Caption
Tilted beds of sandstone and thin shales of the Carboniferous, Culm Measures (Bude Formation) Sandy Mouth near Bude, Cornwall, UK, May. The bed represent cycles of deposition associated with climate changes, from higher energy sandstones to quieter conditions for shale deposition. The rocks were tilted and deformed during the Hercynian Orogeny or mountain building event.
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