Geology of London, UK

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-45

  Royse, Katherine R ^a   De Freitas, Mike ^b,c   Burgess, William G ^d   Cosgrove, John ^c   Ghail, Richard C ^c   Gibbard, Phil ^e   King, Chris ^f   Lawrence, Ursula ^g   Mortimore, Rory N ^h   Owen, Hugh ⁱ   Skipper, Jackie ^j  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b First Steps Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f Crossrail Ltd ^*  (United Kingdom)

^g TRANSPORT FOR LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^j GEOTECHNICAL CONSULTING GROUP   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Chalk; Eocene thames group; Geological structures; Ground engineering impacts; London basin Forum; Paleogene lambeth group and thanet sand formation; Pre gault and gault sediments; Quaternary clay with flints and river deposits

Indexed keywords

CHALK; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; EOCENE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GROUND CONDITIONS; UPPER CRUST;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84855979559     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2011.07.005     Document Type: Review

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