Assessment Exercises
All students are expected to engage with assessed exercises and complete
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A key word check list during the course
At least one copy of assessment Sheet 1
A log sheet of a section studied during each field trip
A practical identification assessment
At least one named and labelled field sketch
Students should hand in completed sheets at the end of each session or on
the next
Would you like your work back?
Yes – please post
Yes – I will collect from the University
No – please keep for UFA
No – please use as a work example for future courses
No – please recycle
Student
Contact details
Date
Key Words Assessment
Stratigraphy
Mudrocks
Doggers
Echinoids
Bivalves
Crocodiles
Sandstones
Limestones
Corals
Deltaic
Oxford Clay
Oysters
Kellaways
Malton Oolite
Bioturbidation
Dinoturbidation
Ravenscar
Lias
Corallian
Storm Surges
Coral Rag
Gastropods
Urchin Marls
Lower Calcareous Grit
Fault
Joint
Bedding
Drifted Plants
Belemnite
Tracks and Trails
Scarborough
Member
Formation
Hildenley
Group
Jet Rock
Ammonites
Pyrite
Alum
Gypsum
Sparite
Micrite
Whitby
Dinoprints
Redcar
Cross Bedding
Slumping
Channels
Cement stone
Doggers
Cornbrash
Coral rag
Cornbrash
Anaerobic
Coal
Rootlets
Calcite
Passage Beds
Coral Reefs
Ooids
Assessment Sheet No.1.
Complete one sheet for every visit
Name …………………………………………………… Date ……………………..
Locality ……………………………………………… GR …………………………….
Stratigraphy
Rock Types
Group
Limestone
Formation
Clay
Member
Sandstone
Unit
Shale
Sedimentary Structures
Fossils
Cross bedding
Ammonite
Storm Surge Beds
Bivalve
Bioturbidation
Brachiopod
Dinoturbidation
Belemnite
Channels
Plant
Dinobulges
Bone
Slumping
Gastropod
Tracks and Trails
Coral
Minerals
Location
Calcite
Inland exposure
Pyrite
Coastal location
Alum
Disused Quarry
Gypsum
Natural exposure
Geo location categories
Geo – archaeological: past history associated with site
Geo – conservation: protected exposure as SSSI/RIGS/SINK
Geo – economic: has been used for stone/mineral extraction
Geo – educational: has an educational value for all ages/research
Geo – historical: history of geological references
Geo – landscape: natural features formed by under lying rocks
Complete Log for named section
Labelled field sketch (es)
Hand in completed sheet at the next meeting together with a brief environment
reconstruction or all sheets at the assessment session
How did you find this excise?
Very difficult
Difficult
OK
Easy
Very Easy
Practical Assessment
Name……………………………………………………………………………………….
Write correct number next to specimen name
Rocks
Fossils
Hildenley Limestone
Ammonite
Whitby Mudstone
Bivalve
Malton Oolite
Coral
Lower Calcareous Grit
Belemnite
Oxford Clay
Gastropod
Hambleton Oolite
Dinosaur track
Channel Sandstone
Plant
Chert
Brachiopod
Calcareous Nodule
Worm track
Coral Rag
Echinoid
Minerals
How did you find this
Exercise?
Calcite
Very Difficult
Gypsum
Difficult
Alum
Easy
Pyrite
Very Easy
Background Information
System
Jurassic
Epochs
Late Jurassic
Mid Jurassic
Early Jurassic
Groups
Corallian
Ravenscar
Lias
Formations
(example
of member)
Late Jurassic
Kimmeridge/Ampthill Clay
Upper Calcareous Grit (
Coralline Oolite (Malton Oolite)
Lower Calcareous Grit (Passage Beds)
Oxford Clay
Osgodby (Red Cliff)
Cornbrash
Mid Jurassic
Scalby (Moor Grit)
Scarborough
Cloughton
Eller Beck
Saltwick
Dogger
Early Jurassic
Blea Wyke Sandstone
Whitby Mudstone (Jet Rocks)
Cleveland Ironstone
Staithes Sandstone
Redcar Mudstone
Age
Late Jurassic = 140 – 160ma
Mid Jurassic = 160 – 182ma
Early Jurassic = 182 – 204ma
Thickness
Late Jurassic = c550 m
Mid Jurassic = c250 m
Early Jurassic = c425 m
Environments
Late Jurassic = warm, shallow seas
Mid Jurassic = coastal swamps with marine invasions
Early Jurassic = moderately deep seas with shallows
Rock types
Fossils
Late Jurassic = limestones, sandstones and clays
Mid Jurassic = sandstones, limestones and coals
Early Jurassic = mudrocks, ironstones and sandstones
Late Jurassic = marine corals, bivalves, echinoids and
ammonites
Mid Jurassic = terrestrial dinosaurs, plants, bivalves and marine
corals, bivalves, bryozoan and ammonites
Early Jurassic = ammonoids, bivalves, reptiles and drifted plants
Minerals
Late Jurassic = calcite, pyrite, gypsum and chert
Mid Jurassic = calcite, ironstone and scarborite
Early Jurassic = alum, jet, ironstone and pyrite
Economics
Late Jurassic = building stone, bricks and cement
Mid Jurassic = building stone, pottery clays and ironstones
Early Jurassic = ironstone, jet, cement and alum
Notes