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The junction between the Skiddaw Slates and Borrowdale Volcanics in Newlands Beck, Cumberland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Peter J. F. Jeans
Peter J. F. Jeans
Affiliation:
Department of GeologyUniversity of BirminghamBirmingham, B15 2TT
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Summary

The junction in Newlands Beck between the steeply dipping Skiddaw Slates striking N–S, and Borrowdale Volcanic rocks dipping gently to the SE is interpreted as an angular unconformity, and indicates the existence of pre-Borrowdale Volcanic folding. There is no cleavage associated with this folding, however, the ENE–WSW Caledonoid cleavage being the only one present, and this is common to both Skiddaw Slates and Borrowdale Volcanics.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 109 , Issue 1 , January 1972 , pp. 25 - 28
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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