The Geological History of the Rivers of East Yorkshire (Classic Reprint): Being the Sedgwick Prize Essay, for the Year 1900: Being the Sedgwick Prize Essay, for the Year 1900 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

F. R. Cowper Reed

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1332335306 ISBN 13: 9781332335305

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore how rivers and rocks shape East Yorkshire. This book explains how the region’s drainage systems developed over deep time and how geology set the course of its rivers.

The Geological History of the Rivers of East Yorkshire: Being the Sedgwick Prize Essay, for the Year 1900 examines the links between rock structure, landforms, and water flow. It focuses on the eastern half of Yorkshire, detailing how major rivers and their headwaters interact with the region’s ancient surfaces, fault lines, and drift deposits. With clear maps and grounded analysis, the work shows how the present drainage patterns emerged from long geological processes, including ice action and sediment movement.

What you’ll experience
- A structured look at the major river systems in East Yorkshire, including the Ouse, Esk, Hull, Derwent, and Tees catchments
- Explanations of how cliffs, escarpments, and different rock types influenced river courses
- Connections between glacial history and current drainage in the Vale of Pickering and surrounding moorlands
- Illustrations of how river development tracks with geological ages and earth movements

Ideal for readers of geology, physical geography, and regional history who want a grounded, research‑based view of how rivers evolve with the land.

About this title

Product Description

Excerpt from The Geological History of the Rivers of East Yorkshire: Being the Sedgwick Prize Essay, for the Year 1900

East Yorkshire appeared to the author of the following Essay to offer an exceptionally favourable field for such a study: firstly, on account of the variety of its geological formations with important lithological differences secondly, on account of its peculiar tectonic characters and thirdly, on account of the abundant development of streams and rivers on its surface.

The minute knowledge which we possess of its stratigraphy and geological history was recognised as providing special facilities for such research.

The author is indebted to the writings of many geologists for the account of the stratigraphy and structure of the district.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1332335306
• ISBN 13: 9781332335305
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 121