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| Large-scale trough cross-bedding in aeolian sands, overlain by marine limestones of the Zechstein. These sands are the onshore equivalent of the Rotliegend, an important gas reservoir in the southern North Sea. | 
| image credit: Roger Suthren. Permian Yellow Sands, Quarrington, Co Durham | 
 
 
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