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III.—The Origin and Mode of Formation of the Permian Breccias of the South Devon Coast

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Bernard Hobson
Affiliation:
Lecturer in Petrology and Geology in the Victoria University of Manchester.

Extract

After visiting in 1905 the excellent exposure of the Permo-Carboniferous Dwyka Conglomerate, containing glacially striated boulders, overlying glacially striated Barberton beds at the foot of Gotshe Mountain in the Vryheid district of Natal, it occurred to me to examine the Permian breccias of the South Devon coast to see whether I could find any evidence of their being of glacial origin.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1906

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