and halite coastal salina complex during the Mid-Late Triassic...BlUeFormationAnChorNot 'N~hn Cem~n SE =" 0 Warren Halite Formation § + + ~ + *+ § 3" Ir DM2 --D~-~+ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sandstone Group of the East Irish Sea Basin, NW England N. S. MEADOWS* Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland...Ireland, and Redrock International Limited, Wirral, UK The existing stratigraphic nomenclature applied to...Middle Triassic Sherwood Sandstone Group in NW England has resulted from more than 150 years of geological...incised by a fluvial system flowing NW from the Cheshire Basin into the East Irish Sea Basin and then west...Sherwood Sandstone Group; Ormskirk Sandstone Formation; UK Triassic; sequence architecture; climatic mediation; |  | | Journal (issue) | | Field trip to the Isle of Wight The Weirdstones of Cheshire SMLS Competition: Judge's Criteria Journal 242...collecting of larger specimens in the field today in the UK and parts of Europe has become considerably more...and coastal exposures. Several species new to the UK and even some new to science have been discovered...microscopes that represent excellent value. *Meiji Techno UK, Ltd. The Vineyard, Axbridge, Somerset, BS26 2AN...FRANKLINITE GALENA GLAUCODOT GOLD GRAPHITE GREENOCKITE HALITE John Pearce -8- SMLS Journal 242 March/Aprll |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geoscience in south-west England THE DISTRIBUTION OF HALITE (ROCK-SALT) IN THE MERCIA MUDSTONE GROUP...TRIASSIC) IN SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND R.W. GALLOIS Gallois, R.W. 2003. The distribution of halite (rock-salt) in the...late Triassic) in south-west England. Geoscience in south-west England, 10, 383-389. The subdivision...subdivision of the Mercia Mudstone Group in south-west England into four formations (the Sidmouth, Dunscombe and...variations within the group. Prominent among these are halite-rich beds that are almost wholly confined to the |  | | Journal (issue) | | rock salt subsidence at Arclid Green, Sandbach, Cheshire 3 6 7 11 John Jones The Big Hole of Starkholmes...much fanfare it was revealed in April this year that UK Coal is considering re-opening Haworth colliery,...already being closed down (Merciant, 1998) by the time UK Coal bought the English coalfields in the 1994 privatisation...reported that record coal prices have already encouraged UK Coal to invest £55m at Thoresby in Nottinghamshire...Colombia and Indonesia account for most of the rest (UK Government: figures for steam coal imports in 2006) |  | | Report (volume) | | that group form the surface. Salt-working, in Cheshire particularly, is of some antiquity, and has extended...SHROPSHIRE SALTFlELD: Detailed .A.ccouat.-A, .Northwich ; B, Winsford ; C, Middfowich ; D, Wheelock, Sandbach...TEXT-FIGURf;s. PAGE Fro. 1.-General Map of the Cheshire and Shropshire Saltfield 15 2.-Geological Section...Northwieh area 26 3.-Geological Section 2, Northwich area 28 4.-Map of Winsford-area 33 5.-Me.p...Middlewich area 36 ,, 6.-Geological Section, Northwich to Plumley - 46 ,, 7,_;_;_Map of Lymm (Heatley) |  | Holmes, I., Chambers, A.D., Ixer, R.A., Turner, P., Vaughan, D.J. (1983) Diagenetic processes and the mineralization in the triassic of Central England. Mineralium Deposita, 18. doi:10.1007/bf00206485 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Mineralization in the Triassic of Central England I. Holmes, A. D. Chambers, R. A. Ixer, P. Turner...Geological Sciences, Universityof Aston, Birmingham, England Continental red beds are the host rocks of a characteristic...and mineralized Triassic sediments from Central England have been studied sedimentologically, petrographically...mineraliza- tion in the Triassic rocks of Central England has been studied together with tion which is dominated...Samplinglocation Fig. I. Geological map