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 |
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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