Name: GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY AROUND DROITWICH, ABBERLEY AND KIDDERMINSTER
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GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY AROUND DROITWICH, ABBERLEY AND KIDDERMINSTER

by G.H. Mitchell; R.W. Pocock; J.H.. Taylor

Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1976

Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Geological Survey of Great Britain. An Explanation of One-Inch Geological Sheet 182, New Series. This book describes the geology of an attractive largely rural district in the West Midlands characterised by an undulating agricultural landscape developed for the most part on sandstones and marls of Old Red Sandstone and Triassic age. Orange cloth boards, black titles. B/w diagrams and photos. x and 137 pages including index.

Second impression (with amendments). Boards clean. Neat name & date in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned at spine, lightly worn to corners, lightly creased.

ISBN: 0118807625
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References are listed at the end of each chapter
PREFACE BY THE DIRECTOR
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
LIST OF SIX-INCH MAPS
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION
Geographical Range
Physiography
Geological Sequence
General Distribution of the Rocks
CHAPTER II. STRUCTURE
General Account
Tectonic History
Details
CHAPTER III. PRE-CAMBRIAN AND CAMBRIAN ROCKS
CHAPTER IV. SILURIAN ROCKS
General Account
Wenlock Series
Ludlow Series
Details
Wenlock series: Wenlock Shales. Wenlock Limestone,
Ludlow series: Lower Ludlow Shales. Aymestry Limestone, Upper Ludlow Shales
CHAPTER V. OLD RED SANDSTONE
General Account
Downton Series. Ditton Series. Brownstones.
CHAPTER VI. CARBONIFEROUS ROCKS: COAL MEASURES
General Account
Details
Productive Coal Measures. Old Hill (Etruria) Marl. Highley Beds. Keele Beds, Enville Beds. Bowhills Group. Clent Breccia
CHAPTER VII. TRIASSIC ROCKS
General Account
Bunter. Keuper. Rhaetic
Details
Bunter: Lower Mottled Sandstone. Bunter Pebble Beds. Upper Mottled Sandstone
Keuper: Lower Keuper Sandstone. Keuper Marl. Tea-green Marl
Rhaetic
CHAPTER VIII. JURASSIC ROCKS: LOWER LIAS
General Account
Details
CHAPTER IX. THE BROCKHILL DKYE
CHAPTER X. PLEISTOCENE AND RECENT
General Account
Details
Boulder Clay. Glacial Sand and Gravel. Head. Terraces. The Severn Valley. The Teme Valley. Pebble Spreads. Blown Sand. Calcareous Tufa. Landslips.
CHAPTER XI. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY
Brick and Tile Clays. Lime. Sand and Gravel. Brine. Building Stone. Road Metal. Underground Wqater Supply. Mineral Springs. Agriculture.
SELECTED LIST OF ADDITIONAL REFERENCES UPTO 1974
LIST OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PHOTOGRAPHS
INDEX