This latest memoir concentrates on the area between the Bowland Fells and Longridge Fell in the east to the coastal plain of the Fylde in the west. The information provided will prove useful for those involved in the search for natural resources such as oil and gas in Lancashire. Also it will be useful for engineers and planners in a district crossed by major arterial road and rail routes as well as vital oil, gas and water pipelines. The area's comprehensive geological history is described and clearly illustrated through sketch maps and colour photographs.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

A detailed account of the geology shown on the complementary 1: 50 000 (or earlier 1: 63 360) geological map(s)

This text provides a snap-shot of current understanding on the petroleum geology of the East Irish Sea and adjacent areas.

Most geoscientists are aware of recent IT developments, but cannot spend time on obscure technicalities. Few have considered their implications for the science as a whole. Yet the information industry is moving fast: electronic delivery of hyperlinked multimedia; standards to support interdisciplinary and geographic integration; new models to represent and visualize our concepts, and control and manage our activities; plummeting costs that force the pace. To stay on course, the scientist needs a broad appreciation of the complex and profound interactions of geoscience and IT, not previously reviewed in a single work.The book brings together ideas from many sources, some probably unfamiliar, that bear on the geoscience information system. It encourages readers to give thought to areas that, for various reasons, they have taken for granted, and to take a view on forces affecting geoscience, the consequences for themselves and their organisations, and the need to reconsider, adapt and rebuild.Practicing geoscientists with a general interest in how IT will affect their work and influence future directions of the science; geoscientists familiar with IT applications in their own specialist field who need a broader perspective; and students or educators specializing in IT applications in geoscience who require a top-down overview of their subject will find this title valuable. The IT background from this book should help geoscientists build a strategy for the new century.

A detailed account of the geology shown on the complementary 1: 50 000 (or earlier 1: 63 360) geological map(s)