The Geology Of The Country Around Sudbury Suffolk Explanation Of Sheet 206

The district described in this memoir is typical of prosperous, rural East Anglia. The local economy and landscape are dominated by agriculture. Geology, at first glance, appears to be of minor importance as an influence on the scenery and on industry other than agriculture. However, it is the primary control on the nature and distribution of two major resources, aggregate and groundwater.

This Special Report comprehensively describes the stratigraphy and correlation of the Tertiary (Paleogene–Neogene) rocks of NW Europe and the adjacent Atlantic Ocean and is the summation of fifty years of research on Tertiary sediments by Chris King. His book is essential reading for all geologists who deal with Tertiary rocks across NW Europe, including those in the petroleum industry and geotechnical services as well as academic stratigraphers and palaeontologists. Introductory sections on chronostratigraphy, biostratigraphy and other methods of dating and correlation are followed by a regional summary of Tertiary sedimentary basins and their framework and an introduction to Tertiary igneous rocks. The third and largest segment comprises the regional stratigraphic summaries. Regions covered are the North Sea Basin, onshore areas of southern England and the eastern English Channel area, the North Atlantic margins (including non-marine basins in the Irish Sea and elsewhere) and the Paleogene igneous rocks of Scotland.

A new series, embracing annual "scientific results" and certain administrative statistics.