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What are carbon and radiometric dating and how are they used to find out about past catastrophic events? Discover the secrets of rock clocks.

Use the Geology Toolkit to discover the UK's rocks, region by region

Although a relatively small set of islands, the British Isles are made of a wide variety of different rock types. Explore them all - and discover when they were formed - with our guide to UK rocks by region.

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Click here to open the interactive guide to rocks by region

This tool is a Flash file. There is also a simple HTML version available.

Content last updated: 27/09/2006

 
 
 

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