Sidmouth district - Sheet Explanation for sheet E326
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Sheet Explanations provide a brief description and interpretation of the geology of the relevant BGS 1:50 000 scale map sheet area. More detailed geological information for the same area is available via the Sheet Descriptions.
Sheet Explanations are printed A5 booklets and are available either singly, or as a pack together with the relevant 1:50 000 scale map, where this map is available.
The Sidmouth district is renowned for its coastal sections, which form a key part of the Dorset and East Devon Coast World Heritage Site. The coastal sections expose a succession from the Triassic Otter Sandstone to the Upper Cretaceous Seaford Chalk, while inland, Triassic-Lower Jurassic strata form low ground beneath dissected escarpments of Cretaceous Upper Greensand and Chalk.
The area was not glaciated during the Pleistocene but the area was subject to periglacial conditions, with permafrost at all levels, and the formation of river terrace deposits and landslips. Landslips are still active on the coast and slope stability and coastal erosion have an impact on planning and land use.
Author Gallois, R.
ISBN 0852724772
Sheet(s) Covered E326
Year Published 2004
