Earth Science Conservation Review
| Gosheden - site of local interest | Londonderry |
| Site Type: | Inland exposure |
| Site Status: | local interest |
| Council area: | Derry District Council |
| Grid Reference: | C498102 |
| Google maps: | 54.93736,-7.223 |
| Rocks | |
|---|---|
| Rock Age: | Quaternary |
| Rock Type: | Gravel, Sand |
| Interest | |
| Other interest: | outwash terrace, deglacial |
Description:
The site consists of valley side terraces of channelised, trough and planar cross-bedded cobble gravels and pebbly sands. Exposed individual beds in the upper terrace at [C498 102] are steeply dipping (at 25-30° to 040°N) up to 1.5m thick and consist of predominantly well-sorted cobble gravels of visibly alternating clast lithologies.
| Enlander, I., Dempster, M. & Doughty, P., 2024. Gosheden - site of local interest, County Londonderry, site summary. [In] Earth Science Conservation Review. https://www.habitas.org.uk/escr/summary.php?item=731. Accessed on 2024-12-26 |
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