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Cross-bedding in the Millstone Grit of the central Pennines and its Significance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

M. D. Wright
M. D. Wright
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Abstract

Most of the cross-bedding in the Central Pennine Millstone Grit occurs in the coarse sandstones and indicates that they are probably fluvial in origin. The cross-bedding often occurs within sheets of sandstone, and it is suggested that each sheet was deposited during one episode of flooding. Medium-grained arenaceous rocks show other varieties of cross-bedding that could have been formed on tidal flats, but this evidence is inconclusive.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 101 , Issue 6 , 30 December 1964 , pp. 520 - 530
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1964

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