Garry Denke Posted August 13, 2003 Posted August 13, 2003 Stonehenge Whitestones and their Chronology with the Stonehenge Construction Materials of Wiltshire County, State of Great Britain, United Kingdom... The outcrop sedimentary rocks at Stonehenge are the Late Cretaceous, Santonian Age, calcium carbonates. The outcrop sedimentary rocks comprise the first construction material used by the Stonehenge builders. This material is approximately 85 million years old. These rocks are locally called the Seaford Chalk Formation (Stonehenge White Chalk). The oldest limestone sedimentary rocks at Stonehenge are the Mississippian Period (Early Carboniferous), Arundian Age, calcium carbonates. The Mississippian Period limestone sedimentary rocks comprise the first (1st) foreign construction material used by the Stonehenge builders. This material is approximately 340 million years old. These rocks are locally called the Birnbeck Limestone Formation (Stonehenge Whitestones). The volcanic rocks (oldest geologically) at Stonehenge are the Ordovician Period intrusive igneous diabases (dolerites), and extrusive igneous felsites (rhyolites) and tuffs (basic). The Ordovician Period igneous rocks comprise the second (2nd) foreign construction material used by the Stonehenge builders. This material is approximately 470 million years old. These rocks are locally called the Ordovician Volcanics (Stonehenge Bluestones). The oldest sandstone sedimentary rocks at Stonehenge are the Silurian and Devonian Period micaceous sandstones. The Silurian and Devonian Period sedimentary sandstone rocks comprise the third (3rd) foreign construction material used by the Stonehenge builders. This material is approximately 417 million years old. These rocks are locally called the Old Red Sandstone Formation (Stonehenge Coshestons). The youngest sandstone sedimentary rocks at Stonehenge are the Oligocene and Miocene Period silicates. The Oligocene and Miocene Period sandstone sedimentary rocks comprise the fourth (4th) foreign construction material used by the Stonehenge builders. This material is approximately 24 million years old. These rocks are locally called the Reading Formation (Stonehenge Sarsens). http://forums.researchersforum.gov.uk/showthread.php?postid=487#post487 http://www.discuss.ukfossils.info/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=13&TopicID=107&PagePosition=1 Chrono-Bibliography of the Stonehenge Whitestones (Early Carboniferous, Arundian Age, Birnbeck Limestone Formation) from Discovery to 1986... 1) Denke, G.W. 1975. Invertibrate Paleontology of the High Tor Limestone (Lower Carboniferous) and the Upper Senonian Chalk (Late Cretaceous) of Stonehenge. (Arizona State University) GDG, 75: 1-7. 2) Denke, G.W. 1977. Possible Source Areas of the High Tor Limestone (Early Mississippian) Fill of the Aubrey Holes and Heel Stone Ditch in Europe. (Arizona State University) GDG, 77: 1-24. 3) Beus, S.S. 1984. Fossil Associations in the High Tor Limestone (Lower Carboniferous) of South Wales. (Northern Arizona University) Journal of Paleontology, 58: 3; 651-667. 4) Denke, G.W. 1984. Mid-Dinantian (Waulsortian Facies) High Tor Limestone: The First Stones Transported to Stonehenge from the South Wales Coast. (Arizona State University) GDG, 84: 1-4. 5) Denke, G. 1984. Magnetic and Electromagnetic Surveys at Heelstone, Stonehenge, United Kingdom. (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) GDG, 84: 5-42 6) Lees, A. and Miller, J. 1985. Facies variatian in Waulsortian buildups, Part 2; Mid-Dinantian buildups from Europe and North America. (Revised) Geological Journal, 20: 159-180. 7) Geologist, Denke, G. 1986. The Paleontology of Stonehenge, England. (Arizona State University) GDG, 86: 1-3. [state of Texas, County of Stonewall, Deed Records, Volume 393, Page 851-853] http://groups.msn.com/StonehengeWhitestones http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StonehengeWhitestones Call For Papers
