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Garnedd-Wen Formation

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The Garnedd-Wen Formation is the upper strata of rock across a wide part of western Mid Wales. In particular, it forms the upper rock beds of the
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W. T. Pratt; D. G. Woodhall; Malcolm Fletcher Howells; M. J. Leng (1995).
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1,000 metres (3,300 ft) to 3,000 metres (9,800 ft)
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Index

Stratigraphic range
Hirnantian

Tarren y Gesail
Formation
Narrow Vein Mudstone Formation
Mudstone
Sandstone
Coordinates
52°38′07″N 3°54′26″W / 52.6354°N 3.9071°W / 52.6354; -3.9071
Mid Wales
Tywyn
Dinas Mawddwy
Garneddwen
Ordovician
lithostratigraphic
formation
rock strata
Mid Wales
mudstones
siltstones
sandstones
greywackes
conglomerates
Dinas Mawddwy
Tywyn
Tarren Hills
Bala Fault
Talyllyn Lake
"Garnedd-Wen Formation"

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