Earthwatcher's photos with the keyword: Lower Greensand

Striped cliffs at Hunstanton, Norfolk.

Striped cliffs at Hunstanton, Norfolk.

Earthwatcher
17 Apr 2007 1 288
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!)
Lower Greensand

Lower Greensand

Earthwatcher
04 Apr 2006 1 2 141
Textures in the Lower Greensand, exposed in the cliffs at Hunstanton, Norfolk, UK.