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Rock 365 : Day 252 : Coralliferous Group

September 12, 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Day 252 : The Coralliferous Group from its type locality at Marloes Sands, Pembrokeshire.  Alternating marls and limestones interpreted as tempestites.

Rock 365 : Day 251 : Bioturbation and Grading in Limestone

September 12, 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Day 251 : West Angle Bay in South Pembrokeshire displays Carboniferous Limestone with graded bedding and bioturbation, possibly escape burrows as a consequence of rapid deposition.

Rock 365 : Day 250 : Cross-bedded Gabbro

September 12, 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Day 250 : Layered Gabbro from the St David's Head Intrusion, Pembrokeshire exhibiting cross bedding indicating current flow in the magma.

Rock 365 : Day 249 : Arenig Sediments

September 12, 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Day 249 : In the field near St David's, Pembrokeshire.  These are Ordovician sediments at Porthmelgan showing ripple marks and bedding / cleavage relationships.

Rock 365 : Day 248 : Bioturbation in Slate

September 12, 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Day 248 : Visiting Wales for a week and I stopped off at the National Botanical Garden of Wales, which actually has a Welsh geology sub-theme.  This image shows bioturbation of layers within a slate surround of a pond.

Rock 365 : Day 247 : Granophyre

September 4, 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Day 247 : The Ordovician Ennerdale Granophyre from Ennerdale, Cumbria, England. Keele Collection.

Rock 365 : Day 246 : Microgranophyre

September 3, 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Day 246 : Microgranopyhre from Praze-An-Beeble, Cornwall, England. Keele collection.

Rock 365 : Day 245 : Granophyre & Basalt

September 2, 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Day 245 : Granophyre contaminated with inclusions of basalt from the bay just south from the Point of Ardnamurchan, Scotland.  Keele Collection.

Rock 365 : Day 244 : Granophyre

September 1, 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Day 244 : A granophyre from Carrock Fell in the northern Lake District, Cumbria, England. Keele Collection.

Rock 365 : Day 243 : Granophyric Microgranite

September 1, 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Day 243 : The Palaeogene age An Sithean granophyric microgranite from Broadford on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Keele collection.

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