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The London Clay Surface in Part of Suffolk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

A. P. Carr
A. P. Carr
Affiliation:
The Nature Conservancy, Furzebrook Research Station, Wareham, Dorset.
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Abstract

The pre-Pliocene sub-aereal surface of the London Clay in the Orford area of Suffolk is discussed. It is shown that south of Aldeburgh the slope of the London Clay towards the north must be less than previously thought and that prior to the deposition of the Coralline Crag a major river ran approximately from south to north in the area studied. This river course may help to explain the sudden drop of the London Clay surface north of Aldeburgh which has not been fully accounted for previously.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 104 , Issue 6 , December 1967 , pp. 574 - 584
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1967

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