Earthwatcher's photos with the keyword: bedding

Striped cliffs at Hunstanton, Norfolk.

17 Apr 2007 1 396
This is probably the best exposure of the Red Chalk in the UK. The top-to-bottom sequence is: Cenomanian (White) Chalk -- disconformity -- (~ 2 million year time gap) Hunstanton Formation ('Red Chalk') Carstone Formation ('Lower Greensand' - brown!)

The Great Slab on Bowfell

30 Nov 2006 209
The Great Slab (or Flat Crags) consists almost entirely of a single, tilted bedding plane of water-lain tuff (volcanic 'ash'). Although the main footpath to the top of Bowfell passes close to the Great Slab, many walkers pass by with their noses set on the summit cairn and remain completely unaware of the existence of this amazing feature. Originally posted as a clue to a Guesswhere UK pic. See where this picture was taken. [?]

Hunstanton Red Cliffs

04 Apr 2006 3 2 474
Cliffs at Hunstanton, Norfolk, UK, illuminated by the late afternoon sun shining through shower clouds offshore. This is probably the best exposure of the Red Chalk in the UK. The top-to-bottom sequence is: Cenomanian (White) Chalk -- disconformity -- (~ 2 million year time gap) Hunstanton Formation ('Red Chalk') Carstone Formation ('Lower Greensand' - brown!)

Stanage Edge after rain

01 May 2006 242
View NW along Stange Edge. The photo was taken just after a shower had passed over and everything was sparkling wet and clear. Stanage Edge is an escarpment of Rivelin or Chatsworth Grit (Namurian) in the Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK There is a very low dip to the east (right-hand side) and a very gentle E-W trending synclinal fold axis crosses the Edge in the middle distance.

Valkyrie Pinnacle - a tor on Froggatt Edge

12 May 2006 2 312
'Valkyrie Pinnacle' - a tor of cross-bedded Chatsworth Grit on Froggatt Edge, overlooking the Derwent Valley. Derbyshire, England.