Issue 47 of the Rockwatch magazine:

Contents list

TRACKING DOWN THE FIRST REPTILES
Howard Falcon-Lang shares the secrets of his amazing discovery of the world’s oldest dinosaur footprints in Canada.

THE WISE MAN BUILT HIS HOUSE ON ROCK
Engineering Geologist Chloe French explains how her job takes her all over the world and how she makes sure that the ground beneath her feet is strong enough to support whatever is built on it.

FOSSIL HUNTING ON THE HIGH STREET
Join Colin Prosser to find fossils wherever you live. Learn to “spot the fossil” in towns and villages throughout the country starting with some fine examples from Colin’s journey.

THE JOYS OF FIELDWORK
Sometime Rockstar winner, James Barnet, tells us how he spent a summer in the Arctic collecting microfossils. Back at university, he will use these to help create a temperature record of the Svalbard area some 55 million years ago.

GLASTONBURY
Feel the vibes, hear the bells and experience the magic of Susanna van Rose’s hometown.

A GEOLOGICAL TRAILBLAZER
Travel back in time with Cynthia Burek who explains what it was like for women geologists 100 years ago.

FOSSILS IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Rockwatcher Chris Gralton and his dad take us on a visit to their local museum and discover some surprising secrets. Chris himself has loaned a dinosaur footprint to the museum that he found on a Rockwatch field trip!

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