TRANSACTIONS
OF THE
HULL
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY
THE CONFIGURATION OF
HOLDERNESS. MR. PAUL DAVIS.
This paper was written
to shew the value to Geological students of a study of scenery. To this end
a map to a large scale shewing the contours of the East Riding was exhibited
and the value of such maps as a key to work in the field explained.
The chief features of
Holderness were shewn to be a broad valley, that of the Hull, rarely more
than 25 feet above the sea level and usually less; two ridges from 50 to 80
feet or more in height parallel to the coast with a wide depression between
them and the lateral valleys, usually narrow, normal to these ridges.
The essayist suggested
that the formation of the large valleys running North and South was due to
glacial action. The minor valleys running East and West were formed
subsequently to the main valleys by sub-aerial denudation, and that the
detailed study of these features in the field and as delineated on contoured
maps would add considerably to our knowledge of the Post-glacial history of
this district.
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