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The influence of deep fractures on some areas of Ashgillian—Llandoverian sedimentation in Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

David M. D. James  and
Joan James
David M. D. James
Affiliation:
C/o Brunei Shell Petroleum Co. Ltd., Seria, State Of Brunei, Borneo.
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Summary

Study of arenite—rudite bodies within the traditional Welsh basin reveals two contrasted modes of situation, here termed concordant and discordant It is inferred that the former represent submarine fans developed on relatively level topography and the latter represent submarine channels adjacent to (and incising) major breaks in palaeoslope. The size and disposition of these palaeoslopes makes their control by deep fractures very probable.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 106 , Issue 6 , December 1969 , pp. 562 - 582
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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