Hi Ed
I've just been perusing that very document from BGS !
The only included landforms seemed to be only glacial ("fall of glacial drainage channel", "kettle hollow" etc), and overall it doesn't seem to be quite what I'm after - all about deposits and rocks, rather than geomorphology.
I've also tried Environment Agency web site, to no avail.
thanks,
Crispin
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From: Lee, Edmund [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 27 June 2003 14:32
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Geomorphology terms
Hi Crispin,
One possible source might be the British Geological Survey.
Their site at
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/bgsrcs/help.htm
includes a the BGS Rock Classification Scheme, which, at Volume 4, covers
superficial deposits, and I think landforms. Its available as a downloadable
.pdf.
It looks pretty complicated, and perhaps not very archaeologically inclined,
but might form a starting point, if nothing else comes to hand. Given that
this is not perhaps 'archaeological' data in any case, using a system
developed by the appropriate discipline lead body might be the best bet.
Ed
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Crispin Flower [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 27 June 2003 14:04
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> Subject: Geomorphology terms
>
>
> Hi all, with apologies for cross-posting
> We are trying to find some standardised terminology for
> recording the topographic and geomorphological context of
> archaelogical monuments.
> We have a standard list for the immediate topography (e.g.
> river edge, base of slope, etc.), but we are having trouble
> finding terminology for the wider geomorphology.
> In terms of scale, I suppose we are looking for terms that
> could describe areas of at least a few hundred metres square
> - perhaps it would include terms like "alluvial terrace",
> "plateau moorland", "glacial valley" etc but I'm clutching at straws.
>
> Can you help? Does anyone have a list that they find useful
> from an archaeological point of view, or know any friendly
> geographers/geomorphologists who might? Or know of any lists
> that have been used in landscape characterisation projects?
>
> We don't need a published standard, just a working list at this stage.
>
> thanks very much for any replies on or off list.
> Crispin
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