Geological notes and local details for 1:10 000 sheet TM 49 NW : Thurlton : part of 1:50 000 sheet 162 (Great Yarmouth)

摘要

This report describes the geology of the 1:10,000 sheet TM 49 NW (Figure 1)udwhich is included i n the l:5O,OOO Great Yarmouth (162) geological map. Theudarea was first surveyed by J H Blake and C Reid as part of the Old Series oneinchudsheets 67 SE (JHB) and 66 SE (CR/JHB) published i n 1882 and 1881udrespectively. The primary six-inch survey of the Thurlton area was made byudP M Hopson in 1985 under the direction of D r R G Thurrell, Programme Manager,udEastern England Land Survey. Uncoloured dye-line copies of the map can beudobtained from the British Geological Survey, Keyworth.udThe area described covers part of the broad valley near the confluence of theudlower Yare and Waveney rivers, together with some gently undulating countryudwhich rises towards the south west to a plateau founded on boulder clay.