{"title":"Beachcombing in Morecambe, Lancashire, northwest England","authors":"S. Kenneth Donovan","doi":"10.1111/gto.12528","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Can a beachcomber be a geologist in the absence of <i>in situ</i> rock exposures? I say yes, particularly for those of us with a fondness for <i>Aktuo Paläontologie</i>, the interpretation of modern shell remains as if they are fossils. Modern dead shells can provide a wealth of thought-provoking information, confirming that the present is, indeed, the key to the past.</p>","PeriodicalId":100581,"journal":{"name":"Geology Today","volume":"41 5","pages":"215-218"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Geology Today","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gto.12528","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Can a beachcomber be a geologist in the absence of in situ rock exposures? I say yes, particularly for those of us with a fondness for Aktuo Paläontologie, the interpretation of modern shell remains as if they are fossils. Modern dead shells can provide a wealth of thought-provoking information, confirming that the present is, indeed, the key to the past.