Meeting up on the now closed old road we found the worst of the damage - with the road having slumped by about 10m in places. Measuring tension cracks on the Mam Tor road We split into two groups with one going with Dr Hitch to explore another area whilst Miss Fryer's group carried on collecting some more data for the tension cracks. Our first stop was at Odin Mine to get 'our eye in' - working out rock types, fossil types and measuring dips and strikes of faults.Ĭarrying on up the old A road we started to see the evidence of the huge Mam Tor landslide - measuring orientations of tension cracks along the lower road (which is still drivable).
The journey up went well despite being introduced to the way of life by being stuck behind a tractor for almost 20mins! We arrived at the base of Mam Tor to find some lovely weather - dry though quite breezy.
Day 1 on the KEGS Geology tour of Derbyshire and the surrounding area is nearly complete.at least the outdoor bit is.the students are about to get started on their evening work of writing up notes and creating beautiful (?!) maps.
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