Selsey Bill



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17/04/2003 14:58
Selsey Bill at ~485200/092250 looking west along storm berm. Sea wall in the foreground with storm berm to the left. Top of wooden groyne show through the shingle in the background; behind the car park at the end of the main street.
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17/04/2003 15:00
Selsey Bill at ~485200/092250 looking west across a largely undefended stretch. In the background houses close to the seawall.
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17/04/2003 15:06
View from the tip of Selsey Bill north light coloured fairly step shingle beach between wooden groyne compartments. The Selsey Bill life boat station in the right hand of the image.
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17/04/2003 15:07
View from the tip of Selsey Bill towards the northwest showing housing immediately behind the sea wall. Wall on top of the bullnose of the seawall are privately erected and have been repaired in April 2003.
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17/04/2003 15:35
At ~485200/092250 view along the upper shore east showing the upper shingle beach and the lower sandy foreshore (persons for scale).
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17/04/2003 15:45
View east along the sea-defence west of the car park (car park can be seen in the background.
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17/04/2003 15:49
Example of the variation in sea-defences in front of houses along the coast of western Selsey (looking northeast).
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18/04/2003 17:14
Detail of sea-defences showing increased erosion along groynes. There is a J-shaped runnel at the foot of the groyne highlighted by the light streak and the accumulation of shingle in the bend of the J.
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17/04/2003 15:52
Example of the variation in sea-defences in front of houses along the coast of western Selsey (looking west).
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17/04/2003 15:54
Example of the variation in sea-defences in front of houses along the coast of western Selsey (looking north). Note: There is no upper shingle beach.
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17/04/2003 15:56
Example of the variation in sea-defences in front of houses along the coast of western Selsey (looking northwest). Note the cross-shore offset, varying style of defences and different sediment in front of them.
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17/04/2003 15:59
Top of the raised beach deposit above the seawall and in front of one property towards the western end of Selsey.
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18/04/2003 17:15
Excavation of the foreshore.
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17/04/2003 16:07
Excavation of the foreshore.
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17/04/2003 16:08
Eastern end of the undefended cliff west of Selsey (~584400/093050) showing YYY on the foreshore and the low cliff made of raised beach deposit.
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17/04/2003 16:09
Detail of YYY on the shore platform at the eastern end of the undefended cliff west of Selsey (~584400/093050).
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17/04/2003 16:11
Eastern end of the undefended cliff west of Selsey (~584400/093050) the low cliff made of raised beach deposit and the rate of recent retreat from a line between the location of the photographer, a block in the sand, the tent and the blockwork at the back ground (more block mark this line in the sandy foreshore).
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18/04/2003 17:15
Detail of the cliff at ~584400/093050 (bottle for scale is ~25cm high) showing varying pebble size of the raised beach deposit overlain by a loess deposit.
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18/04/2003 17:15
Detail of the cliff at ~584400/093050 (10 pence coin for scale) showing patches of sediment with different amounts of interstitial material (very loose clast supported lens below the overhanging part in the upper part of the image).
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17/04/2003 16:17
Detail of the cliff at ~584400/093050 (10 pence coin for scale) showing patches of sediment with different amounts of interstitial material (lens of clast supported material of elliptical shape around the coin).
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17/04/2003 16:17
Detail of the cliff at ~584400/093050 (bottle for scale is ~25cm high) showing varying pebble size of the raised beach deposit. Overview to put the two previous images into context.
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18/04/2003 17:15
Detail of the cliff at ~584400/093050 (bottle for scale is ~25cm high) showing varying pebble size of the raised beach deposit and two sandy layers within the deposit just above the bottle.
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18/04/2003 17:15
Detail of the cliff at ~584400/093050 (bottle for scale is ~25cm high) showing a ~0.5m cliff about 2m in front of the main cliff (just behind the bottle).
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17/04/2003 16:24
Highly eroded and dysfunctional wooden groyned west of the low cliff looking northwest.
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17/04/2003 16:26
Highly eroded and dysfunctional wooden groyned west of the low cliff looking northwest along the shingle barrier. Panorama 1.
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17/04/2003 16:26
Panorama 2.
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17/04/2003 16:27
Panorama 3.
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17/04/2003 16:28
Panorama 4.
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17/04/2003 16:28
Panorama 5.
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17/04/2003 16:29
Panorama 6.
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18/04/2003 19:24
180° panorama of parts of Selsey Bill taken from the junction between the shingle ridge to the west and the low cliff to the east.
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17/04/2003 16:32
Eastern end of the undefended cliff west of Selsey (~584400/093050) showing YYY on the foreshore.
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17/04/2003 16:51
Panorama 1 of offshore sand bar off Selsey Bill.
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17/04/2003 16:51
Panorama 2 of offshore sand bar off Selsey Bill.
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18/04/2003 19:28
Panorama of offshore sand bar off Selsey Bill taken from the car park at the end of the main street. Sandbank became uncovered at ~midtide. The foreshore in front on the shingle/sand mixture is covered by large pebbles and cobble presently covered by algae (Persons along the out edge of the lower foreshore for scale).
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17/04/2003 16:52
Detail of the western end of the offshore sand bar off Selsey Bill taken from the car park at the end of the main street. Two persons crossing over to the sand bank for scale.
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17/04/2003 17:01
View from the East Beach at Selsey towards the northeast showing the Inner Owers exposed at low tide.
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17/04/2003 17:01
Detailed view from the East Beach at Selsey towards the northeast showing the Inner Owers exposed at low tide and Bognor Regis in the background.