West, Ian. M. 2015. Publication List of Ian West. Internet site: wessexcoastgeology.soton.ac.uk/westpubl.htm. Romsey, Hampshire and School of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Southampton University, UK. Version: 31st October 2015.
Publications of Ian West

(Appendix to Geology of the Wessex Coast)

Dr. Ian West,
Romsey, Hampshire
and:
Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences,
Southampton University,
Webpage hosted by courtesy of iSolutions, Southampton University

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PURBECK BIBLIOGRAPHY, with additional information, including abstracts or extracts.

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West, I.M. 1960. On the occurrence of celestine on the Caps and Broken Beds at Durlston Head, Dorset. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 71, 391-401.
For abstract go to. Purbeck Bibliography - Ian West Publications.

West, I.M. 1961. Lower Purbeck Beds of Swindon Facies in Dorset. Nature, 190, p.526.
(For an extract go to. Purbeck Bibliography - Ian West Publications.)

West, I.M. 1964a. Evaporite diagenesis in the Lower Purbeck Beds of Dorset. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 34, 315-330.
(For abstract and two illustrations go to. Purbeck Bibliography - Ian West Publications.)

West, I.M. 1964b. Deformation of the incompetent beds in the Purbeck Anticline. Geological Magazine, 101, p.373.
(For a brief additional note go to. Purbeck Bibliography - Ian West Publications.)

West, I.M. 1964c. Age of the Alpine Folds of Southern England. Geological Magazine, 101, 190-191.
(For a brief additional note go to. Purbeck Bibliography - Ian West Publications.)

West, I.M. 1965. Macrocell structure and enterolithic veins in British Purbeck gypsum and anhydrite. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 35, 47-58.
(For abstract and a diagram go to. Purbeck Bibliography - Ian West Publications.)

West, I.M. 1965. A new method of displaying microstructures in porous limestone. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 35, 250-251.
(Just a short note, not specifically on the Purbeck strata.)

Salter, D.L. and West, I.M. 1965. Calciostrontianite in the basal Purbeck Beds of Durlston Head, Dorset. Mineralogical Magazine, 35, 146-150. By Don Salter and Ian West
(For a brief note go to. Purbeck Bibliography - Ian West Publications.)

West, I.M., 1966. A rapid method for thin-sectioning clays. Sedimentology, 6, 339-341.

Curry, D., Hodson, F. and West, I.M. 1968. The Eocene succession in the Fawley Transmission Tunnel. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 79, 179-206.

West, I.M., Brandon, A. and Smith, M. 1968. A tidal flat evaporitic facies in the Visean of Ireland. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 38, 1079-1093. (By Ian West, Alan Brandon and Melvyn Smith)

Saunders, R.A. and West, I.M. 1969. Recent halite with floating pyramidal hopper crystals at Portland Bill. Proceedings of Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 90, 44-45. (By Robin Saunders and Ian West)

West, I.M., Shearman, D.J. and Pugh, M.E. 1969. Whitsun Field Meeting in the Weymouth Area, 1966. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 80, 331-340.

West, I.M., 1969. Contribution to the :International Field Symposium on the British Jurassic; Guide for Dorset and South Somerset. Ed. H.S. Torrens, A60-61.

West, I.M. and Hooper, M.J. 1969. Detrital Portland chert and limestone in the Upper Purbeck Beds at Friar Waddon, Dorset. Geological Magazine, 106, 277-280. (with full contents at:
Purbeck Bibliography - West and Hooper, 1969)

Hodson, F. and West, I.M. 1970. Calcareous nannoplankton from the Upper Bracklesham Beds at Fawley, Hampshire. Revue de Micropaleontologie. 13, 165-187.

West, I.M. 1972. The origin of the supposed raised beach at Porth Neigl, North Wales. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 83, 191-195.

Hodson, F. and West, I.M. 1972. Holocene deposits of Fawley, Hampshire and the Development of Southampton Water. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 83, 421-442.

West, I.M. 1973. Vanished evaporites - significance of strontium minerals. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 43, 278-279.

West, I.M. 1973. Carbonate sedimentation of some Pleistocene temperate marine sediments. Sedimentology, 20, 229-249.

West, I.M. 1974. Evaporite diagenesis in the Lower Purbeck Beds of Dorset. Reprinted in Kirkland and Evans (Ed.): Marine Evaporites, Origin, Diagenesis and Geochemistry.
(For abstract go to. Purbeck Bibliography - Ian West Publications.)

