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CATEGORIES:SCI Cambridge Science Talks
SUMMARY:Building Stones of Cambridge: Geology walking tour
 . - Dr Nigel Woodcock\, Department of Earth Scienc
 es\, Cambridge
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170622T183000
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URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/72786
DESCRIPTION:The buildings of Cambridge are world famous\, both
  for their architectural splendour and for their h
 istorical record of university and town developmen
 t over 750 years. Walking amongst the city-centre 
 colleges\, it is easy to imagine their mellow ston
 e buildings as they were in the Middle Ages\, and 
 to visualise the human history that they witnessed
 . Yet this same stone records another\, much longe
 r\, history. The common building materials in Camb
 ridge originated in the geological Middle Ages\, t
 he Mesozoic Era of one or two hundred million year
 s ago. Older\, Late Palaeozoic\, rocks are not unc
 ommon\, particularly as facing and paving material
 s. Yet older slates from the Early Palaeozoic\, fo
 ur or five hundred million years old\, roof many C
 ambridge buildings. Viewed with some basic geologi
 cal knowledge\, all these can rocks reveal the nat
 ural events which formed them\, provide snapshots 
 in the long geological history of Britain\, and en
 rich a purely architectural view of the fine build
 ings they form.\n\nThis walking tour takes in a wi
 de variety of buildings and rock types in a compac
 t area of the city centre. The route involves abou
 t a mile and a half of walking.\n\nEvent organised
  by Cambridge SCI & RSC.
LOCATION:Meet in front of the Round Church\, Bridge Street\
 , Cambridge\, CB2 1UB
CONTACT:John O'Toole
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