Geological Conservation Review

The Geological Conservation Review (GCR) is compiled by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) and is used to find those places which, in the national or international interest, possess all the major geological and geomorphological features of the United Kingdom . These places show sediments , rocks , minerals , fossils and landforms that are particularly useful for understanding the geology of Great Britain.

The direction of the project was formulated in 1974 by George Black and William Wimbledon of the Nature Conservancy Council (NCC). The project started work in 1977. Its task is to provide the scientific background for the preservation of the places that are protected as Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 . The Environmental Protection Act 1990 established the JNCC, which assumed responsibility for the GCR's assessments and the publication of the compilations of the recorded locations. By the year 2000, over 3000 locations had been identified that met the criteria of the GCR.

Part of the publication of the results was done by commercial publishers, especially Chapman & Hall . Volumes 15 through 36 were published by the JNCC. Volume 37 through Volume 45 concluding the series will be published as Proceedings of the Geologists' Association - Special Issues .

literature

• Neil Ellis: The Geological Conservation Review (GCR) in Great Britain - Rationale and methods . In: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association . tape 122 , no. 3 , 2011, ISSN  0016-7878 , p. 353-362 , doi : 10.1016 / j.pgeola.2011.03.008 ( sciencedirect.com ).

Web links

• Geological Conservation Review on the Joint Nature Conservation Council website