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Cwmystwyth Grits Group

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British Geological Survey 2010. 1:50,000 scale geological map sheets (England and Wales series) 164, 178
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British Geological Survey 1:50,000 scale geological map (England & Wales series) sheets 163, 164
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The rocks are intermittently exposed in mid Wales between Cwmystwyth,
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The Group comprises hundreds of metres thickness of
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Index

Stratigraphic range
Silurian
Group
Dolgau Mudstones Formation
Claerwen Group
sandstones
mudstones
Wales
Cwmystwyth
Silurian
lithostratigraphic
group
rock strata
Wales
Cwmystwyth
Devil's Bridge
Ceredigion
Llanidloes
Claerwen
sandstones
mudstone
turbidites
Welsh Basin
Llandovery epoch
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