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- Title
The Precambrian-Cambrian nonconformity at the Ercall Quarries, The Wrekin, Shropshire, UK.
- Authors
Pringle, Jamie K.; Stimpson, Ian G.
- Abstract
The Precambrian-Cambrian boundary is iconic, marking the first appearance of shelly fauna in the fossil record, and opening the Phanerozoic Eon. In England and Wales, the transition from predominantly Precambrian igneous rocks to Cambrian sedimentary strata is generally unconformable. An exceptional exposure of this transition can be observed in the Ercall Quarries in Shropshire, a classic locality in all senses of the word.
- Subjects
PRECAMBRIAN stratigraphic geology; PHANEROZOIC Eon; CENOZOIC Era; IGNEOUS rocks; QUARRIES &; quarrying; NONCONFORMITIES (Geology)
- Publication
Geology Today, 2013, Vol 29, Issue 5, p195
- ISSN
0266-6979
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/gto.12023