A Delineation of the Strata of England and Wales with part of Scotland exhibiting the Collieries and Mines, the Marshes and Fen Lands originally overflowed by the Sea and the varieties of soil according to the variations of the Substrata, illustrated by the most descriptive names
Description'Strata of England and Wales' The William Smith Geological Map - High Resolution YORYM 2004 25.jpg
A high resolution scan of William Smith's pioneering geological map of Britain.
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Explanation London Clay of Harrow, Highgate and Shooters Hills Clay and Brickearth, with some Sand and Gravel Sand and light Loam Chalk Green Sand, parallel to the Chalk Blue Marl, or Oaktree Soil Purbeck Stone, Kentish Rag, and Limestone of the Vale of Pickering Iron Sand or Carstone Clunch Clay and Shale, Vales of North Wilts and Bedford Cornbrash Limestone Forest Marble and Clay Great Oolyte, or Barth Freestone Under Oolyte Blue Marl Pastures of the Midland Counties Blue and White Lias Limestones Red Marl, Millstone and Brecciated Limestone Magnesian Limestone Coalmeasures.....Penant paving Grindstones and Millstones The Coal resting on Sandtone Derbyshire Limestone Red and Dunstone Breccon and the Southe Eastern Part of Scotland various alternations of Hardstone, Limestone and Slate Killas and Slate of Cornwall, Devon, Wales, Westmoreland, and Scotland Granit, Sienite and Gniess Canals marked by strong lines thus Tunnels Rail Roads Other Roads Collieries Lead Mines Copper Dep Tin Dep Salt and Alum Works The Figures shew the Altitude in Feet above the Level of the Sea Salt Works in the Redland of Cheshire, ......Shirlywich near Stafford and Droitwich near Worcester
height: 260 cm (102.3 in); width: 184 cm (72.4 in)
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