Spring Cove Cliffs
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox SSSI Spring Cove Cliffs (Grid reference Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".) is a 2.0 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the town of Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, notified in 1952.
The site is listed in the Geological Conservation Review, because of the stratigraphic and igneous features which are displayed. The sequence of Dinantian volcanic rocks, about Template:Convert thick, lying to the south of the St George's Land landmass, and also because of the submarine character of the lavas and their intimate relationship with adjacent carbonate sediments. The lava, which is pillowed in places, is believed to have been extruded upon a sloping seafloor.[1]
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Template:SSSIs Avon geological
- ↑ English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 13 July 2006)