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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 290 
Sheet title Dover. 
Map type Solid and Drift 
Scale 1:50 000 
Publication year 1977 
Author statement Original geological survey on the one-inch scale by W. Whitaker, published on Old Series Sheet 3 in 1868 (new edition showing post-Tertiary deposits in 1875, revised in 1889); additions by H.G. Dines and F.H. Edmunds, transferred to New Series Sheet 290, published in 1928. Reprinted with National Grid in 1950. Resurveyed on the six-inch scale by E.R. Shephard-Thorn, G. Bisson. F.H. Edmunds and J.G.O. Smart in 1951, 1953 and 1960-61. F.H. Edmunds and S.C.A. Holmes, District Geologists. 
Published statement 2nd Colour Printed Edition. Reprinted at 1:50 000 scale 1977. Print code: 1250/77. 
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