Geology of the Etwall area : 1:10,000 sheet SK23SE, part of 1:50,000 sheet 141 (Loughborough) and a minor part of Sheet 140 (Burton upon Trent)

摘要

This account describes the geology of the north flank of the Dove valley from the easternudneighbourhood of Hilton to the A38 and Willington Hill. The area also encompasses theudgenerally sparsely populated ground to the north which rises locally to hills up to c. 90 m aboveudOD and is dissected by the valleys of Etwall Brook and its tributaries. The geology is depictedudon 1 : 10 000 sheet SK 23 SE (Etwall; Figure 1). Most of the area covered by the sheet forms partudof 1 :50 000 Geological Sheet 141 (Loughborough) although a narrow strip along its westernudmargin falls onto 1:50 000 Sheet 140 (Burton upon Trent).