Old School Geology Trip: Birmingham Ridge UK c.1984

[FunkyMonkey]

Hi,

Carrying out a spring clean and I found this from an old school geology field trip I took in about 1984.

This would have been from the Birmingham Ridge (UK) of Keuper bed Sandstone which dates to the Triassic. Unfortunately I cant be more precise on the location as my memory has faded and I have lost my old notes but it would have been somewhere in the proximity of Barr Beacon. According to the literature this would have been a river delta - to my eye these look more like ripples you'd find on a shallow beach. Or maybe they are nothing - I thought I'd share to see what the experts think.

 

What I love about these - if they truly are fossilised ripples - is their fragility. A true snapshot in time frozen forever.

 

Thanks for looking,

Carl

 

 

 

 

[ynot]

Look like ripples to Me.

Nice example of them too.

[Darktooth]

Very interesting, Thanks for sharing this with us.

[FunkyMonkey]

Thanks for the comments. Its been a nice trip down memory lane for me too.