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| geology, Cumbria | ||||
| county:- | Cumbria | |||
| also see:- |
 limekilns, Coniston Limestone Series limekilns, Cumbria glacial erratics, Cumbria musical stones, Cumbria stone walls, Cumbria
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| Simplified Rocks |
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| A simplified, crude, and possibly inaccurate geological map has been drawn for our
own everyday use, based on out of copyright material, therefore out of date. As the
rocks have not changed very much it is made available here, with all the warnings
above:- |
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| notes:- | Just to keep things in perspective:- |
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| A gentleman from Boston, USA, asked the driver of the Windermere to Keswick coach
if he thought the mountains grew bigger year by year:- |
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| "Yes, sir, I do. I've heeard mi fadder say at he heeard his fadded say at he could
remember at when he were nobbut a lad as Skidda were nobbut t' size of his Sunda'
hat." |
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| Baron 1925 |
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| notes:- | 23 geological maps at 1 to 50000 are needed to cover Cumbria, more of you want both
solid and drift. These are L12 each (2009). You can have smaller and larger scales;
available from the sales desk of the |
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| British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottinghamshire NG12 5GG |
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| All uptodate maps are copyright. |
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| references, Cumbria:- | Beware: these are just an amateur's findings, not a researched bibliography. |
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| Robinson, Thomas: 1709: Essay Towards a Natural History of Westmorland and Cumberland
...::: earliest geological description of the counties? Hutton, James: 1795: Theory of the Earth::: includes a description of a visit to The Lakes Fryer, Joseph Harrison: 1816: Geological Sketch of a Part of Cumberland and Westmorland: Philosophical Magazine Otley, Jonathan: 1823: Concise Description of the English Lakes::: essay on geology, revised in later editions Parson &White: 1829: Geology of the Lake District Sedgwick, Adam: 1831: Introduction to the General Structure of the Cumbrian Mountains: Transactions of the Geological Society of London: series 2 vol.4: pp.47-68 Sedgwick, Adam: 1832: On the Geological Relations of the Stratified and Unstratified Groups of Rocks Composing the Cumbrian Mountains: Proceedings of the Geological Society of London: vol.1: pp.399-401 Sedgwick, Adam 1835: Introduction to the General Structure of the Cumbrian Mountains: Transactiosn of the Geological Society of London: series 3 vol.3: pp.461-486 and plates |
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| :: Geological Map: Geological Survey:: sheets for Cumbria - 11 Longtown, 12 Bewcastle,
17 Carlisle, 18 Brampton, 19 Hexham, 22 Maryport, 23 Cockermouth, 24 Penrith, 25 Alston,
28 Whitehaven, 29 Keswick, 30 Appleby, 31 Brough, 37 Gosforth, 38 Ambleside, 39 Kendal,
40 Kirkby Stephen, 47 Bootle, 48 Ulverston, 49 Kirkby Lonsdale, 50 , 58 Barrow in
Furness Clark, J W &Hughes, T M: 1890: Life and Letters of the Reverend Adam Sedgwick: Cambridge University Press (Cambridgeshire) Cooper, M P &Stanley, C J: 1990: Minerals of the English Lake District; Caldbeck Fells: BMNH (London):: ISBN 0 565 01102 2 Cumming, J G, Professor: 1860: Geology of Cumberland and Westmoreland: Whellan:: published in Whellan 1860 Dodd, Mervyn (ed): 1982: Lakeland Rocks and Landscape: Ellenbank Press (Maryport, Cumbria):: SIBN 1 873551 03 7 Eastwood, T: 1967 (3rd edn): British Regional Geology; Northern England: (London) Eastwood, T & Dixon & Hollingworth, S E &Smith: 1967 (3rd edn): Memoirs of the Geological Survey of England and Wales; Whitehaven and Workington District Eastwood, T & Hollingworth, S E & Rose, W C C &Trotter, F M: 1968: Geological Memoirs of the Country Around Cockermouth and Caldbeck Hollingworth, S E: 1951: Influence of Glaciation of the Topography of the Lake District: Journal of the Institute of Water Engineers: vol.5 Hollingworth, S E: 1954: Geology of the Lake District: Proceedings of the Geological Association Kelly and Co (?): 1894 &1914: Geology of Westmorland: Kelly and Co Marr, J E: 1916: Geology of the Lake District: Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) Mitchell, G H: 1956: Geological History of the Lake District: Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society: vol.30 Mitchel, G H: 1970: Lake District; Geologists' Association Guide no.2: Geologists' Asspciation Monkhouse, F J: 1960: English Lake District Moseley, Frank (ed): 1990 (2nd edn): Lake District; Geologists' Association Guide no.2: Geologists' Association Oldroyd, David: 2002: Earth, Water, Ice and Fire; Two Hundred Years of Geological Research in the Lake District: Geological Society (London) Postlethwaite, J: 1913 (3rd edn): Mines and Mining in the Lake District: Moss and Sons (Whitehaven, Cumberland) Prosser, Robert: 1977: Geology Explained in the Lake District: David and Charles (Newton Abbot, Devon):: ISBN 0 7153 7397 8 Rooke, J: 1851: Geology of the Lake District::: in Mannex 1851 Shackleton, E H: 1966 &1971 (3rd edn): Lakeland Geology; Where to Go What to See: Dalesman Publishing Co (Clapham, Lancashire) Smith, Alan: 2008: Ice Age in the Lake District: Rigg Side Publications (Keswick, Cumbria):: ISBN 0 9544679 2 2 Smith, Alan: 2010: Lakeland Rocks: Rigg Side Books (Keswick, Cumbria):: ISBN 978 0 9544679 3 7 Smith, R A: 1974: Bibliography of Lake District Geology: Cumberland Geological Association Speakman, Colin: 1982: Adam Sedgwick, Geologist and Dalesman 1785-1872: Broad Oak Press &Geological Society of London (Lonson):: ISBN 0 90671601 2 Taylor, B J & Burgess, I C & Land, D H & Mille, D A C & Smith, D B &Warren, P T: 1971 (4th edn): British Regional Geology; Northern England: (London) |
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