Geology of the Western Front, 1914-1918
Product code: GA061
Print publication date: 01/01/1999
Geologists' Association, Geologists' Association Guides, Regional Geology and General Interest, GeoGifts
Type: Book (Paperback)
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780900717598
Author/Edited by: P Doyle
Weight: 0.25kg
Number of pages: 79
£12.00
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The horrors attending the British and British Empire troops during the Great War from 1914 to 1918 could not be expressed more poignantly than in the Flanders and Somme regions. the location for some of the bloodiest battles. The events have been detailed in numerous books, but this Guide is the first English text to place these battles into a geological and geomorphological context.
Preface • List Of Figures • General Information • The Great War On The Western Front • Geology Of The Western Front • Geology And Warfare On The Western Front • Itinerary I: The Ypres Salient 1914-1918 • Itinerary Ii: The Arras Sector 1915-1917 • Itinerary Iii: The Somme Battlefield 1916 • Concluding Remarks • Selected Further Reading • Glossary Of Geological Terms • Geological Time Scale
