Map record details
| Map series | Geological Survey of England and Wales 1:63,360/1:50,000 geological map series, New Series |
|---|---|
| Sheet number | 172 |
| Sheet title | Ramsay. |
| Map type | Solid and Drift |
| Scale | 1:50 000 |
| Publication year | 1994 |
| Author statement | Original one-inch survey (1864-86), published on Old Series One-inch sheets 51 NW, 52 NE, 64 SE and 65 SW. Original six-inch survey by A.C.G. Cameron, 1893-94. Revision survey at six-inch scale by R.L. Sherlock, 1936, S.E. Hollingsworth, 1937-39, J.E. Prentice and P.A. Sabine,1945, B.C. Coppack and A. Horton, 1968, J.W. Ridgway and R.J. Wyatt, 1976, and E.R. Shephard-Thorn, 1979. Revision at 1:25 000 scale by R.W. Gallois, published in Mineral Assessment Report 124, 1983.Soil mapping by the Soil Survey of England and Wales (now the Soil Survey and Land Research Centre, Cranfield University): SheetTL18E/28W (Stilton) 1981 by R.G.O. Burton and R.S. Seale, and Sheet 135 (Cambridge and Ely) 1976 by R.S. Seale, C.A. Hodge and J.A. Pollock. Geological interpretation by J.I. Chisholm, 1993. Compiled and updated by J.I. Chisholm, using satellite imagery, borehole records and topographic maps, 1994. E.R. Shephard-Thorn and R.W. Gallois, Regional Geologists. |
| Published statement | Published 1994. Electrostatic colour plot. 1:50 000 provisional series. |
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