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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 168 
Sheet title Birmingham. 
Map type Solid and Drift 
Scale 1:50 000 
Publication year 1996 
Author statement Original geological survey by A.C. Ramsey, J.B. Jukes, E. Hull, H.H. Howell and W. Gibson; published on 1:63 360 scale sheets 54 NW, 54 NE, 62 SW and 62 SE in 1855-1898. Resurveyed on the 1:10 560 scale by T.C. Cantrill, C.H. Cunnington, T. Eastwood, T.H. Whitehead, W. Gibson, T. Robertson and G. Barrow in 1911-1922; published 1924. Minor revisions by G.H. Mitchell and R.H. Hoare, 1952-53, and E.G. Poole, 1967. Second resurvey on 1:10 000 scale by J.H. Powell, B.W. Glover, C.N. Waters, D.P. Piper, R.A. Old, M.G. Sumbler, R.J.O. Hamblin, M.R. Henson and D. Wilson in 1978-92, and K. Taylor in 1965. Seismic interpretation and geophysical information by N.J.P. Smith and C.P. Royles, 1995. G.A. Kellaway, A.J. Wadge, J.I. Chisholm, T.J. Charsley, Regional Geologists. 
Published statement Released 1996. Electrostatic colour plot. [No print code]. 
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