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Geology and Landscape of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

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Publication Type: Paperback
Author: Simon Camm
ISBN: 9780906720837
Date Published: 2011
Size: 150 x 153
Printed Pages: 120pp
Cost: £5.95
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Supplier:

Name: Alison Hodge Publishers
Type: Publisher
Address: 2 Clar­ence Place, PENZANCE, TR18 2QA
Telephone: 01736 368093
Web Site: Alison Hodge Publishers
Supplier Info:

Alison Hodge Pub­lish­ers was foun­ded by Alison Hodge in 1979. We
pub­lish a wide range of illus­trated books, spe­cial­iz­ing in art and
pho­to­graphy, garden­ing, garden his­tory, hor­ti­cul­ture, nat­ural
his­tory, food and surf­ing – draw­ing inspir­a­tion from our base in
the far west of Cornwall.


We pride ourselves in the high stand­ards of the books we pro­duce.
Our authors, artists and pho­to­graph­ers are all spe­cial­ists and
lead­ers in their field. Our books are highly regarded for their
author­it­at­ive and informed writ­ing, and for excel­lence in design,
illus­tra­tion and pro­duc­tion. Over the years, they have received
inter­na­tional recog­ni­tion and won many awards.


Our pop­u­lar Pocket Corn­wall
series is a new and rap­idly expand­ing resource devoted to Corn­wall
and its cul­ture. These books are access­ible, afford­able and
attract­ive. Explore Corn­wall with Pocket Corn­wall… they’re great little books, and great value for money.

Review:

Publisher's Information 2011

The spec­tac­u­lar scenery of Corn­wall and the Isles of Scilly is the res­ult of some 400 mil­lion years of geo­lo­gical his­tory. Rock types range from sed­i­ment­ary mud and sand­stones to igneous ones of gran­ite and those of vol­canic ori­gin. Local geo­logy can be seen in pebbles on the beach, and in towns, vil­lages and coun­tryside in build­ings and hedges. The coast and moors exhibit some of the most dra­matic rock expos­ures, many of them Sites of Spe­cial Sci­entific Interest. This book describes and explains the best sites, and gives a gal­lery of rock types that may be encountered in Cornwall.

Simon Camm spent much of his youth walk­ing the cliffs of Corn­wall. Later, as a geo­lo­gist, min­eral explor­a­tion man­ager and con­sult­ant in Europe, Asia, the Far East and Africa, he saw geo­logy from the ‘inside’, in under­ground mines and drill core. He was Hon­or­ary Research Fel­low of the Cam­borne School of Mines, Uni­ver­sity of Exeter, and Vis­it­ing Fel­low in Min­ing Geo­logy, Uni­ver­sity of Green­wich. He is a Fel­low of the Geo­lo­gical Soci­ety of Lon­don, and author of Cornish Rocks and Min­er­als (Alison Hodge), Gold in the Counties of Corn­wall and Devon, and co-​​author and author of numer­ous sci­entific papers.

The Geo­logy and Land­scape of Corn­wall and the Isles of Scilly is pub­lished in our Pocket Corn­wall series.

Paths Covered by this Publication:

South West Coast Path National Trail 1014 km / 630 miles