Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Goudie, Andrew
• Migoń, Piotr

Titel

The Peak District

Ist Teil von

• Landscapes and Landforms of England and Wales, 2020, p.393-416

Ort / Verlag

Switzerland: Springer

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The Peak DistrictPeak district is a landscape of contrasts—bleak moorland plateaux with escarpmentsEscarpment (edges) and deep valleys of the Dark PeakDark Peak and Eastern Moors; dales and cavesCaves of the White PeakWhite Peak fashioned out of limestonesLimestone, sandstonesSandstone (gritstones), and shales—all modified by glacial, periglacial and paraglacialParaglacial processes during QuaternaryQuaternary ice ages. The Dark PeakDark Peak is especially vulnerable to landslidesLandslide and other mass movementsMass movements; several well-known deep-seated landslides have occurred there. Karstification of the White PeakWhite Peak limestones has created a prime example of relictKarst and karstic terrainfluviokarst karrenfluviokarstFluviokarst and extensive cave systems, many of which contain fine displays ofSpeleothemspeleothemsKarst and karstic terrainspeleothems. Humans have exploited the rock and mineral resources of the Peak DistrictPeak district, mining for lead, copper, fluorspar and other minerals, with limestoneLimestone aggregates and sandstoneSandstone building stones being the chief current commodities. Mining and quarrying have produced human-made landforms: mine shafts, spoil heaps, quarries. Balancing the region’sLandscape conservation and managementgeological heritagegeological heritageGeological heritage with tourism and the livelihoods of residents presents a challenge for geoconservation efforts.