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Memoir 13

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This full colour atlas traces the palaeogeographical evolution of the British Isles and surrounding areas from late Precambrian times through to the present day - an interval of approximately 1,000,000,000 years. the only work of comparable scope, Wills' classic Palaeogeographical Atlas of the British Isles was published before the advent of plate tectonic theory and the offshore exploration programme, so that this publication provides a completely new stratigraphical overview of the geology of the British Isles in the context of modern earth sciences.

The Atlas breaks new ground by displaying a series of detailed Precambrian and early Palaeozoic maps; these comprise a sequence of structural timeframes that illustrate the evolution of the British Isles area as a collage of suspect terranes on either side of the lapetus Ocean. This highly mobilistic approach to British Palaeozoic geology incorporates the latest ideas on terrane boundaries and is quite unlike any previously published work. Maps for later periods incorporate the latest available information for the offshore area.
A team of over 30 specialist contributors working under the auspices of the Geological Society Stratigraphy Committee has produced colour maps for each geological period at time intervals chosen to exhibit best the evolution of the British Isles area. Each map is accompanied by a 'running commentary' text printed on its facing page.

This publication represents a major benchmark in UK and provides an important reference work for earth scientists throughout the world.