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Chalk Cliff at Hunstanton
  • Location: Hunstanton, North Norfolk coast.
  • Date Taken (dd-mm-yy): June 2010

Dramatic colour banded cliffs at Hunstanton.  The dark, orange brown sandstone is overlain by a thinner layer of red chalk which is overlain by a creamy white pure chalk.  These are all Cretaceous in age.

Overstrand chalk raft
  • Location: Overstrand Norfolk coast UK
  • Date Taken (dd-mm-yy): 26/06/2010

Thrust slice of chalk forming a raft structure within the glacial till.  The main mass has flint horizons which clearly show the chalk has been folded.  

Cretaceous chalk cliffs in Southern England
  • Location: Seaford, Sussex, UK
  • Date Taken (dd-mm-yy): February 2008

The South East coast of England is dominated by chalk cliffs like these.

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