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Contents
Editor’s Notes	4
ORIGINAL ARTICLES	5
White Limestone deposition in north-west Cumbria, A. D. Thurlow	5
Cumbria Rigs Group, M. Dodd	35
Book Review – The structure and evolution of the Northumberland-Solway Basin and adjacent areas, E. Skipsey	41
Alluvial fans in the Buttermere-Crummock Valley, Dr A. Smith	47
EXCURSION NOTES	63
Sedimentary variations in the Fifth to White Limestones – A. Thurlow	63
The graptolites of Dobb’s.Linn – Dr. E. N. Clarkson & C. Taylor	67
The Skiddaw Group above Loweswater – M. Dodd	69
Silurian and Carboniferous rocks in the Langholm area – I. Gray	70
Upper Carboniferous of the Cockermouth area – M. Boland	73
Carboniferous Limestone exposures along the Dalton-in-Furness by-pass – D. Leviston	75
The St Bees Sandstone at Hawcoat Quarry – B. Neil	77
The Windermere Group in the Troutbeck area – Dr A. Bell	80
Glacial sediments around St Bees – J. Merritt	82
Mineral deposits of the Coniston Coppermines Valley – B. Young	84
Geology from the Cycleway – M. Dodd	87
Glacial landforms of the Western Pennines – Dr W.Mitchell	89
The Latterbarrow Sandstone – D. Kelly	91
The Geology of the Vale of Eden – E. Skipsey & Dr S.Munro	94
Ashfell Edge – A. Day	99
List of other excursions held in 1994 – 1995	101
LECTURE NOTES
The geology and scenery of north-west Scotland – Joe Crossley	103
Geological aspects of the A66 trunk road improvement – David O’Farrell	106
The recent geological investigations around the Sellafield area – Dr Bob Chaplow	108
Current thoughts on the Coal Measures in Cumbria – Dennis Dickins	112
Plate tectonics, volcanic islands & pygmy elephants – Dr Martyn Pedley	114
Quaternary landforms of Upper Edenside – Dr Wishart Mitchell	118
The glaciation of the northern Pennines – Dr Angus Lunn	120
Holes in the ground – Ian Williamson	125
Geological mapping and prospecting from space – Dr John Moore	126
Problems in the reconstruction of past climates – Margaret Fox	130
Palaeokarst, pits and problems – Dr Peter Vincent	134
Progress of survey mapping in West Cumbria – Mike McCormac	136
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS – 1995 & 1996	139
ANNUAL DINNERS – 1994 & 1995	139
OBITUARIES	140
SOCIETY BEQUESTS	142
LIST OF SOCIETY OFFICERS AND COUNCIL – 1995 & 1996	143

Contents
Editorial	279
Towards an integrated model for hematite mineralization at the margins of the East Irish sea basin. Stephen F Crowley	280
How tough are the Lake District’s accretionary lapilli? Clive Boulter	326
A note on the occurrence and characteristics of small-scale sorted patterened ground in tarn-bed gravels at Beck Head, western Lake District. Peter Wilson	335
Landforms, tectonics and mines of the Hartley Fell side. Noel Pearson	343
Local Geological Sites (LGS) and the work of the Cumbria Geoconservation Group (CGC). Sylvia Woodhead	361
Field research projects	365
Excursion reports 2014	377
Excursion reports 2015	385
Lecture meetings winter 2014/15	398
Lecture meetings winter 2015/16	399
Annual dinners	400
Officers and council of the society	401
Obituary	403

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