of Central England showing the Triassic sedimentary basins. Areas |  | | Report (chapter) | | Piccadilly, London W I X 6AQ, UK The Douglas t)il field lies entirely within UK Block 110/13, Licence P710...Morecambe gas fields, where the Rossall and Mythop Halite Formations lie in the first 1000ft above the reservoir...reservoir, in the Douglas area the only halite present is the Northwich Halite Formation, lying 1200-1500ft above...Vis6an palaeogeography of Ireland, the Irish Sea and UK areas (from Cope et al. 1992). From CROKER, P. F |  | Aitkenhead, N., Barclay, W. J., Brandon, A., Chadwick, R. A., Chisholm, J. I., Cooper, A. H., Johnson, E. W. (2002) British Regional Geology (8), The Pennines and Adjacent Areas (4th ed.) British Geological Survey | Report (edition) | | written. The Pennines. the so-called backbone of England. constitute an upland area of natural beauty much...and limestone are also major contributors to the UK economy. This book gives a comprehensive account...Red and green mudstone with gypsum, Anhydrite and halite SHERWOOD SANDSTONE GROUP Fluvial sandstone and...account encompasses parts of Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire...attaining maximum thickness in the Lancashire-Cheshire lowlands. The Pennines constitute a dissected |  | | Book | | Memoir for 1:50 000 geological sheet 66 New Series (England and Wales) LONDON: HMSO _ 1990 iv © Other...Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 66 (England and Wales). British Regional Geology The Pennines...LEISURE Me SERVICES By =6 SEP 1990 Printed in the UK for HMSO Dd 240435 06/90 C10 MAPS 1:625 000...Sandstone 7 Giant pseudomorph in calcite after a halite hopper crystal; impression in mudstone in the Hambleton...Hambleton Mudstones 12 Halite interbedded with siltstone containing halite crystals in the Mythop Salts |  | | Book | | M.C. Gyopari 5. Igneous Rocks of South-West England PA. Floyd, C.S. Exley and M.T. Styles 6. Quaternary...Quaternary of the Thames 8. Marine Permian of England Edited by J.E. Gordon and D.G. Sutherland D.R...Edited by KJ. Gregory 14. Quaternary of South-West England S. Campbell, C.O. Hunt, J.D. Scourse, D.H. Keen...Palmer and N.H. Woodcock 20. Precambrian Rocks of England and Wales J.N. Carney, J.M. Horak, T.C. Pharaoh...Bristol, UK E. Cook Department of Earth Sciences, WsSW3S- University of Bristol, Bristol, UK and P Turner |  | | Report (chapter) | | operated by Hamilton, in 1989 as part of the 1lth UK Offshore Licensing Round. The field was discovered...fluvio-deltaic regime that existed across north and east England during the Namurian. The overlying Permian consists...whilst the latter is composed of shales and thick halite units deposited in lakes subject to periodic ~...Douglas Field. The Sherwood Sandstone Group in NW England has been variously sub-divided by several authors...correlated with those found on the Wirral and in the Cheshire basin. The lowest unit is the Chester Pebble Beds |  | | Report (issue) | | Regional geochemistry of parts of North-west England and North Wales Keyworth, Nottingham 1997 This... Regional geochemistry of pa,ts of North-west England and North Wales. (Keyworth, Nottingham: British...Distribution of zinc in stream sediment in North-west England and North Wales BGS MAIN OFFICES AND SALES DESKS...01491-692345 Telex 849365 HY0R0L G South-west England '"'f Office in Wales GEOCHEMICAL ATLASES Room...(0 85272 229 X) North-east England 1996 (0 85272 255 9) North-west England and North Wales 1997 (0 85272 |  | | Report (issue) | | geochemistry of Wales and part of west-central England: stream water Geocemeg rhanbarthol Cymru a rhan...database. Southern Scotland -\_,\ � No� east England Enquiries about G-BASE data or other aspects of...geochemistry of Wales and part of west-central England: stream water. (Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological...Geological Survey.) Printed and bound in England for the British Geological Survey by Hawthornes, Palm...