Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
FIG
17.
Rocky shore near Pwll Du showing a cross-section of a fold. (Harold Grenfell)
David Painter for Figures
GLACIATION
The whole of Gower was affected by ice on numerous occasions although, as in many places, the current
shape of the land can only be related to the last two glaciations. Despite this the peninsula has one of the
most complete glacial records in Britain and is therefore critical to the understanding of the Quaternary
period. Advances and retreats of the polar ice caps were interrupted by interglacial periods lasting many
