OU mapping geology at Chapel-le-Dale and on Mendip

Pitlamp

Pitlamp

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Looks like they cleverly managed to shift the Watlowes valley and Malham Cove into Chapel-le-Dale, briefly, near the beginning of that film (at 1:42).

I didn't really learn anything I'm not already aware of (as it's fairly local to me) but I thought the explanation, for unfamiliar students, was first class. Thanks for uploading this.
 
langcliffe

langcliffe

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Pitlamp said:
Looks like they cleverly managed to shift the Watlowes valley and Malham Cove into Chapel-le-Dale, briefly, near the beginning of that film (at 1:42).

I didn't really learn anything I'm not already aware of (as it's fairly local to me) but I thought the explanation, for unfamiliar students, was first class. Thanks for uploading this.
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They weren't attempting to teach students the geology of an area, but the general principles of geological mapping of an area by observation of the landscape.
 
Pitlamp

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Indeed - but the second sentence tells us: "We're going to concentrate on the area around the village of Ingleton.".
 
langcliffe

langcliffe

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Pitlamp said:
Yes, then it jumps to a different part of the Dales.
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Apologies, I was commenting on that part of your post which implied that the video was trying to teach students about the geology of a specific area: "I didn't really learn anything I'm not already aware of (as it's fairly local to me) but I thought the explanation, for unfamiliar students, was first class." I was pointing out that was not the intention of the video.
 
Pitlamp

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Yep; understood - and to be honest I think the film makes an excellent job of introducing geological mapping, which many cavers would find valuable.
 
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