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Cover image The Roadside Geology of Wales

Roadside Geology of Wales, The

Print publication date: 14/11/2011

Geologists' Association, Geologists' Association Guides, Regional Geology and General Interest

Type: Book (Paperback)

Binding: Paperback

ISBN: 9780900717512

Weight: 0.6kg

Number of pages: 214

£17.00

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Product Code: GA069

Jim Talbot and John Cosgrove

Many examples of geological activity are illustrated along the roads and cliffs of Wales, including basin sedimentation, volcanic activity, the effects of plate tectonic movements in opening basins and folding and metamorphosing the rocks in the two major continental collisions recorded in the mountains.
This book is written for persons with little geology background. As the title of this guide indicates, it focuses on the geology of Wales that can be seen from a car. The descriptions are organized following the main roads, though in most cases the best outcrops are in the sea cliffs and on the beaches.


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Introduction

Gwynedd, Northwest Wales

Anglesey
The Lleyn Peninsula
Snowdonia
The Harlech Dome
The Cadair Idris Range

Cleyd, Northwest Wales

The Clwydian Range
The Denbighshire Moors

Central Wales

The Coast Road
The Inland Roads
The Welsh Borderland

Glamorgan and Gwent, Southwest Wales

The Forest of Dean and the Usk Valley
The South Wales Coalfield
The Western Coalfields
The Glamorgan Coast between Cardiff and Swansea
The Gower

Southwest Wales

The Pembrokeshire Coast Section
The Marloes Peninsula
The Pembroke Peninsula
Southern Pembrokeshire and Camarthenshire

References and further reading
Common Welsh Rocks
Index of places