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New Evidence on the Correlation of the Lower Carboniferous Reefs at Castleton, North Derbyshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Trevor D. Ford
Trevor D. Ford
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield, Department of Geology, St. George's Square, Sheffield
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Abstract

There are two alternative hypotheses regarding the relationship of the goniatite-bearing reef limestones to the coral-bearing “massif” limestones. One claims an unconformity between the reefs and bedded limestones, the other a lateral passage from a “massif facies” to “marginal facies”. Surface exposures are such that it is difficult to be convinced of either hypothesis. Details of underground exposures in natural cave systems and associated mine-workings show a clear transition between facies and no trace of unconformity.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 89 , Issue 5 , October 1952 , pp. 346 - 356
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1952

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