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South Landing 5 April 2008

On Bridlington side of the slipway

Slipway to section 1 is 19m

From left edge of section 1 11.6m is obscured by a landslip

From landslip to first calcrete block is 13.3m

Calcrete block is 2.6m wide

Gap to next block is 4.4m (section 3?)

Next block is 4.4m wide

Exposure of chalk gravels is 2.8m

Recent landslip is 6.7m

Exposure of layered sandy silt overlying chalk gravels overlying solid chalk 15m wide (section 2?)

Base slope to solid chalk cliff is 2m

Sections measured listed from the top

Section 1

Cryoturbated Section measured left to right

At 0m

at 2 m

at 4m

at 5m

at 6m

at 7m

at 8m

at 9m

at 10m (note beach higher)

at 11m

"Ice Wedges"

at 1m

at 2.3m

at 2.7m

at 3.75m

at 4.4m

at 4.7m

 

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Section 2

2m to right

2m to right

2m to right

left of new slip

right of new slip

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section 3

left of landslip

2m to left

2m to left

{fieldwork report by Mike Horne}

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