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On Silurian and Cambrian Rocks encountered in a Deep Boring at Walsall, South Staffordshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

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This paper records the succession which was encountered in a boring made during 1935 at Walsall, South Staffordshire. The site of the boring is precisely indicated in Text-fig. 1.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1937

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page 244 note 1 The piece of core showing this surface is in the Geological Museum of the University of Birmingham.

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