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"Figure 8.13 Although this raised beach at Rhossili (Wales) is now used for farmland, it provides evidence of a glacioeustatic rise in the land of this area."
The Gower Peninsula has several examples of raised beaches. However, this raised beach is in fact a Solifluction Terrace, formed due to the slumpling of material down the slope of Rhosilli Downs, into which the sea has cut, and not a raised beach at all. the raised beaches of South Gower are also known as Patella beach after the fossils represented with in their makeup. Stuart Henderson, 23.4.07
Codrington, Stephen. Planet Geography 3rd Edition (2005) [1]
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