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IV.—On the Relation of the Glacial Drift to the Raised Beach near Porth Clais, St. Davids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Arthur L. Leach
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1. The raised beach near Porth Clais consists of shingle and large wave-worn boulders resting on a rock-platform, and overlain by angular head or rubble of local rocks.

2. Glacial drift (Boulder-clay) overlies the head at the western end of the section, and towards the east has ploughed into the raised beach and rests on the solid rock. Some of the boulders of the raised beach and a small piece of the rock-platform are definitely striated under the Glacial drift.

3. The raised beach is pre-Glacial in the sense that it underlies the Glacial deposit.

4. The raised beach contains non-local boulders which may have been transported by drifting shore-ice.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 8 , Issue 10 , October 1911 , pp. 462 - 466
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1911

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page 465 note 1 The soil has been replaced upon the glaciated surface and covered by a large slab of rock. The point * is 20 yards west of the large angular boulder indicated in the diagram.

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