Sunday, 31 October 2010

MANCUIAN WAY-MCR "BEDROCK"







"THE BEDROCK"

THE BEDROCK IS PREDOMINANTLY BUNTER SANDSTONE OF TRIASSIC AGE, BUT OVER A SHORT LENGTH ADJACENT TO THE WEST MANCHESTER FAULT THE BEDROCK IS MANCHESTER MARL OF PERMIAN AGE. THE ROCK IS OVER LAIN BY GLACIER DRIFT VARYING IN DEPTH FORM ABOUT 8 TO 47 FEET, THE DEPTH BEING GREATEST NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE ALIGNMENT.
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