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The Loess of Pegwell Bay, Kent, and its Associated Frost Soils

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

W. S. Pitcher ,
D. J. Shearman  and
D. C. Pugh
W. S. Pitcher
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Imperial College, London, S.W. 7.
D. J. Shearman
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Imperial College, London, S.W. 7.
D. C. Pugh
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Imperial College, London, S.W. 7.
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Abstract

The brickearth of Pegwell Bay in Kent is identified as a true loess. It rests on solifluction deposits and frost-shattered rocks.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 91 , Issue 4 , August 1954 , pp. 308 - 314
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1954

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