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Tufa Formation at Stackhouse Cove, Cornwall. (Coastal Geology)
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Tufa Formation
Stackhouse Cove / Cornwall
- cave entrance 1

Tufa Formation
Stackhouse Cove / Cornwall
- adit entrance 1

Tufa Formation
Stackhouse Cove / Cornwall
- tufa 1

Tufa Formation
Stackhouse Cove / Cornwall
- tufa 2

Tufa Formation
Stackhouse Cove / Cornwall
- tufa 3

Tufa Formation
Stackhouse Cove / Cornwall
- tufa 4

Tufa Formation
Stackhouse Cove / Cornwall
- tufa 5

Tufa Formation
Stackhouse Cove / Cornwall
- tufa 6

Tufa Formation
Stackhouse Cove / Cornwall
- tufa 7

Tufa Formation
Stackhouse Cove / Cornwall
- shaft base 1

Tufa Formation
Stackhouse Cove / Cornwall
- shaft base 2

The tufa deposits around Stackhouse Cove occur for as yet unknown reasons. Although the deposits may be man made and be largely due to or associated with John Stackhouse who studied marine algae in the late 18th / early 19th Century, having built the nearby Acton Castle for the purpose. Nereis Britannica an important work on marine algae was produced in 1801 as a result of seaweed studies at Stackhouse Cove and surrounding areas.

 

Tufa Formation at Stackhouse Cove Cornwall Coastal Geology
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