List of geological folds in Great Britain

Terminology

List of folds

Key to table

• Column 1 indicates the name of the fold. Some variant spellings are recorded between sources.
• Column 2 indicates the county in which the fold occurs. Some traverse two or more counties of course.
• Column 3 indicates in which of the constituent countries of Great Britain the fold lies.
• Column 4 indicates on which 1:50,000 or 1" scale geological map sheet published by the British Geological Survey the fold is shown and named. 'E&W' signifies the series of sheets published to cover England and Wales. A handful of maps at other scales are also listed where they depict the feature concerned.
• Column 5 indicates a selection of publications in which references to the fold may be found. See references section for full details of publication.

List of Disturbances

Maps

• 1:625,000 scale geological map 2007, Bedrock Geology UK North, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Notts
• 1:625,000 scale geological map 2007, Bedrock Geology UK South, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Notts
• 1:250,000 scale geological map Mid Wales and the Marches, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Notts
• various of 1:50,000 scale geological maps of England and Wales, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Notts
• 1:50,000 scale geological map; Scotland Special Sheet Assynt, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Notts
• 1:50,000 scale geological map; Special Sheet Isle of Man, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Notts

  Books

• Aitkenhead, N. et al. 2002. British Regional Geology: the Pennines and adjacent areas British Geological Survey, Nottingham
• Barclay, W.J. 2011 Geology of the Swansea District - a brief explanation of the geological map Sheet explanation of the British Geological Survey 1:50K sheet 247 Swansea
• Barton et al. 2011. Geology of South Dorset and South-east Devon and its World Heritage Coast, Special Memoir of the British Geological Survey
• Brenchley, P.J. & Rawson, P.F. 2006. The Geology of England and Wales, The Geological Society, London
• Cope, J.C.W. 2012 GA Guide no 22: Geology of the Dorset Coast, Geologists' Association,
• Emeleus, C.H. & Bell, B.R. 2005. British Regional Geology:the Palaeogene volcanic districts of Scotland British Geological Survey, Nottingham
• Goodenough, K.M. & Krabbendam, M. 2011 A Geological Excursion Guide to the North-west Highlands of Scotland, Edinburgh Geological Society,
• Green, G.W. 1992 British Regional Geology: Bristol and Gloucester Region, London, HMSO for British Geological Survey
• Hains, B.A. & Horton, A., 1969 British Regional Geology: Central England, London, HMSO for British Geological Survey
• Johnstone, G.S. & Mykura, W., 1989 British Regional Geology: The Northern Highlands of Scotland, London: HMSO for the British Geological Survey
• Kent, P., Gaunt, G.D. & Wood, C.J., 1980. British Regional Geology:Eastern England from the Tees to The Wash, London HMSO
• Mykura, W. 1976 British Regional Geology: Orkney and Shetland, Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh: HMSO for the British Geological Survey
• Plant, J.A., Jones, D.G. & Haslam H.W. 1999 The Cheshire Basin: basin evolution, fluid movement and mineral resources in a Permo-Triassic rift setting, British Geological Survey, Nottingham
• Smith et al. 2005 Structure & Evolution of the south-west Pennine Basin and adjacent area. Subsurface memoir of the British Geological Survey.
• Stone et al. 2010. British Regional Geology: Northern England British Geological Survey, Nottingham
• Toghill, P. 2006 Geology of Shropshire Crowood Press, Wilts
• Trewin, NH 2002. The Geology of Scotland. The Geological Society, London
• Warren et al. 1984, Geology of the country around Rhyl and Denbigh, Mem Br Geol Svy, sheets 95 and 107
• Webby, B.D. 1965 Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. volume 76, part 1
• Welch, F.B.A. & Trotter, F.M. 1961 Geology of the Country around Monmouth and Chepstow, HMSO