Birkbeck University geology field visit to Jersey, September 2024
A group of mature students together with their lecturers visited Jersey between 18 and 23 September to study the unique geology of the Island. The group visited L’Etacq and La Pulec to view the Jersey Shale Formation and the boundary between the shales and the North West Granite. They also visited a number of locations to view the volcanic strata (Bouley Bay, Giffard Bay, Archirondel and Anne Port), the Rozel Conglomerate Formation (at Rozel and St Catherine), as well as the South East and South West Granites and diaries at various locations (e.g. Le Hocq, Green Street/La Collette, La Motte and Le Croc, St Brelade’s Bay and Corbière).
Members of the Geology Section were invited to join the Birkbeck group for there field visits; an opportunity that was taken up by several Section members.
The Birkbeck group at Le Hocq
The group examining the Jersey Shale Formation boundary with the North West granite at Le Pulec
The group looked at structures in the Jersey Shale Formation at L’Etacq
Geology Chair – Colin Cheney
