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Glaciation of Possible Scottish Re-advance Age in North West Wales

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AN investigation of the glacial deposits of the Lleyn Peninsula has revealed that the stratigraphical succession is more complicated than previously thought1,2. Evidence presented elsewhere3 and summarized in Fig. 1 supports the chronology and correlations indicated in Table 1.

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SAUNDERS, G. Glaciation of Possible Scottish Re-advance Age in North West Wales. Nature 218, 76–78 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/218076a0

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