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 | | Chalk occupies the high cliffs from there to Dover and thence as far as Kingsdown, where the cliffs are lower, obscured by vegetation and set back a short distance from the sea. |
 | | Excellent exposures at the base of the cliffs, supplemented by sections provided by cliff paths (Abbot's Cliff, Lydden, Aker's Steps) between Folkestone and Dover, and Langdon Stairs to the east of Dover, permit a composite succession of some 180 m to be logged in detail (Jenkyns et al, 1994, Figs 13a-c). |
 | | The White Bed is a unit restricted to the North Downs and the northeast margin of the Paris Basin (Mortimore et al, 1989) comprising extremely soft, poorly fossiliferous, homogeneous white chalk, with regular transverse and vertical joints. |
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