Two ignimbrite horizons are recognised in a Caradoc marine sequence. The uppermost, the Pandy Ash forms a single mappable unit, but is shown to consist of at least three separate flows, including both welded and non-welded tuffs. Locally lahars occur.
Wales and the Ordovician System
โ Scribed by RICHARD FORTEY
- Book ID
- 114728576
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 219 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0266-6979
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