Earth Sciences – Geology and Geomorphology

• Avoid damaging substrata especially sensitive types – cliffs, wave-cut platforms, mudflats, sand dunes
• Replace or infill where necessary
• Avoid disfiguring rock surfaces with numbers/symbols. Use a GPS and record the location and data necessary
• Fossil or rock specimens should not be removed without clearance from the necessary authorities and only if required for study
• Avoid using the same locations to take samples. Use a random approach to collect bore-hole samples and avoid establishing patterns or sampling in a small and defined area
• There is more useful information in English Nature’s free leaflets: ‘Managing geological sites’ and ‘Fossil collecting and conservation’, available from the local office