Seale Chalk Pit Explained

Seale Chalk Pit
Aos:Surrey
Interest:Geological
Area:1.2ha
Notifydate:1989
Map: Magic Map

Seale Chalk Pit is a 1.2abbr=offNaNabbr=off geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Guildford in Surrey.[1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site[3] and part of the Seale Chalk Pit and Meadow 3abbr=offNaNabbr=off private nature reserve, which is managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.[4]

This former quarry exposes rocks of the Hog’s Back, and exhibits the separation of the folding Mesozoic rocks of the Weald from the Tertiary sediments of the London Basin.[5]

There is no public access.

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51.225°N -0.714°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Seale Chalk Pit . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 16 November 2018.
  2. Web site: Map of Seale Chalk Pit. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 16 November 2018.
  3. Web site: Seale Chalk Pit (Alpine Structures of Southern England) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 28 October 2018.
  4. Web site: Seale Chalk Pit and Meadow . Surrey Wildlife Trust . 16 November 2018.
  5. Web site: Seale Chalk Pit citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 16 November 2018.

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