(0 85272 229 X) North-east England 1996 (0 85272 255 9) North-west England and North Wales 1997 (0 85272 |  | | Book (edition) | | Galleries, London ISBN O85272 313 X ClO Printed in the UK for the British Geological Survey by Saxon Graphics...and the major proportion of this output is from the UK Continental Shelf. However, there is a substantial...Directory. • Britain comprises Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland; its...throughout Wales and Scotland, but also locally in England. Unitary authorities are the MF As for their respective...functions are to advance geoscientific knowledge of the UK landmass and its adjacent continental shelf by means |  | | Journal (issue) | | e-mail: env_geol@juno.com Sicrip DORHOFER HD1-3DH, England P. le A. Moro, 5 Anpreas DAHMKE Institut fiir...sediments of clastic, evaporite (mainly gypsum and halite) and carbonate facies (Quirantes 1978). The Neogene...caused by the dissolution of Permian gypsum in England: geology, investigation and remediation. In: Maund...Associates, Johannesburg Original article | Halite karst geohazards (natural and man-made) in the...Abstract In the United Kingdom, Permian and Triassic halite (rock salt) deposits have been affected by natural |  | | Book (edition) | | resources and workings in tJ1e UK, 2008 3 Sandstone resources and workings in the UK, 2008 4 Limestone resotu-ces...tonnes) 4 Active Mineral Workings by co.mmodity in the UK, including Noriliem Ireland, Channel Islands and...industries, which represents their contribution to the UK econo1ny. The GVA of the nunerals extractive industries...tot1l value of 1ninerals produced in 2005 in the UK, expressed as sales on an ex-works (quarry) basis...the major sectors of 1/te Minerals Industry in the UK, 2003- 2005. Production (sales) (000 tonnes) Value |  | Jackson, D. I., Jackson, A. A., Evans, D., Wingfield, R. T. R., Barnes, R. P., Arthur, M. J. (1995) The geology of the Irish Sea. United Kingdom Offshore Regional Report. British Geological Survey | Report (issue) | | equivalent formations 63 East Irish Sea Basin 63 Cheshire Basin 64 Salway Firth Basin 64 North Channel Basin...equivalent formations 66 East Irish Sea Basin 66 Cheshire Basin 67 Salway Firth Basin 67 Kish Bank Basin...Lancashire 71 Salway Firth and Carlisle basins 76 Cheshire Basin and the Formby district 76 North Channel...Southern Uplands and Northern Ireland 9 North-west England and the Isle of Man 12 Skiddaw, Manx and Ingleton...barrages 106 Geothermal energy 106 Minerals I06 Halite 106 Anhydrite and gypsum I06 Haematite and associated |  | | Book (edition) | | 0115-936 3200 e-mail : sales@bgs.ac.uk www.bgs.ac. uk Shop online at.: www.thebgs.co.u.k !Vlurchison House...Assets in Easten1 England 3 Igneous & n1etamorphic rock resources and workings in the UK, 2005 4 Sandstone...resources and workings in the UK, 2005 5 Lin1estone resources and workings in the UK, 2005 6 Sand and gravel...gravel resources and workings in the UK, 2005 Tables l Production and value of the major sectors of the Minerals...tonnes) 4 Actjve Mineral Workings by com,nodity in the UK, including Northern Ireland, Channe l Islands and |  | | Book | | CONTRIBUTORS Memoir for 1:50 000 Geological Sheet 123 (England and Wales) AA WILSON Stratigraphy B M Besly R...mudstone with sub,,rdinate sa11dstone and anhydrite Halite with subordinate red-brown mudstone beds ?400n1...green-grey/ red-brown laminated n111dstt)nes Northwich HaliteFm 1 Halite with s11b,,rdinatc red-brown mudstone...Wa11lsortian mudmot1nds 500 +m ' l Penno-Triassic Cheshire Ba&\n 2 3 Penno-Triassic Stafford Basin Penno-'l'ria...surrounding rural areas, which include parts of Cheshire and Shropshire as well as Staffordshire. 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