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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 263,279 and part of 295 
Sheet title Inner Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary. 
Map type Pre-Quaternary Geology 
Scale 1:50 000 
Publication year 1996 
Author statement Onshore geology simplified from the BGS 1:50 000 Series Cardiff (263) Solid and Drift Geology sheet published in 1989 and Weston-super-Mare (279 and parts of 263 and 295) Solid and Drift Geology sheet published in 1980. Offshore geological interpretation by R.J.O. Hamblin, based on BGS surveys between 1972-79, on surveys conducted for the Severn Barrage Pre-Feasibility Study in 1979, and for the Severn Tidal Power Group in 1987. 
Published statement Published 1996. Print code: 96/1800. 
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