Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| rock exposure, Seathwaite (2) | ||
| locality:- | ||
| civil parish:- | Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | rock exposure | |
| locality type:- | geological site | |
| coordinates:- | NY23231218 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2312 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY21 | |
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| MN photo:- |
There is a miscellany of features. |
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 CGA87.jpg Porcelain tuff, the last layer of ash to settle out after an eruption, very fine grained. (taken 7.5.2017)  CGA88.jpg Cross bedding layer in the tuff, made by underwater ripples. (taken 7.5.2017)  CGA89.jpg Surface ripples. (taken 7.5.2017)  CGA90.jpg Deposit from a lahar, a small Andesite rock in tuff. (taken 7.5.2017)  CGA91.jpg Deposit from a lahar, a large Andesite rock in tuff. (taken 7.5.2017) |
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