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Crystal Palace Geological Illustrations #12

The Tertiary

  • Sedimentary
  • Thames Gravels
  • Pleistocene-Recent

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Location of Geological Feature
The groups of vertebrate models represents geological time periods and stand on artificial islands made of appropriately aged rock. Here the Megaloceras stands on an outcrop of glacial river gravels.
Fossils
Megaloceros (Irish Elk)
Rock Type
Thames Gravels
Geological Age
Pleistocene-Recent
Quarry Location
London Basin, England, UK
Category
Sedimentary
Nearest station
Penge West
Address
Lower Lake, Crystal Palace Park, Thicket Road SE19 2GA
Building architect
J. Paxton, D. Anstead & B. Waterhouse Hawkins
Date of build
1854
Find out more
Doyle, P. & Robinson E. 1993, The Victorian 'Geological Illustrations' of Crystal Palace Park., Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 104, 181-194.
Crystal Palace Geological Illustrations #12 — The Tertiary
The Tertiary at Crystal Palace Geological Illustrations #12
The Tertiary at Crystal Palace Geological Illustrations #12 (detail 2)
The Tertiary at Crystal Palace Geological Illustrations #12 (detail 3)
    Entry submitted by Ruth Siddall

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