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The significance of a mid-Cretaceous cobble conglomerate, Beer District, south Devon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

M. T. Ali
M. T. Ali
Affiliation:
Department of Exploration, National Oil Corporation, Post Box No. 2655, Tripoli, Libyan Arab Republic
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Summary

A mid-Cretaceous cobble conglomerate in the Beer district, south Devon, is interpreted as a Lower Cenomanian beach deposit.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 113 , Issue 2 , March 1976 , pp. 151 - 158
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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