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The Avonian Inlier at Upper Vobster (Somerset)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

F. B. A. Welch
F. B. A. Welch
Affiliation:
Carnegie Teaching Fellow, University of St.Andrews
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THE inlier of Carboniferous Limestone, situate within the Coal Measure area at Upper Vobster, was the subject of much controversy in the past. It was not, however, until 1912 that Dr. T. F. Sibly settled this vexed question, and showed that the inlier was a mass of Carboniferous Limestone and “Millstone Grit” superimposed upon folded Coal Measures by thrust-faulting. His paper contains a very accurate map showing the extent of the quarries and strata exposed at the time: the latter now unfortunately having been removed by further quarrying.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 68 , Issue 9 , September 1931 , pp. 421 - 430
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1931

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page 421 note 1 Sibly, T. F., “The Faulted Inlier of Carboniferous Limestone at Upper Vobster (Somerset)”: Q.J.G.S., lxviii, 1912, 58–74. This paper contains a full bibliography of literature prior to his investigations and accordingly, such a list will be omitted from the present communication.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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page 428 note 2 Idem.

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