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The Gower Peninsula has several examples of raised beaches. However, this raised beach is in fact a Solifluction Terrace, formed due to the slumpling of material down the slope of Rhosilli Downs, into which the sea has cut, and not a raised beach at all. The raised beaches of South Gower are also known as Patella beach after the fossils represented with in their makeup.
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| Source | Figure 8.13 Planet Geography 3rd Edition (2005) [1] |
| Author | Stephen Codrington |
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| current | 09:10, 3 July 2005 | | 408 × 600 (75 KB) | Komencanto~commonswiki | Codrington, Stephen. ''Planet Geography 3rd Edition'' (2005) Chapter 8 [http://www.planetgeography.com] "''Figure 8.13 Although this raised beach at Rhossili (Wales) is now used for farmland, it provides evidence of a glacioeustatic rise in the land of |
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