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Concealed Eocene outcrop beneath Shoreham Harbour, Sussex

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

L. P. Thomas  and
D. A. Gray
L. P. Thomas
Affiliation:
Hydrogeological DepartmentInstitute of Geological SciencesExhibition RoadLondon SW7 2DE
D. A. Gray
Affiliation:
Hydrogeological DepartmentInstitute of Geological SciencesExhibition RoadLondon SW7 2DE
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Summary

Evidence from a series of boreholes in the Shoreham area demonstrates the occurrence of an outcrop of Woolwich and Reading Beds lying beneath the drift deposits which form the floor of Shoreham Harbour. The classification of the Eocene strata, their structural relation to other deposits in the area and their conditions of deposition are examined.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 111 , Issue 2 , March 1974 , pp. 125 - 132
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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