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Bartholomew c1900
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Geological Map of the British Isles, scale about 63 miles to
1 inch, published by John Bartholomew, Edinburgh, about
1900?
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REFERENCE TO COLOURING
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The layout of eras, periods, etc is unclear. The strata
are:-
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RECENT
--- 18 Alluvium
CAINOZOIC OR TERTIARY
--- 17/16 Pliocene, Oligocene, and Eocene /
Upper and Lower
MESOZOIC OR SECONDARY
- Cretaceous
--- 15 Wealden
--- 14 Oolites
- Jurassic
--- 13 Lias
--- 12 Keuper
- Triassic
--- 11 Bunter
--- 10 Magnesian Limestone
PALAEOZOIC OR PRIMARY
- Permian
--- 9 Red Marls
- Carboniferous
--- 8 Coal Measures
--- 7 Millstone Grit, Culm Measures
--- 6 Carboniferous Limestone
- [Devonian]
--- 5 Devonian and Old Red Sandstone
- [Silurian]
--- 4 Upper Silurian
--- 3 Lower Silurian
- [Cambrian]
--- 2 Cambrian
PRE CAMBRIAN
--- 1 Torridonian, including Uriconian and
Longmynd
--- M Crystalline Schists of various ages
including Lewisian or Hebridian Gneiss
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--- [] Igneous
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