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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12961482284).jpg 82 <br> PKOCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGHCAL SOCIETY <br> In the middle of the Sangatte series a line of chalk boulders de- <br> posited at an angle of 12° is shown in some places At about half a <br> -pig 14 ” Section of Cliff East of Freshwater Gate Isle of Wight <br> Eig 15 ” Section of Sangatte Cliff from the heach <br> mile from this point Mr Prestwich found just above high-water <br> mark abundance of freshwater shells of living species in a fine tran- <br> quilly deposited marl covered by 50 feet of gravel continuous with <br> the upper 30 ft of the gravel shown in fig 15 The slope of the <br> covering bed of gravel e is not more than 1° or 2° There is very <br> high ground at the back of this section which is near Cape Blanc- <br> nez from which the chalk and gravel were derived and thrown over <br> the ancient chalk-cliff 80 feet high <br> Near the village of Sangatte the covering gravel reaches high- <br> water mark and the whole of the middle series intercalated between <br> the basement gravel and the covering gravel is seen <br> While the materials of the gravel at Sangatte are principally <br> brought over the cliff from the high land they are interstratified <br> with an ordinary beach and with a lacustrine deposit formed at the <br> same time within a few feet of the present level of high water <br> A similar beach or a similar lacustrine deposit might be formed 36102927 111288 51125 Page 82 Text v 25 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36102927 1869 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 25 1869 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36102927 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36102927 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-03-06 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12961482284 2015-08-26 15 51 21 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1869 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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