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| Claverley Road Cutting SSSI, Shropshire |
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| Claverley Road Cutting SSSI, Shropshire, is an example of a permanent road cutting section. The site is a steep-sided cutting,
important for the study of Triassic palaeo-environments. The cutting
exposes red sandstones of the Wildmoor Sandstone Formation, deposited
in the early Triassic, about 243 million years ago. Sedimentary structures
in the sandstones indicate deposition by rivers flowing towards the
north west. Both the red colour of the sandstone, due to the presence
of iron oxides, and the occurrence of pitted sand grains, caused by
wind-induced abrasion, indicate an arid environment. |
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Spectacular sedimentary structures exposed
in the walls of Claverley Road Cutting SSSI, Shropshire. |
| Photo: Peter Wakeley, Natural England. |
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