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Deformed agglomerates near Tintagel, North Cornwall

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

D. M. Hobson
D. M. Hobson
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Queen's Building, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR
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Summary

It is shown that fragments in agglomerates, which occur in chlorite schists near Tintagel, may have been both flattened and constricted. Flattening was probably associated with formation of the schistosity, and constriction with later boudinage.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 108 , Issue 5 , September 1971 , pp. 383 - 391
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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