West, I.M. 1975. Evaporites and associated sediments of the basal Purbeck Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Dorset. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 86, 205-225.
Available in full online at:
Paper - Evaporites and Associated Sediments of the Basal Purbeck Group (Upper Jurassic) of Dorset, by Ian M. West, 1975.

West, I.M., Anderson, F.W. and Faulkner, P.A. 1975. The Stone: Catalogue. In Platt. Excavations of Medieval Southampton. 304-314.

West, I.M., Ali, Y.A.A. and Hilmy, M. 1979. Primary gypsum nodules in a modern sabkha on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. Geology, 7, 354-358.

West, I.M. 1979. Review of evaporite diagenesis in the Purbeck Formation of southern England. Symposium: Sedimentation Jurassique W. Europeen; A.S.F. Publication Speciale, No.1, Mars 1979. 407-416.
[For details go to: Purbeck Bibliography - Ian West Publications.]

West, I.M. 1980. Geology of the Solent Estuarine System. In Burton (ed.): The Solent Estuarine System: An Assessment of Present Knowledge. N.E.R.C. Publication, Series C.22: 6-18.

Ali, Y.A.A., West, I.M. and Hilmy, M. 1981. Modern sabkha sediments and gypsum nodules from the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. Second Scientific Conference of Egyptian Postgraduates Abroad, p.136-151.

El-Shahat, A. and West, I.M. 1982. Early and late lithification of aragonite bivalve beds in the Purbeck Formation (Upper Jurassic Lower Cretaceous of Southern England). Sedimentary Geology, 35, 15-41.
[For details go to: Purbeck Bibliography - Ian West Publications.]

West, I.M. 1982. The Charmouth inquiry - latest information. Geological Curator, 3 (5), 339.

Wilson, R.C.L., West, I.M. and Sellwood, B.W. 1983. Post-Congress Geological Tour D - Dorset. 11th World Petroleum Jubilee Congress, 58 pp.

Ali, Y.A. and West, I.M. 1983. Relationship of modern gypsum nodules in sabkhas of loess to compositions of brines and sediments in northern Egypt. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 35, 1151-1168.

West, I.M. and El-Shahat, A. 1985. Dinosaur footprints and early cementation of Purbeck bivalve beds. Proceedings of Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 106, 169-170.

West, I.M., Ali, Y.A. and Hilmy, M.E. 1985. Facies associated with primary gypsum nodules of northern Egyptian sabkha. 6th International Symposium on Salt 1983, vol.1, 171-183.

West, I.M. and Lash-hab, M. 1986. Anhydrite in a Recent salt pan of north-western Libya. (Abstract) Desert Sediments, Ancient and Modern, 20-21st May 1986. A special scientific meeting of the Geological Society of London, convened by Frostick, L.E. and Reid, I. p. 40.

West, I.M. 1988. Notes on some Purbeck sediments associated with the dinosaur footprints at Sunnydown Farm, near Langton Matravers, Dorset. Proceedings of Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 109, 153-154. By Ian West.
[For details go to: Purbeck Bibliography - Ian West Publications.]

Sellwood, B., Wilson, C. and West, I.M. 1990. Jurassic Sedimentary Environments of the Wessex Basin. 13th International Sedimentological Congress Field Trip A16 - Guide, 89p. Nottingham.

West, I.M., 1992. Contribution on Purbeck Formation in: Cope, J.C.W., Ingham, J.K. and Rawson, P.F. (editor). 1992. Atlas of Palaeogeography and Lithofacies. Geological Society of London.
[For details go to: Purbeck Bibliography - Ian West Publications.]

Lashhab, M. L. and West, I. M. 1992. Sedimentology and Geochemistry of the Jir Formation in Jabal al Jir and the Western Sirt Basin. Third Symposium on The Geology of Libya, held at Tripoli, September 27-30th 1987, vol. 5. Editor Salem, M.J. 1855-1869.

West, I. 1992. Sedimentology of the Lower Purbeck Formation at Lulworth Cove and the Isle of Portland. B.S.R.G. 1992. Field Excursion Guides A3, British Sedimentological Research Group, pp. 36-51. ISBN 0-85432-4623.
[For details go to: Purbeck Bibliography - Ian West Publications.]

