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A Remarkable Example of Superficial Folding due to Glacial Drag, near Aberystwyth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

John Challinor
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At a distance of about two and a half miles from Aberystwyth, the road leading eastwards towards Devil's Bridge curves round the north side of a small knoll on the ridge separating the larger valley of the Rheidol on the north from the smaller valley of the Paith on the south. The road here reaches a height of 400 feet and the knoll rises a further 100 feet above it. Opening directly from the south side of the road, a quarry (now disused) has been excavated in the knoll and in this quarry the Aberystwyth Grits present a very striking appearance, showing a zig-zag structure with one fold above the other.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 84 , Issue 5 , October 1947 , pp. 270 - 272
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1947

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