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IV.—The Blown Sands and Associated Deposits of Towan Head, near Newquay, Cornwall

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

A. Santer Kennard  and
S. Hazzledine Warren
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At Towan Head and in the cliffs of Fistral Bay, near Newquay, there is seen, at a few feet above high-water mark, the remains of the Pleistocene Raised Beach. This consists of pebbly beds associated with ancient blown sands, sometimes of considerable thickness. Above this series of deposits comes the Head or Rubble Drift, formed during a greater elevation of the land. These beds have been fully described by many authors—De la Beche, W. A. E. Ussher, Sir Joseph Prestwich, and others. While capping the Head and Raised Beach, and on the top of the cliff, there is a series of more recent Æolian sandy beds.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , January 1903 , pp. 19 - 25
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1903

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page 19 note 02 H. T. de la Beche: “Report on the Geology of Cornwall”, etc., 1839, p. 426, etc.

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page 23 note 01 They were probably situated further out to sea than the pebble beds of the bay, and so have been destroyed.

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