Cundy, A., Croudace, I.W., West, I.M. and Clayton, T. 1993. Radionuclide and geochemical studies of recent sediments from the Solent estuarine system. Abstracts (posters). BSRG Southampton, 1992. 1 page.

Cundy, A., Croudace, I.W., West, I.M. and Clayton, T. 1993. Radionuclide and geochemical studies of recent sediments from the Solent estuarine system. European Union of Geosciences Biennial Meeting (VII). Terra Abstracts, 5.

Lashhab, M.L. and West, I.M. 1997. Dolomitization of the Jir and Rawaghah Formations in Jabal al Jir and Western Sirte Basin.In: Symposium on the Geology of Libya, pp. 31-43.

Lashhab, M.I., West, I.M. and El Manaai, M.A. 1999. Study of recent sediments at Zuwarah Salt Pan on the northwestern coast of Libya, formation of anhydrite. In: The First Earth Conference , Univ. of Ghar Yonis, Benghazi, Libya. 12pp. with three plates. (paper accepted, but not necessarily published).

West, I.M., Lashhab, M.I. and Muhan, I.M. 2000. North African sabkhas and lagoons compared to those of the Arabian Gulf. Pp. 512-530 in: Proceedings of the Sixth Mediterranean Petroleum Conference and Exhibition, November 23-25th, 1999, Tripoli, Libya (G.S.P.L.A.J.), 845 pp.

Lashhab, M.I., West, I.M. and El Zarough, R. 2002. Origin and diagenesis of the evaporites in the Jir Formation, Jabal Waddan and Western Sirt Basin, Libya. 6th International Conference on the Geology of the Arab World, Cairo University, February 2002, pp. 623-632.

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LIST OF WEBPAGES BY IAN WEST

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INTRODUCTION AND BRITAIN, GENERAL
Geology of Britain - Introduction with Geological Maps
Geology of Wessex Coast - Introduction with Geol Maps
Geology Wessex Coast - Home and List of Webpages (this)

BARTON AND CHRISTCHURCH BAY, TERTIARY CLIFF EXPOSURES
Barton - and Highcliffe - Barton Clay & Sand (Eocene)
Barton - and Highcliffe - Coast Erosion & Sea Defences
Barton - and Highcliffe - History of Coast Erosion and Sea Defences
Barton - Area - Hordle Cliff - Headon Hill Formation, Solent Group (Eocene)
Barton - Highcliffe, and Hordle Cliff, Bibliography
Barton - Region -Hurst Spit, Barrier Beach, West Solent, Hampshire

BOURNEMOUTH AREA, EAST DORSET, TERTIARY CLIFFS
Bournemouth - Cliffs, Eocene sands, clay and plant beds
Bournemouth - Hengistbury Head - Eocene strata & Mudeford Spit
Bournemouth - Hengistbury Head - Bibliography
Bournemouth - Sandbanks Sand Spit, Geomorphology
Bournemouth - Region - Brownsea Island, in Poole Harbour (copperas etc)

BRIDPORT AREA, LOWER JURASSIC, WEST DORSET
Bridport - Sands, - East Cliff (Lower Jurassic)
Bridport - Area - West Bay, Bridport Harbour and Beach
Bridport - West Bay - West Cliff to Eype Mouth
Bridport - Area - Burton Bradstock, Burton Cliff
Bridport - Area - Golden Cap and Seatown, Jurassic
Bridport - Area - Eype Mouth, Jurassic (in prep)

CHESIL BEACH, DORSET (See also - Portland)
Chesil Beach - General Introduction to Tombolo
Chesil Beach - Hurricanes, Storms and Storm Surges (floods)
Chesil Beach - Pebbles, including rare rock types
Chesil Beach - Magnetite, Lodestone, Pebbles from Shipwreck
Chesil Beach - the Fleet Lagoon (in prep)
Chesil Beach - Geology Bibliography

EAST DEVON, TRIASSIC RED BEDS AND CRETACOUS
Devon - Dawlish Warren Sand Spit, Exe Estuary
Devon - Dawlish to Teignmouth cliffs, including the coastal railway line.
Devon - Teignmouth to Dawlish, with sea-wall and railway line.
Devon - West of Lyme Regis & Axmouth-Lyme Undercliffs
Devon - Beer and Seaton
Devon - Sidmouth and Ladram Bay
Devon - Budleigh Salterton, Exmouth and Littleham Cove
Devon - Dartmoor Granite
Devon - Torquay and Babbacombe

