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Contents
| Editor’s Note | 4 |
| The Geology and Mineralisation of the Force Crag Mine, Cumbria, B. Young and Dr.A.H. Cooper | 5 |
| Wavellite and Variscite from Scar Crag Cobalt Mine, Cumbria, B. Young | 13 |
| Pattern & Order in the Lake District Landscape, Dr.R. Clark | 17 |
| The Solway Basin: its evolution and energy potential, E. Skipsey | 35 |
| The Skiddaw Group near Loweswater, Dr.P.M. Allen | 47 |
| Excursion to the Kirkby-in-Furness area, D. Kelly | 49 |
| Excursion to Hawkshead Hill and Appletreeworth, Dr.J.D. Gunner | 52 |
| Geology of the Walna Scar area, D. Leviston | 53 |
| Excursion to Wanlockhead, E. Smithson | 54 |
| Granophyre-Granite-B.V.G. boundaries in Wasdale, F. Jones | 55 |
| Glacial and periglacial geomorphology around Keswick, Dr.J. Boardman | 58 |
| Excursion to Langholm and Newcastleton areas, I. Gray | 61 |
| Alston Moor glaciation, Dr.A.G. Lunn | 64 |
| Excursion to Eskdale and Birker Fell, Dr.E.W. Johnson | 64 |
| Field Excursion to Shap Wells district, E. Skipsey | 70 |
| The Volcanics of Upper Eskdale, Dr.D. MilIward | 71 |
| The Cross Fell Inlier, Dr.R.C. Wright | 75 |
| The Lower Carboniferous near Orton, A. Day | 78 |
| The old mines of the Roughton Gill valley, F. Lawton and M. Sanderson | 81 |
| Glacial, periglacial and other features in Dovedale and at Little Hart Crag, Dr.R. Clark | 82 |
| The Evolution of Northern England during the Permian Period, Dr.D.B. Smith | 90 |
| The Geochemical Evolution and Geothermal Potential of U.K. Granites with particular reference to the Lake District, Prof.G.C. Brown | 92 |
| Facies variations within the Basal Lower Carboniferous clastic rocks in East Cumbria, Dr.R.N. Kimber | 98 |
| Rocks, relief and glaciation in the Lake District, Dr. R. A. Smith | 106 |
| The Lakes and Tarns of Cumbria, Dr R.A. Smith | 110 |
| Caldera Volcanoes past and future, Dr. R. Macdonald | 112 |
| Some aspects of the Geology and Geography of Svalbard, T. Shipp | 113 |
| OBITUARIES | 121 |
| ANNUAL DINNERS, 1986 and 1987 | 121 |
| ACCOUNTS, 1986 and 1987 | 122 |
| ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS, 1987 and 1988 | 124 |
| LISTS OF OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY, 1987 and 1988 | 124 |