Fieldwork is an important and fun part of geology. Explore large-scale geological investigation with this look at rock layers and deposits.

Rock successions

Geology is the scientific study of the Earth, its origin, structure, processes and composition. This album features The Open University's Glynda Easterbrook and fellow geologist Tony Lee as they visit Northern Ireland to look at some amazing rock forms and some fascinating successions of different depositional environments. This material forms part of The Open University course S260 Geology.