SWANAGE AREA, UPPER JURASSIC AND CRETACEOUS, DORSET
Swanage - Durlston Bay, - Peveril Point, Upper Purbeck
Swanage - Durlston Bay, Middle Purbeck (Berriasian - Cretaceous)
Swanage - Durlston Bay - Lower Purbeck (Jurassic-Cretaceous)
Swanage - Durlston Bay - Central Zigzag Part & Coast Erosion
Swanage - Durlston Head - Lower Purbeck Group and Portland Stone
Swanage - Durlston Bay - Geological Bibliography
Swanworth Quarry, Portland & Purbeck, with Kimmeridge Boreholes

ISLE OF WIGHT, CRETACEOUS AND TERTIARY GEOLOGY
WIGHT - ISLE OF WIGHT GEOLOGY - INTRODUCTION
Wight - Isle of Wight, Whitecliff Bay, Tertiary Section.
Wight - Alum Bay, Tertiary coloured sands, Isle of Wight
Wight - The Needles, Chalk Stacks, Isle of Wight
Wight - Colwell Bay, northwestern Isle of Wight
Wight - Brighstone Bay, Compton Bay, southwest coast of the Isle of Wight
Wight - Isle of Wight Geology - Bibliography

KIMMERIDGE AREA,KIMMERIDGE CLAY AND OIL SHALE, DORSET
KIMMERIDGE - BAY, KIMMERIDGE CLAY - INTRODUCTION
Kimmeridge - East to Hen Cliff, Yellow Ledge & Cuddle
Kimmeridge - East, Blackstone, OIL SHALE, near Clavell's Hard
Kimmeridge - East, Burning Beach, Burning Cliffs - oil shale fires
Kimmeridge - East, Rope Lake Head to Freshwater Steps
Kimmeridge - East, Chapman's Pool, Houns-tout Cliff & Egmont Bight
Kimmeridge - West to Hobarrrow Bay, Brandy Bay and Gad Cliff
Kimmeridge - Fossils, ammonites, ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, etc
Kimmeridge Clay Boreholes at Swanworth Quarry
Kimmeridge - Bibliography - Start - Main Part.
Kimmeridge - Bibliography Continued.
Petroleum Geology of South Downs and western Weald - including Shale Oil

LULWORTH COVE AREA, JURASSIC AND CRETACEOUS, DORSET
LULWORTH COVE - GEOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION
Lulworth Cove - Purbeck Group - East Side of Cove
Lulworth Cove - Purbeck Group - West Side of Cove
Lulworth Area - Fossil Forest - Part 1 - the Geology of the Ledge
Lulworth Area - Fossil Forest - Part 2 - the Fossil Trees
Lulworth Area - Stair Hole, Purbeck and Wealden
Lulworth Area - Dungy Head and St. Oswald's Bay
Lulworth Area - St. Oswald's Bay and Dungy Head
Lulworth Area - Durdle Door, natural arch
Lulworth Area - White Nothe to Bats Head (west of Durdle Door)
Lulworth Area - Mupe Bay and Bacon Hole (in Army Range, east of Lulworth Cove)
Lulworth Area - Worbarrow Bay, in the Army Range
Lulworth Area - Geological Bibliography
Lulworth Area - Strata and Fossils (additional notes)

LYME REGIS AND CHARMOUTH - LIAS, JURASSIC, WEST DORSET
LYME REGIS - WEST TO MONMOUTH BEACH, PINHAY BAY & UNDERCLIFFS
Lyme Regis - East to Charmouth (Black Ven)
Lyme Regis - Town and Seafront
Lyme Regis - area - Charmouth, Stonebarrow, St. Gabriel's
Lyme Regis - Liassic Fossils
Lyme Regis - Geological Bibliography
Lyme Regis - Burning Cliffs & the Lyme Volcano
Lyme Regis - Area - Golden Cap and Seatown

NEW FOREST GEOLOGY, HAMPSHIRE AND DORSET
New Forest - Geology Guide
New Forest - Geology - Bibliography
New Forest - Beaulieu River Estuary
New Forest - Lepe Beach and Stone Point
New Forest - area - Solent - Lymington, Keyhaven, West Solent

