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Permafrost Structures on Sully Island, Glamorgan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

R. Bradshaw
Affiliation:
Departments of Geology and Geography, University of Bristol.
D. Ingle Smith
Affiliation:
Departments of Geology and Geography, University of Bristol.

Abstract

Folds in the uppermost 10 feet of Triassic rocks in the cliffs of Sully Island, Glamorgan, are described and their origin is related to processes operating when the area was subject to permafrost.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1963

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