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II.—On a Drift at Bostall Common, near Plumstead

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

R. H. Chandler
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Capping a small patch of London Clay on the highest part of Bostall Common (234 O.D.), there is a ‘drift’ that presents peculiarities identical with part of the gravel on Shooters Hill (2 miles distant) at 424 O.D.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 7 , Issue 12 , December 1910 , pp. 534 - 537
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1910

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page 534 note 1 Both these heights are the highest points of the drift.

page 535 note 1 Mentioned by Dr. A. E. Salter from notes by MrLeach, A. L., Woolwich Surveys, 8vo, p. 19, Woolwich, 1909.Google Scholar

page 535 note 2 Leach, A. L., Geol. Mag., Dec. V, Vol. VII, pp. 405–7.Google Scholar

page 536 note 1 “A Sketch of the History of the Rivers and Denudation of West Kent, etc.”: Proc. Kent, W. Nat. Hist. Soc., 1886, p. 19Google Scholar. This appears to be the first and only reference.

page 536 note 2 There is a remarkable agreement between these figures.