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The Flamborough Quaternary Research Group

Sewerby fieldwork 8th October 2006,

by Ian Heppenstall, Mike Horne, Paul Hardy and Stuart Jones.

Apologies from -  Brian Kneller, Chris Leech, Derek Gobbett, Kelly Wang and Paul Richards.

 

Note - there had been some high tides recently.

 

GPS readings for line of in situ Chalk on beach, seaward side -

TA 19980 68448

 19948 68431

..933 .. 427

  914 425

  908 420

  815 416

bearing was 75 deg.

 

Pill box at 19809 68403

Exposure in cliff measured from TA 19740  68349 to 19884 68492

 

Measurements along a line from the buried cliff to last exposure seen (reverse of above GPS readings).

NOTE - line was not necessarily horizontal, measurements taken to base of cliff when beach was high. Exposure was very poor - there was much slumped boulder obscuring the exposures.

 

Direction of present cliff is 45 degrees, direction of buried chalk cliff is 90 degrees from North.

 

First measurement is distance along line - followed by vertical section listed top down.

 

-7m

 

-6.5m

 

-5.0m

 

-4.6m

 

-3,2m -

 

- 1.8m

 

0m - top of chalk cliff behind Quaternary is 8.5m

 

+10m

 

+20m

 

+65m

 

+90m

+112m

 

+122m

 

+140m

 

+150m

 

+166m

 

+175m

 

+190m

 

+195m

{fieldwork report by Mike Horne}

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