Aspects of the
Geology of the Foreshore, Whitby to Saltwick Bay
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The Dogger
Formation unconformably overlying Lower Toarcian Shales can be clearly seen almost halfway up the
cliff. Deltaic (Coastal Plain?) Sandstones & Shales
above Dogger Fn. |
Western side
of a Channel wedging out into lateral accretion sets of point bar deposits. |
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Eastern side
of the channel sandstone, now obscured by a cliff fall. |
Fallen blocks
of Saltwick Formation sandstone with carbonised
plant remains. Site of the Whitby Plant Bed. |
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Diplocraterion is the classic example
of a vertical burrow with spreite, |
Notice also
the conglomerate at the erosive base of the Dogger Formation |
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