Proceedings 1977-78 Part 1

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Contents

A Study of Four Localities in the Martin Limestone
(Lower Carboniferous, Dinantian) of Furness and.
Grange over Sands, D. Leviston
Page 3
A New Assessment of the Stratigraphy of the Skiddaw
Group along the Northern Edge of the Main Skiddaw
Inlier, D. E. Jackson
21
Pre-Devensian Weathered Tills near Threlkeld Common,
Keswick, Cumbria, J.Boardman
33
The Redbum Fluorspar Mine in Weardale45
The Carboniferous Limestones of the area around
Caldbeck and Uldale
46
A Field Week in the Isle of Arran51
The Armboth Dyke59
Weekend Excursion to thejSettle-Skipton region62
The Ordovician and Silurian Rocks of Kentmere and
Longsleddale
67
Other Excursions and Short Evening Excursions69
The Study of Limestones by Stain and Peel Techniques70
The Evolution of the Structure of the Lake District71
The Outlook for World Energy75
The History of Haematite Mining in West Cumbria76
The Deep Structure of Northern England77
The History and Exploration of Potash Deposits in North East England78
The Background to the Dinosaurs80
Radio-Carbon Dating and the Last Glaciation82
Exploration of the British Continental Shelf83
OBITUARIES: H.A.White and R.H.Hewitt86
ANNUAL DINNERS: 14th April, 1978 and 28th April, 197988
THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS90
BOOK LIST AND NOTICES100