(Wadhurst Clay) - 2002
At Petts Level, the Wadhurst Clay forms most of the cliff formation. The Wadhurst Clay itself is split into Shale and Clay and the Cliff End Sandstone. Approximately 70% of the cliff here is of the Cliff End Sandstone and within this layer is the 'Cliff End Bone Bed' which contains a high number of fish remains and other fossils. At the top of Pett Level, there is a small amount of glacial sediment from a drift deposit.
At Fairlight Cove there is a major fault which is why the sea has rapidly eroded the cliff here, the Wadhurst Clay suddenly stops and is followed by the Ashdown Formation (Sandstone and below beach level, the Ashdown Formation (Fairlight Clay). This then continues West.
(Ashdown formation, fairlight clay, similar to that of the Wealden from the IOW) - 2002
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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 |
Berriasian |
137 to 142 |
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Late |
Volgian |
Portlandian |
142 to 147 |
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Tithonian |
147 to 150 |
Kimmeridgian |
150 to 154 |
Oxfordian |
154 to 159.4 |
Middle |
Callovian |
159 to 165 |
| Bathonian |
165 to 170 |
| Bajocian |
170 to 177 |
| Aalenian |
177 to 180.1 |
Early |
Toarcian |
180 to 190 |
| Pliensbachian |
190 to 195 |
| Sinemurian |
195 to 201 |
| Hettangian |
201 to 205.7 |
Valanginian
132 - 136 MYA |
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Late Tunbridge Wells Sands |
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| Grinstead Clay |
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| Early Tunbridge Wells Sands |
Bexhill |
| Wadhurst Clay |
Hastings
Fairlight
Bexhill |
| Late Ashdown Formation |
Hastings
Fairlight
Bexhill
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| Speeton Clay Formation |
Speeton |
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