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Exploration and Geological Discoveries in the Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfields

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A great deal of geological information has been collected during the development of opencast coal mining.

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SPINK, K. Exploration and Geological Discoveries in the Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfields. Nature 220, 129–131 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/220129a0

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