Pictures of the Chalk

Carstone, Red Chalk and base of the Chalk at Hunstanton in Norfolk, close up of the Red Chalk

Red Chalk at South Ferriby Quarry, North Lincolnshire

Red Chalk at Speeton

Blocks of the Grey Bed (mid Cenomanian) and in situ at South Ferriby

The Black Band Member (Cenomanian-Turonian Boundary) at South Ferriby Quarry

Turonian Chalk at Melton Bottoms Chalk Pit

The chalk valley at Bishop Wilton

South Cave Chalk Pit

A flint from the Mortimer Collection in Hull Museums

Arras Hill Chalk Pit - view, Arras Flint, Arras Flint close-up, and a marl band

Ulceby Chalk Pit, Lincolnshire

Enthorpe Railway Cutting and a view of folding in the Chalk

Willerby Chalk Pit and a close up of a twin flint ; view of pit being lined prior to filling

Eppleworth Chalk Pit (Upper Coniacian) with tabular flints

Steeply dipping chalk at Langtoft

Vertical Chalk at Foxholes

Middleton Chalk Pit and view of the exposures; close up of the Middleton Marl and Middleton Flint

Folding in flintless (Lower Santonian) chalk and a cave at Selwicks Bay, near Flamborough Lighthouse. Close up of some of the bedding structures

The Flamborough Cliffs from Sewerby

Bessingby Chalk Pit (Lower Campanian) perhaps the youngest in situ Chalk in Yorkshire and a more recent photo

A 'raft' of soft chalk in the boulder clay. These are often Upper Campanian Chalk from the bed of the North Sea. Close up of a raft at Kilnsea

The chalk at Sherringham in Norfolk

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