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A glacial erratic boulder of Shap Granite in South Northumberland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

G. A. L. Johnson
G. A. L. Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, King's College, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne 1
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Abstract

The discovery of a glacial erratic boulder of Shap Granite in South Northumberland is recorded. Erratics of this rock have not previously been reported north of the Penrith area. It is suggested that the boulder was carried into Northumberland by ice flowing eastwards over the Tyne Gap.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 89 , Issue 5 , October 1952 , pp. 361 - 364
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1952

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