2012

TQ8813 : Cliffs at Cliff End

taken 12 years ago, near to Cliff End, East Sussex, England

Cliffs at Cliff End
Cliffs at Cliff End
One of the finest exposures of Lower Cretaceous, Wealden sediments in Britain. The cliffs are Ashdown Sand and shows sediments deposited by rivers that crossed an extensive coastal plain some 140 million years ago. Fossil plant material, including the remains of upstanding plants in growth positions, occur throughout the sequence and suggest that the climate at the time was warm, semi-arid and possibly monsoonal. Animal fossils, entirely non-marine, include insects, molluscs, fish and reptiles. Crocodiles, turtles, and pterosaurs have been found here, but the site is best known for the remains of dinosaurs that occur here, including Iguanodon, Megalosaurus and Cetiosaurus.

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Geographical Context: Coastal Rocks, Scree, Cliffs
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TQ8813, 175 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 25 September, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 13 December, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 8880 1310 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:53.1920N 0:40.9700E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 8884 1313
View Direction
Southwest (about 225 degrees)
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