Mevagissey district - Sheet explanation for sheet E353 [Booklet]
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Sheet Explanations provide a brief description and interpretation of the geology of the relevant BGS 1:50 000 scale map sheet area. More detailed geological information for the same area is available via the Sheet Descriptions.
Sheet Explanations are printed A5 booklets and are available either singly, or as a pack together with the relevant 1:50 000 scale map, where this map is available.
Some of the most remarkable rocks in Britain are displayed along this stretch of the Cornish coast. The district displays evidence for the rifting of the Avalonian continental crust in the earliest Devonian times, followed by continental collision during the Devonian-Carboniferous. The unusual nature of the rocks of this area was recognised early in the 19th century and in the 1930s, Eileen Hendriks suggested that the older rocks in the area were a result of thrusting. [Booklet]
Author Leveridge, B. E. et al
Format Booklet
ISBN 0852725787
Scale 1:50 000
Sheet(s) Covered E353
Year Published 2007
