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Contents
| Editor’s Notes | 148 |
| A Field Guide to the Penrith Sandstone in the northern part of the Vale of Eden, E Skipsey | 149 |
| Did the West Cumbrian hematite deposits form during the break up of the Pangean supercontinent?, Dr J Rowe | 164 |
| Thomas Hay, Lake District physiographer, Dr R Clark | 171 |
| Origin and significance of a Late Devensian meltwater channel system near Aughertree Fel, northern Cumbria, D Swift | 183 |
| The recent investigations into the Quaternary geology of West Cumbria, Dr R Clark & Dr A Smith | 203 |
| Building stones of some areas of West Cumbria, M Dodd, M Fox, K & Dr A Smith | 226 |
| EXCURSION NOTES | 253 |
| The Skiddaw Group in the Buttermere area, Dr Barry Webb | 253 |
| Geology of the Scawgill – Spout Force area, Dr Alan Smith | 254 |
| Limestone features of the eastern fringe of the Lake District, Tom Shipp | 255 |
| Glacigenic features and Coal Measures, Mockerkin and Dean Moor, Dr Mike McCormac | 256 |
| Geology of the south Solway coast (Maryport to Dubmil Point), Dennis Dickins | 258 |
| Sandstones and fluvial features of the lower Calder Valey, Mervyn Dodd & David Livesey | 259 |
| The Low Furness Ordovician Inlier, Dr Eric Johnson | 262 |
| The RIGS site at Aughertree Fell, Fred Lawton | 265 |
| The west Cumbrian iron ore field, Mervyn Dodd & David Kelly | 266 |
| The RIGS sites in Wasdale, David Livesey | 269 |
| The Lower Carboniferous in the Shap district, Eric Skipsey | 270 |
| Geology of the Sedbergh area, Alan Diggles | 271 |
| The RIGS sites at Crummock Water, Alan Smith | 272 |
| The Carboniferous and Permo-Triassic of west Cumbria, Mervyn Dodd & David Kelly | 273 |
| List of other excursions held in 1996-97 | 275 |
| LECTURE NOTES | 277 |
| The Glacial Deposits of the North of England: The Engineers View, David Hughes | 277 |
| The Dynamic Landscape of Greenland, Will Higgs | 280 |
| Traces of laepetus – The disappearing ocean, Dr Phil Stone | 281 |
| Copper mines of the Lake District, Dave Bridge | 284 |
| The restoration of mineral workings, Dr David Kinsman | 286 |
| CGS Lectures at Tullie House, CGS Members | 288 |
| North Sea oil and gas, Dr Richard Swarbrick | 289 |
| Rocks and Glaciers in Arctic Norway, Tom Shipp | 291 |
| Deep geology and fault re-activation in northern England, Dr Andy Chadwick | 293 |
| Minerals of Cumbria and the North Pennines: A brief collecting guide, Tony Rigby | 295 |
| The Pattern of English Building, Prof E. Robinson | 297 |
| Annual General Meetings, 1997-98 | 299 |
| Annual Dinners, 1996-97 | 299 |
| Obituaries | 300 |
| Donations | 301 |
| LIST OF SOCIETY OFFICERS AND COUNCIL – 1997 & 1998 | 302 |