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Map series Geological Survey of England and Wales 1:63,360/1:50,000 geological map series, New Series 
Sheet number 48 
Sheet title [Ulverston]. 
Map type Solid and Drift 
Scale 1:50 000 
Publication year 1997 
Author statement Original geological survey at 1:10 560 scale by W.T. Aveline and A.G. Cameron; published at 1:63 360 scale Sheet 98SW (New Series Sheet 48) in 1877. Part resurveyed at 1:10 560 scale by W.C.C. Rose and K.C. Dunham; sheet SD 27 with parts of SD 17 and SD 37 published at 1:25 000 scale in 1977. Resurveyed at 1:10 000 scale by E.W. Johnson, D. Millward and B. Young 1983-94; N.J. Soper (Project Leader), I.C. Burgess, B.C. Kneller and R.W. Scott 1988-94, under NERC contract to Sheffield and Leeds universities; by N.A. Mathieson 1983-86, BGS/Sheffieid University CASE Studentship and by A.M. Bell 1989, under BGS contract. Additional contributions by M.K. Lee (Geophysics), A.W.A. Rushton, S.G. Molyneux, D.E. White and M. Mitchell (Biostratigraphy) and N.J. Fortey and S.R. Hirons (Metamorphism). Offshore geological information modified from Barnes, et al. 1994; Proceedings Yorkshire Geological Society, volume 50. P. M. Allen, D.H. Land and D.J. Fettes, Regional Geologists. 
Published statement Published 1997. Print code: 97/1800. 
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