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The composite dike at Brockhill, Worcestershire1 (With Plate XXIII.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

J. H. Taylor
J. H. Taylor*
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Geological Survey of Great Britain
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At Brockhill in Worcestershire, some 11 miles west of Droitwieh, in the valley of the river Teme, a small dike of igneous rock is intruded into the red marls and sandstones of the Downtonian Series.

The dike was figured and described by Phillips in 1848. On the Old Series one-inch Sheet 55 N.E. it was indicated as having a very limited outcrop on the eastern side of the river Teme; but a report of an excursion to Brockhill in 1874 records the presence of igneous rock on the opposite bank. The intrusion was examined during the resurvey on the six-inch scale of the New Series one-inch map, Sheet 182 (Droitwich), and is of interest both on account of its petrographic character and its remoteness from other igneous rocks. It has recently been traced by magnetic methods for a distance of over three-quarters of a mile.

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Research Article
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Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 25 , Issue 169 , June 1940 , pp. 538 - 549
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1940

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Published by permission of the Director, Geological Survey of Great Britain.

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