Guest RebeccaHastings Posted August 13, 2003 Posted August 13, 2003 Hey Garry, you forgot to post the 24 elder Mississippian Period (Early Carboniferous, Arundian Age) Birnbeck Limestone Formation fossil names of the chalk-like fill rammed inside the bottom one-half (1/2th) of the Heel Stone Ditch at Stonehenge, Great Britain, United Kingdom... 01) Aclisina 02) Aviculopecten 03) Bellerophon 04) Caninia cornucopiae 05) Chondrites 06) Cleiothyridina roissyi 07) Composita 08) Conocardium 09) Delepinea (Daviesiella) destinezi 10) Euphemites 11) Girvanella 12) Hapsiphyllum (Zaphrentis) konincki 13) Linoproductus 14) Megachonetes papilionaceous 15) Michelina grandis 16) Mourlonia 17) Murchisonia 18) Palaeosmilia 19) Plicochonetes 20) Rhipidomella michelini 21) Schellwienella cf. S. crenistria 22) Straparollus 23) Syringopora 24) Zoophycos And the Heel Stone and Heel Stone Ditch photo... http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/beckih@flash.net/vwp?.dir=/Travel&.dnm=101-0189_img.jpg&.src=ph&.view=t&.hires=t 'H'
NavajoEverclear Posted August 13, 2003 Posted August 13, 2003 who are you people invading this site? There is not room in this town for you, we villagers will chase you out with tourches. Or maybe just i will. Or maybe not. Welcome to Science Forums . net
Glider Posted August 13, 2003 Posted August 13, 2003 What do you mean 'State of Great Britain'? And what has this to do with biology?
Garry Denke Posted August 13, 2003 Author Posted August 13, 2003 Hey, thanks NavajoEverclear, for a minute there... you had me glidering... Thanks Speaking of Glider, paleontology is a branch of biology, and I was reading the Declaration of Independence the other day... "State of Great Britain"... Later
Sayonara Posted August 13, 2003 Posted August 13, 2003 Is there a point to this thread? Or are you just duplicating posts from other forums to increase Googlicity?
Garry Denke Posted August 13, 2003 Author Posted August 13, 2003 Originally posted by Sayonara³ Is there a point to this thread? Yes. Call for papers. Thank you.
atinymonkey Posted August 13, 2003 Posted August 13, 2003 Rebecca Hastings? I know that name *drums fingers on desk* Hrumph . Can't remember where from. Dammit. Either from Harrogate, or through Alex Moore. Archaeology person, I think. Probably different person though.
Sayonara Posted August 13, 2003 Posted August 13, 2003 Originally posted by Garry Denke Yes. Call for papers. Thank you. If you phrase it in a more obvious fashion I can turn it into an announcement for you.
Garry Denke Posted August 14, 2003 Author Posted August 14, 2003 You already did (above quote) and I thank you! Thanks! The pictured Counterscarp Bank, backfilled Heelstone Ditch and background ESE Mound are Stonehenge Whitestones. http://www.orionbeadling.net/CSCARPelev.jpg
Garry Denke Posted August 14, 2003 Author Posted August 14, 2003 Originally posted by Intelligence What the hell is this......... Hi Intelligence "Stonehenge Whitestones" are the Early Carboniferous white stone hauled to Stonehenge from the South Wales Coast, et al. In color, they look like the Late Cretaceous white chalk which crops out naturally at Stonehenge, but the biology-paleontology (fossils) say different. Call for papers, to supplement the above, this is, and perhaps discussion (hopefully). Thank you. Garry Denke
Sayonara Posted August 14, 2003 Posted August 14, 2003 By 'announcement' I mean like the Lorenz Transforms one here: http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=20
Garry Denke Posted August 14, 2003 Author Posted August 14, 2003 Originally posted by Sayonara³ By 'announcement' I mean like the Lorenz Transforms one here: http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=20 Nice announcement. Any discussion in an announcement? First Questions: Any theories on why the Phase I builders hauled Stonehenge Whitestones to construct the Counterscarp Bank originally surrounding the Main Ditch and Main Bank? Any theories on why Stonehenge is the only henge with a reversed Main Ditch and Bank (Cretaceous Main Bank on the inside, Carboniferous Counterscarp Bank on the outside)? Any theories on why the Phase I builders dug 56 Aubrey Holes and dumped the removed chalk material on the Main Bank? Closer?
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