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The Upper Devonian and Lower Carboniferous Stratigraphy of Boscastle and Tintagel, Cornwall

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

E. B. Selwood
E. B. Selwood
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, The University, Exeter.
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Abstract

The discovery of trilobites characteristic of the Gattendorfia Zone is described from the California Quarry, Boscastle. The possible stratigraphical implications are discussed and a comparison is made with beds of similar age at Launceston. It is suggested that there is no important stratigraphical break at the top of the Devonian and that there is a conformable passage from the Tintagel Volcanic Series into the Carboniferous. The Tredorn Phyllites are tentatively equated with the Woolgarden Phyllites. There is no evidence to support the contention that the Lower Culm contains an important greywacke sequence; these beds are probably of Upper Culm age.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 98 , Issue 2 , April 1961 , pp. 161 - 167
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1961

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