Stylolite
Stylolite

Stylolites consist of a series of relatively small, alternating, interlocked, wave-like
or toothlike columns of stone.
Stylolites are thought to result from differential chemical solution by groundwater
circulating through semiconsolidated or consolidated, hardened rock and occur as a
succession of interpenetrations that in cross section make a zigzag suture across
the face of the stone.
Found in bed rock at the back of the large rocky cove to the west of the 'Secret Beach'
at West Angle.

Ref: 11032

Date: 29/10/2012

Location: SM 8511.0339

Stylolite

Stylolites consist of a series of relatively small, alternating, interlocked, wave-like
or toothlike columns of stone.
Stylolites are thought to result from differential chemical solution by groundwater
circulating through semiconsolidated or consolidated, hardened rock and occur as a
succession of interpenetrations that in cross section make a zigzag suture across
the face of the stone.
Found in bed rock at the back of the large rocky cove to the west of the 'Secret Beach'
at West Angle.

Ref: 11032

Date: 29/10/2012

Location: SM 8511.0339