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Map series Geological Survey of England and Wales, Horizontal sections 
Sheet number 139 
Sheet title Horizontal section 139. Section along the Western Escarpment of the Wolds, illustrating the overlap of the Cretaceous Rocks, from the Oolites of Malton, Langton, Burythorpe, Leavening, Acklam, and Kirkby Underdale, across the Lias and the Keuper Marl of Bishop Wilton, Kildwick Percy, Londesbrough, and Market Weighton, to the Oolites of Sancton, Newbald, South Cave, and Brough on the Humber by C. Fox-Strangways. Reference geological maps 86, 93 N.E., S.E., 94 S.W., 96 S.E.; and 124, 142, 159,176, 193, 194, 209, 224, 238a, Yorkshire, 6-inch. 
Scale 1:10 560 
Publication year 1884 
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Author statement C. Fox-Strangways 
Published statement Published at the Geological Survey Office, London, December 1884 
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