MENDIP HILLS AND CARBONIFEROUS
Cheddar Gorge Geology
Carboniferous, Mendips - Bibliography
Mendip Hills, Carboniferous - Quarries etc. [in prep.]
Ireland - Carboniferous Evaporites of County Leitrim, Ireland [paper]

OSMINGTON, RINGSTEAD AND WHITE NOTHE, CORALLIAN, KIMMERIDGE AND CRETACEOUS.
Osmington Mills - Introduction - Upper Jurassic
Osmington Mills - Osmington Mills to Ringstead
Osmington Mills - Corallian Bencliff Grit and Oil-sand
Osmington Mills - Osmington Oolite Formation, Corallian, Upper Jurassic
Osmington Mills - Black Head Area, Kimmeridge Clay
Osmington Mills - Corallian Fossils
Osmington Mills - Corallian Bibliography
Osmington Mills - Region - Ringstead Bay - White Nothe, Dorset
Osmington Mills - Region - White Nothe to Bats Head (in prep)
Osmington Mills - Region -Bowleaze Cove to Redcliff Point (in prep)
Poxwell Quarry and Poxwell Anticline .

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY - OIL AND GAS, SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Petroleum Geology - South of England
Petroleum Geology of the Western Weald and South Downs (Shale Oil etc.)
Petroleum Geology - South of England - Bibliography
Petroleum Geology - Portland - Isle of Wight Offshore Basin
Osmington Mills - Corallian Bencliff Grit and Oil-sand
Kimmeridge - Oil Shale at Clavell's Hard mining area
Kimmeridge - East, Burning Beach, Burning Cliffs - oil shale fires
Kimmeridge Clay Boreholes at Swanworth Quarry
Poxwell Quarry and Poxwell Anticline - Details .

PORTLAND - ISLE OF PORTLAND, PORTLAND STONE, DORSET
Portland - Isle of, Geology - General Introduction
Portland - Portland Bill, Portland Stone, Purbeck, Cryoturbation
Portland - Portland Stone Quarries
Portland - Quarry - Withies Croft, Portland Stone
Portland - The Chesil Beach - Great Shingle Beach
Portland - Dinosaur Footprints in Purbeck Group
Purbeck - Formation - Fossil Forest and Isle of Portland Fossil Trees
Portland - Portland Harbour, Jurassic
Portland - Coast - Mutton Cove to Wallsend, Portland Stone
Portland - Portland Group Fossils
Portland - Isle of - Geological Bibliography

PURBECK GROUP, UPPER JURASSIC - LOWER CRETACEOUS, DORSET (LULWORTH AND DURLSTON FORMATIONS)
Purbeck Group, - Facies (Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous)
Purbeck - Evaporites (late Jurassic)
Purbeck - Durlston Bay, Swanage - Peveril Point, Upper Purbeck
Purbeck - Durlston Bay, Middle Purbeck Group
Purbeck - Durlston Bay - Lower Purbeck Group.
Purbeck - Durlston Bay - Central Zigzag Part and Erosion
Purbeck - Durlston Head - Lower Purbeck & Portland Stone
Purbeck Group - Geological Bibliography - General
Purbeck Group - Geological Bibliography - Topics, Alphabetic.
Purbeck Group - Durdle Door, natural arch
Purbeck - Group - Fossil Forest Exposure, thrombolites, evaporites
Purbeck - Group - Fossil Forest and Isle of Portland Fossil Trees
Purbeck - Ridgway Railway Cutting, Weymouth - Purbeck Group
Purbeck - Portesham Quarry, north of Weymouth.
Purbeck - Poxwell Quarry, east of Weymouth.
Purbeck - Group - Dinosaur Footprints of the Isle of Portland
Purbeck - Group - Bibliography - Vertebrates
Purbeck - Group - Analogues

SOLENT ESTUARINE SYSTEM, AND SOUTHAMPTON REGION
Solent - Estuaries - Geological Introduction
Solent - Beaulieu River Estuary, Geomorphology
Solent - Boreholes with geological data
Solent - Geology Bibliography - General
Solent - Geology Bibliography - Topics, Alphabetically
Solent - Calshot Spit, Stanswood Bay, Tertiary and Pleistocene
Solent - Chilling, Brownwich Cliffs and Hill Head - Pleistocene and Erosion
Solent - Lepe Beach and Stone Point - Geology, Geomorphology
Solent - Lymington, Keyhaven and West Solent - Geology
Solent - Submerged Forest off Hayling Island
Solent - Sarsens and Erratics of the Wessex Coast
Solent - Geology of Fawley Power Station, Tertiary and Pleistocene
Solent - Hurst Spit, Barrier Beach, Geomorphology and Rocks.
Solent - Selsey Bill and Bracklesham Bay, Sussex, Tertiary, Pleistocene.

