The Sand and Gravel Resources of the Country Around Southend-On
INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES Mineral Assessment Report $6 Natural Environment Research Council The sand and gravel resources of the country around Southend-on-Sea, PART 2 Essex TO 79 8 Wickford Part 1 North-east of 7 Basildon Southend-on-Sea Description of parts of 1 :25 000 sheets TQ88, 89, 98, 99 and TR08,09. S. E. Hollyer Part 2 North and west of Southend-on-Sea Description of 1 :25 000 sheets TQ 78,79 and partsof TQ88 and 89 S. E. Hollyer and M. B. Simmons 0 Crown copyright 1978 ISBN 0 11 884083 5 LondonHer Majesty's Stationery Office 1978 The first twelve reports on the assessment of PREFACE British sand and gravel resources appeared in the Report Series of the Institute of Geological National resources of many industrial minerals Sciences as a subseries. Report No. 13 onwards may seem so large that stocktaking appears appear in the Mineral Assessment Report Series unnecessary, but the demand for minerals and of the Institute. Details of published reports land for all purposes is intensifying and it has appear at the end of this report. become increasingly clear in recent years that regional assessments of the resources of these Any enquiries regarding this report may be minerals should be undertaken. The publication addressed to Head, Industrial Minerals of information about the quantity and quality of Assessment Unit, Institute of Geological Sciences, deposits over large areas is intended to provide Keyworth,Nottingham, NG12 5GG a comprehensive factual background against which planning decisions can be made. Sand and gravel, considered together as naturally occurring aggregate, was selected as the bulk mineral demanding the most urgent attention, initially in the south-east of England, where about half the national output is won and very few sources of alternative aggregates are available.
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