Norman Berry Peake, 1921–2010, a chalk revolutionary. Issue 5 (October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gale, Andy
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. Volume 128:Issue 5/6(2017)
• Page Start: 829
• Page End: 839
• Publication Date: 2017-10
• Subjects: Norman Peake -- Chalk stratigraphy -- Southern England -- Echinocorys; Geology -- Periodicals; 550
• DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2017.07.008
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0016-7878

Abstract

Abstract: A brief biography of the Cretaceous geologist and bookseller Norman Peake is provided, as a late obituary, and to place his work in context. Norman's work on the stratigraphy of the English chalk was truly groundbreaking, in that he pioneered the publication of accurately drawn graphical logs of chalk, which led eventually to the widespread use of chalk lithostratigraphy in correlation and mapping. His important work on the echinoid Echinocorys, mostly never published, is also reviewed and extended.