| 词条 | Cwmystwyth Grits Group |
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| name = Cwmystwyth Grits Group | image = | caption = | type = Group | age = early Silurian (Llandovery) | prilithology = sandstones | otherlithology = mudstones | namedfor = Cwmystwyth (village) | namedby = | region = mid Wales | country = Wales | coordinates = | unitof = | subunits = | underlies =Dolgau Mudstones Formation | overlies =Claerwen Group | thickness = | extent = | area = | map = | map_caption = }} The Cwmystwyth Grits Group is a Silurian lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in mid Wales. The name is derived from the village of Cwmystwyth near Devil's Bridge in Ceredigion. The Group comprises the Blaen Myherin Mudstones Formation, the Glanyrafon Formation (upper and lower tongues), the Caerau Mudstones Formation, the Rhuddnant Grits Formation (including the Llyn Teifi Member) and the Pysgotwr Grits Formation.[1][2] OutcropsThe rocks are intermittently exposed in mid Wales between Cwmystwyth, Llanidloes and Claerwen reservoir.[3] Lithology and stratigraphyThe Group comprises hundreds of metres thickness of sandstones with subordinate mudstone turbidites laid down in the marine Welsh Basin during the Llandovery epoch. References1. ^British Geological Survey 2010. 1:50,000 scale geological map sheets (England and Wales series) 164, 178 Llanidloes {{UK-geologic-formation-stub}}2. ^http://www.bgs.ac.uk/Lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=RHS (BGS on-line lexicon of rock units) 3. ^British Geological Survey 1:50,000 scale geological map (England & Wales series) sheets 163, 164 2 : Silurian System of Europe|Geology of Wales |
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