WebThe considerable thickness (approximately 215m) of the Flamborough Chalk Formation exposed on land about equals the combined total for the underlying Ferriby, Welton and … WebNew data on the biostratigraphy of the Flamborough Chalk Formation (Santonian, Upper Cretaceous) between South Landing and Danes Dyke, North Yorkshire. Proceedings of …

The stratigraphy of the Chalk Group of the Berkshire Downs

WebThe Flamborough Chalk. Author: Pete Rawson. Editor: Derek Gobbett. We met on the cliff top at Thornwick Bay. The view over the bay showed gently dipping chalk with some of … The hills are formed from a series of pure marine limestones formed during the Cretaceous period, known collectively as the Chalk Group. The outcrop has the form of an arc running north from Ferriby on the Humber estuary west of Hull northwards past Market Weighton to the Malton area where it swings eastwards towards the North Sea coast between Filey and Bridlington. Here the Chalk forms cliffs, most notably at Speeton Cliffs, Bempton Cliffs and Flamborough; Flamboroug… shari proctor

GEOLOGY OF THE YORKSHIRE COAST - Geologists

WebThe chalk is covered by drift from the most recent Devensian ice-sheet that banked up against the headland to form the Flamborough Moraine, which contains exotic erratics … WebThe Chalk Group, mainly of Late Cretaceous age, forms the bedrock beneath much of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (Figure 1). In the western part of this region, it crops out at the surface to form the downland scenery of the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Wolds, and spectacular cliffs up to 120 m in height where the Wolds meet the coast between … WebSUMMARY The considerable thickness (approximately 215m) of the Flamborough Chalk Formation exposed on land about equals the combined total for the underlying Ferriby, Welton and Burnham chalk … Expand. 38. Save. Alert. The Late Cretaceous belemnite family Belemnitellidae : Taxonomy and evolutionary history. shari quimby waterville