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Posted: 17 Apr 2007


Taken: 22 Mar 2004

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1/80 f/4.0 7.1 mm ISO 64

OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO.,LTD C5050Z


Location

Lat, Lng:  52.952491, 0.496686
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Address:  Lighthouse Close, Hunstanton, Norfolk, England, PE36 6

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beach
geo:lat=52.952775
Lower Greensand
horizontal bedding
Red Chalk
Cretaceous
Hunstanton
Chalk
Geology
Cliff
Coast
Norfolk
Landscape
England
bedding
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geo:lon=0.496273


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Striped cliffs at Hunstanton, Norfolk.

Striped cliffs at Hunstanton, Norfolk.
This is probably the best exposure of the Red Chalk in the UK.
The top-to-bottom sequence is:

Cenomanian (White) Chalk
-- disconformity -- (~ 2 million year time gap)
Hunstanton Formation ('Red Chalk')
Carstone Formation ('Lower Greensand' - brown!)

Comments
 slgwv
slgwv club
A classic layer cake exposure!
9 years ago.

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