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Earth Science — White Cliffs of Dover

The chalk succession exposed along the Kent coast.

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White Cliffs of Dover (chalk)Topsoil0.00 mUpper ChalkLate Cretaceous0.30 mMiddle ChalkLate Cretaceous2.30 mLower Chalk (marl)Cenomanian3.90 mGault ClayAlbian5.10 mGreensandEarly Cretaceous5.90 m6.50 m2.2 million years missing4.2 million years missing6 layers, 6.50 m, and the contacts this could check are the right way up — but 1 layer of the 6 carri…1 layer of the 6 carries no `age` — `Topsoil`. Superposition is transitive, so the law was still checked ACROSS it …2.2 million years are missing between `Lower Chalk (marl)` and `Middle Chalk`: the lower layer ends long before the…4.2 million years are missing between `Greensand` and `Gault Clay`: the lower layer ends long before the upper one …

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title "White Cliffs of Dover (chalk)"
type column
layer "Topsoil"            thickness 0.3 color "#6b5b3e"
layer "Upper Chalk"        thickness 2.0 color "#f8fafc" age "Late Cretaceous"
layer "Middle Chalk"       thickness 1.6 color "#f1f5f9" age "Late Cretaceous"
layer "Lower Chalk (marl)" thickness 1.2 color "#e2e8f0" age "Cenomanian"
layer "Gault Clay"         thickness 0.8 color "#475569" age "Albian"
layer "Greensand"          thickness 0.6 color "#4d7c0f" age "Early Cretaceous"