Burnham - Geological Guide for the Geology and Stratification

(Wadhurst Clay at top of cliff with Ashdown Formation, sandstone below)
(Burnham Cliffs) - 2005

The London Clay (Ypresian, Eocene) at Burnham is well exposed, the beds dip Westwards, there is a large amount of the sequence exposed at Burnham, so there is a lot of various fossils to be found.

(Upper chalk with shell fragment) - 2005

At the Western end of Cliff Reach, Upper chalk is sometimes exposed on the foreshore in boulders, these boulders can contain shells which indicate that this is of the Maastrichtian age. This is below the London Clay.

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Upper Chalk (Burnham-on-Crouch)
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Palaeogene	Oligocene	Chattian	23.8 to 28.5
	Oligocene	Rupelian	28.5 to 33.7
	Eocene	Priabonian	33.7 to 35.5
		Bartonian	35.5 to 40.5
		Lutetian	40.5 to 49.5
		Ypresian	49.5 to 54.8
	Paleocene	Thanetian	54.8 to 57.0
		Selandian	57.0 to 60.5
		Danian	60.5 to 65.0

Cretaceous	Late	Maastrichtian	65.0 to 71.0
		Campanian	71.0 to 83.0
		Santonian	83.0 to 86.0
		Contacian	86.0 to 89.0
		Turonian	89.0 to 93.0
		Cenomanian	93.0 to 98.9
	Early	Albian	98.9 to 111
		Aptian	111 to 121
		Barremian	121 to 127
		Hauterivian	127 to 132
		Valanginian	132 to 137
		Ryazanian	137 to 142

Ypresian (Eocene) 49.5 - 54.8 MYA
FORMATIONS	LOCATIONS
Poole Formation
London Clay	Isle of Sheppey Walton-on-the-Naze Ramsholt Maylandsea Levington Nacton Bawdsey Bognor Regis Burnham on Crouch Herne Bay
Claygate Beds
Oldhaven Beds	Herne Bay
Woolwich & Reading Beds	Herne Bay

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