Keswick district map pack - Sheet Explanation for sheet E29 plus 1:50 000 (S&D) map [Booklet and Map Pack]
Price £18.00(no VAT)
This pack contains a Sheet Explanation for the district and the complementary 1:50 000 scale Bedrock Geology and Superficial Deposits map (folded). Sheet Explanations provide a brief description and interpretation of the geology of the relevant map sheet area.
The A5 Sheet Explanation booklet and the map are supplied in a transparent wallet. While it is possible to buy the map and Sheet Explanation separately, buying them together as map pack saves you £3.
The Keswick district lies in the northern part of the Lake District National Park. The topography is dominated by the highest fells, Skiddaw and Helvellyn. The lakes of Loweswater, Crummock Water, Buttermere, Derwent Water and Thirlmere lie within the book's area. After a long history, mining and quarrying have now ceased but the evidence of these activities can clearly be seen in the landscape. The solid geology is dominated by 495 to 450 million years old sedimentary and volcanic rocks of Ordovician age but in the extreme north-east of the district are areas of younger rocks (Devonian and early Carboniferous). This resurvey has vastly improved the understanding of the lithostratigraphy - especially of the Skiddaw Group. New formations and members in the overlying Borrowdale Volcanic Group are also described. [Booklet and Map Pack]
Author Woodhall, D.G.
Format Booklet and Map Pack
ISBN XEM029SEM
Sheet(s) Covered E029
Year Published 2001
