You Are Here - Seaton Beach - Seaton, Devon
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N 50° 42.208 W 003° 04.247
30U E 495001 N 5616851
A somewhat vague 'You Are Here' at Marine Crescent, Seaton.
Waymark Code: WM158BX
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/07/2021
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Admittedly a somewhat vague 'You Are Here' at Marine Crescent, Seaton. At the bottom of a Jurassic Coast information board a 'map' of the coastline from Branscombe Mouth (west) to the Axe Valley (east), with an arrow pointing down to Seaton Beach stating 'You Are Here'.
From an information board on Marine Crescent -
"White Cliff to the west of Seaton and Haven Cliffs to the east are composed of brown sandstones and white chalks of Cretaceous age, about 90 to 110 million years old. Their rich fossil contents show that they were deposited in relatively shallow (20m to 100m deep) sub-tropical seas. The Cretaceous rocks are brought into contact with much older, red Triassic rocks at Seaton Hole by a geological fault, a deep fracture in the Earth’s crust and the former site of large earthquakes.
The mudstones that form the cliffs between Seaton Hole and Seaton were deposited in the Triassic period about 220 - 230 million years ago. The striking red colour (caused by iron oxide) tells us that the climate was hot and dry for much of the year, similar to that of present-day deserts in the Middle East."
Location Name: Seaton Beach
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