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What Are The Two Main Rock Types In Yorkshire Dales?

The spectacular scenery of the Yorkshire Dales is a direct result of the area’s unique geology – predominantly carboniferous limestone (including Great Scar Limestone and the “Yoredale Series” of layered limestones interspersed with shales and sandstones), capped on the higher fells by Millstone Grit. What rock is common in the Yorkshire Dales? limestoneThe majority of …

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