Pegwell Bay



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14/04/2003 16:17
Pegwell Bay showing an upper beach consisting of a mixture of chalk fragments and flint. Due to the extensive sandflats in Pegwell Bay wave energy is likely to be low so that chalk fragments remain for longer on the beach than in higher energy conditions.
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16/04/2003 20:35
Pegwell Bay showing recent erosion in older beach deposits.
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14/04/2003 16:19
Pegwell Bay showing detail of recent erosion in older beach deposits. Note the cobble sized flint and chalk clasts.
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14/04/2003 16:25
Beach accumulation in fron of the foot tunnel exit in Pegwell Bay showing high chalk content in the beach material.
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16/04/2003 20:35
Chalk cliffs at Pegwell Bay showing patterns of involutions at the top and the outline of a previous cliff fall illustrated by the 'dirt-line' in the lower part of the photo.
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14/04/2003 16:28
View east along the cliffs of Pegwell Bay showing the absence of beach material. The chalk platform is exposed at the foot of the cliff but sewards covered by sand/mud and remnants (?) of a raised saltmarsh.
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14/04/2003 16:28
Detail of the cliff top showing involutions and a channel fill in the centre.
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14/04/2003 16:32
Panorama 1 of the cliffs with remnants (?) of a raised saltmarsh surface.
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14/04/2003 16:32
Panorama 2 of the cliffs with remnants (?) of a raised saltmarsh surface and a sea cave.
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14/04/2003 16:32
Panorama 3 of the cliffs with remnants (?) of a raised saltmarsh surface.
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17/04/2003 09:22
Panorama of the cliffs with remnants (?) of a raised saltmarsh surface and caves in the cliffs.
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14/04/2003 16:35
View west along the cliffs and shore platform with the former hoverspeed port in the left hand part of the photo.



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