Earthwatcher's photos with the keyword: Budleigh Salterton

River Otter at Budleigh Salterton, Devon This is the River Otter just east of Budleigh Salterton, taken from the pebble spit which nearly blocks the river mouth. The sea is just behind the camera location. There used to be a harbour here but the great storm of 1824 enlarged and extended the pebble spit so as to nearly block the river mouth completely and the harbour fell into disuse. The estuary today is a nature reserve - an extensive area of salt marsh and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

The Otter Sandstone (Triassic) is a fluvial sand deposited by an extensive river network flowing through low lying desert conditions. The prominent honeycomb weathering is due primarily to modern wind erosion. Location: West Cliff, Budleigh Salterton, Devon.

The Budleigh Salterton Pebble Beds (Triassic). These rocks were deposited in desert conditions by intermittent torrential floods, perhaps in a wadi type of environment. There is a crude depositional dip of about 20° to the east (right) visible just above the grass-covered debris. The main part of the exposure is a generally fining-up sequence with a single sand layer visible in the upper part, which could represent a single flash flood event. Location: West Cliff, Budleigh Salterton, Devon.

Small normal faults in the Triassic age Budleigh Salterton Pebble Beds and the overlying Otter Sandstone. The Pebble Beds were deposited in desert conditions by intermittent torrential floods, perhaps in a wadi type of environment. The Otter Sandstone is a fluvial sand deposited by an extensive river network flowing through low lying desert conditions. The prominent honeycomb weathering is due primarily to modern wind erosion. Location: West Cliff, Budleigh Salterton, Devon. A photo of the same location taken when I was a student 40 years ago (scary!) is here: www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39022690 Notice how there is much more debris banked up against the cliff now, compared with then.

It was a calm, overcast morning with scarcely a ripple on the sea. I was struck by the lines of convergence and the radial sectors of blocks of colour and texture. Photo location just west of Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England.

The beach pebbles at Budleigh Salterton are beautifully coloured, and especially lovely when wet, near the edge of the sea. They are mostly derived from the local eponymous Pebble Beds of Triassic age, although there are some older pebbles from the Devonian and older rocks further west.

This is the River Otter just east of Budleigh Salterton, Devon, taken from the pebble spit which nearly blocks the river mouth. The sea is just to the right of the camera location. There used to be a harbour here but the great storm of 1824 enlarged and extended the pebble spit so as to nearly block the river mouth completely and the harbour fell into disuse. The estuary today is a nature reserve - an extensive area of salt marsh and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

"Geology student gets red card for her 'art' work!" Originally uploaded as No.5 of a jolly selection of Xmas Guesswhere UK puzzles. A view of the cliffs just west of Budleigh Salterton, showing the eponymous Pebble Beds (basal Triassic age), overlain by the Otter Sandstone. The sequence is then cut by four small normal (i.e. tensional) faults. These rocks were deposited in desert conditions by intermittent torrential floods, perhaps in a wadi type of environment.