GEOSUFFOLK RIGS
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PROCEEDINGS OF GEOSUFFOLK RIGS MEETING R. DIXON Introduction A meeting of East Anglian RIGS (Regionally Important Geological and Geomorphological Sites) Groups took place on Saturday, 26 May, arranged and hosted by GeoSuffolk, and held by kind permission of the Head of Amberfield School in Nacton. The meeting followed on from the successful inaugural meeting of 2005, the Proceedings of which were recorded in Volume 41 of the Transactions of the Suffolk Naturalists’ Society. It was gratifying to note that 31 delegates attended, with representatives from Essex, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. The aims of the meeting were to maintain and further develop links between other local RIGS groups, and to demonstrate just some of the wide variety of interests and projects undertaken by GeoSuffolk as a focus for discussion and future co-operation. Bob and Caroline Markham organised the event, and with other GeoSuffolk members are to be congratulated for a stimulating, successful and most enjoyable day. Programme of Presentations The morning and early afternoon were devoted to a series of seven excellent thought-provoking and entertaining presentations followed by a field excursion organised by Bob Markham to Newbourne in the later part of the afternoon. Steve Mathers & Holger Kessler 3D Geological Mapping by the British Geological Survey in the Ipswich area ............................................................................................................ 2 Tim Holt-Wilson Promoting Geodiversity – the Suffolk LGAP............................................ 7 Roger Dixon Autochonous Mollusc Faunas from the Red Crag................................... 12 Bob Markham Harmer and Bell: Pliocene Bivalves of Great Britain – a ‘nearly’ monograph............................................................................................... 17 Barry Hall Geoconservation: Practical Site Management at Sutton .......................... 19 Howard Mottram Incineration and Landfill: What Does my Geoconscience say? .............. 21 Peter Allen Recent Work at Foxhall Palaeolithic Site ................................................ 26 Two additional papers about the field excursion are included in these Proceedings: Simon Linford-Wood Newbourne Springs ................................................................................. 31 Roger Dixon Field Excursion to Newbourne Springs ................................................... 33
Trans. Suffolk Nat. Soc. 43 (2007)