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A volcanic vent in the tremadocian rocks southeast of Blaenau ffestiniog, Merionethshire, North Wales

✍ Scribed by Alan V. Bromley


Book ID
102225783
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
387 KB
Volume
6
Category
Article
ISSN
0072-1050

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✦ Synopsis


A tuff filled volcanic vent which outcrops among Tremadocian rocks about 2 miles southwest of Blaenau Ffestiniog is described. The vent is correlated with the lower Caradocian Moelwyn Volcanic Series. Comparisons are drawn between this vent and the fissures from which the dominantly ignimbritic rocks of the Snowdon Volcanic Series were erupted and these are extended to account for lithological differences between the Snowdon and Moelwyn volcanic rocks.