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Slaty cleavage associated with sandstone dykes in the Harlech Dome, North Wales
Author(s) -
Bates D. E. B.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
geological journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.721
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1099-1034
pISSN - 0072-1050
DOI - 10.1002/gj.3350100206
Subject(s) - slates , geology , cleavage (geology) , dome (geology) , geochemistry , geomorphology , paleontology , fracture (geology)
Slaty cleavage in the Llanbedr Slates (Lower Cambrian, North Wales) is developed parallel to a number of sandstone and grit dykes, entrained both upwards and downwards from arenaceous layers. The implications of these observations are discussed and compared with modem and fossil analogues.