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Some Erratics from Teifi Estuary, Western Cardiganshire1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

H. A. Hope Macdonald
H. A. Hope Macdonald
Affiliation:
Geological Survey and Museum, London.
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Abstract

A petrographical description is given of some erratics from the Teifi Estuary, Cardiganshire. Rock types present include granite from Ireland; greisen and Eskdale granite from the Lake District; granophyre, picrite, diabase and gneiss from the Lleyn Peninsula; granophyre and diabase from Merionethshire.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 98 , Issue 1 , February 1961 , pp. 81 - 84
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1961

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Published by permission of the Director, Geological Survey and Museum.

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