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The Carboniferous Limestone of Breedon Cloud, Leicestershire, and the associated Inliers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

G. H. Mitchell  and
C. J. Stubblefield
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Eight inliers of Carboniferous Limestone are situated between Ashby de la Zouch and Melbourne on the northeastern side of the Leicestershire Coalfield. They may conveniently be divided into a western group consisting of the Ticknall, Calke, and Dimminsdale exposures, all of which occupy comparatively low ground in valleys, and an easterly group, Breedon Hill, Breedon Cloud, Barrow Hill, Osgathorpe, and Grace Dieu. The first three of the latter group form prominent hills rising above the Triassic rocks which surround them. They are also remarkable for the high dips in the rocks composing them. In the other inliers dips of less than 15° are the rule, while dips of about 5° are common.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 78 , Issue 3 , June 1941 , pp. 201 - 219
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1941

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