STUDLAND AND SANDBANKS, DORSET (see also Bournemouth)
Studland - South Haven Peninsula, Geomorphology
Studland - Peninsula - Poole Harbour Side, Tertiary and Pleistocene.
Studland - Tertiary Cliffs and the Agglestone Rock, Geology
Studland - Harry Rocks to Ballard Point, Chalk Cliffs, Stacks
Studland - & Harry Rocks; Geological Bibliography
Studland - Brownsea Island, in Poole Harbour - Tertiary Geology
Studland - Area - Sandbanks - Sand Spit, Geomorphology and Sediments

SWANAGE, DORSET
Swanage - Harry Rocks to Ballard Point - Geology, Chalk Cliffs.
Swanage - Bay and Ballard Cliff - Cretaceous Geology
Swanage - Durlston Bay, Peveril Point, Upper Purbeck Group
Swanage - Durlston Bay, Middle Purbeck Group.
Swanage - Durlston Bay - Lower Purbeck Group.
Swanage - Durlston Bay - Central Zigzag Part, Purbeck Group.
Swanage - Durlston Head - Lower Purbeck Group & Portland Stone.
Swanage - Swanworth Quarry, Worth Matravers, Portland Stone.
Swanage - Durlston Bay - Bibliography

SWANAGE - COAST WEST OF SWANAGE (ISLE OF PURBECK)
Isle of Purbeck - St. Aldhelm's Head, Geology, Portland Stone
Isle of Purbeck - Winspit and Seacombe, - Portland Stone
Isle of Purbeck - Dancing Ledge and Adjacent Coast.
Isle of Purbeck - Anvil Point to Blackers Hole, Portland Stone.
Isle of Purbeck - St. Aldhelm's Hd to Durlston Head - Bibliography
Isle of Purbeck - Swanworth Quarry, Worth Matravers, Portland Stone.

WEYMOUTH, DORSET - INLAND AND ADJACENT
Weymouth Region - Ridgway Railway Cutting and Weymouth Relief Road.
Weymouth Region - Portesham Quarry, Purbeck Group
Weymouth Region - Fleet Lagoon, back of Chesil Beach
Weymouth Region - Portland Harbour, Jurassic exposures

SABKHA AND ARID ENVIRONMENTS
Sabkhas - and Arid Environments - Introduction
Sabkhas - Qatar - Sabkhas, Salt Lakes and Arid Environments
Sabkhas - Select Bibiography of Sabkhas, Salt Lakes and Evaporites.

MISCELLANEOUS, SUPPLEMENTARY WEBPAGES (in progress or incomplete)
Earthquakes and Tsunamis, South of England [in prog.]
Cyprus - Salt Lake and Coast of the Akrotiri Peninsula, Geology.
Staithes, Yorkshire - Lower Jurassic, Yorkshire Coast
Questions and Exercises in Geology
Vertebrate Remains, Eocene, Pyrenees.

PAPERS BY IAN WEST
Publication List of Ian West.
Evaporites and Associated Sediments of the Basal Purbeck Group of Dorset, 1975
Holocene Deposits of Fawley, Hampshire, and Development of Southampton Water, by F. Hodson and I.M. West, 1972
Review of Evaporite Diagenesis in the Purbeck Formation of Southern England. 1979.
Detrital Portland Chert and Limestone in the Upper Purbeck Beds at Friar Waddon, Dorset.

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Theses

West, I.M. 1971. Carbonate Cementation of some Raised Beaches, Modern Beaches and Blown Sands of Great Britain. Unpublished M.Sc. Thesis, University of Liverpool. 257p.

West, I.M. 1979. Sedimentary Environments and Diagenesis of Purbeck Strata (Upper Jurassic - Lower Cretaceous) of Dorset, U.K. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, (as published papers with additional text) Southampton University, 181 p.

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