Asham Quarry Explained

Asham Quarry
Aos:East Sussex
Interest:Geological
Area:2.6ha
Notifydate:1999
Map: Magic Map

Asham Quarry is a 2.6abbr=offNaNabbr=off geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Newhaven in East Sussex.[1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site[3] and in the Sussex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[4]

This site provides important biostratigraphical and lithostratigraphical evidence about environmental conditions during the last 100,000 years, the Last Glacial Period and the Holocene. It is notable for its extensive early and mid Holocene deposits and for having yielded a series of radiocarbon dates.[4]

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50.834°N 0.045°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Asham Quarry . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 10 January 2019.
  2. Web site: Map of Asham Quarry. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 10 January 2019.
  3. Web site: Asham Quarry (Quaternary of South-East England) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 9 January 2019.
  4. Web site: Asham Quarry citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 10 January 2019.

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