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Boxford Chalk Pit

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Boxford Chalk Pit is a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Boxford in Berkshire. [1]

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Table of Contents

  1. 10 relations: Berkshire, Boxford, Berkshire, Carbonate hardgrounds, Coniacian, Coprolite, Geological Conservation Review, Late Cretaceous, Santonian, Site of Special Scientific Interest, Tectonics.

Berkshire

The Royal County of Berkshire, commonly known as simply Berkshire (abbreviated Berks.), is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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Boxford, Berkshire

Boxford is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of West Berkshire, England.

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Carbonate hardgrounds

Carbonate hardgrounds are surfaces of synsedimentarily cemented carbonate layers that have been exposed on the seafloor (Wilson and Palmer, 1992).

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Coniacian

The Coniacian is an age or stage in the geologic timescale.

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Coprolite

A coprolite (also known as a coprolith) is fossilized feces.

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Geological Conservation Review

The Geological Conservation Review (GCR) is produced by the UK's Joint Nature Conservation Committee and is designed to identify those sites of national and international importance needed to show all the key scientific elements of the geological and geomorphological features of Britain.

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Late Cretaceous

The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale.

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Santonian

The Santonian is an age in the geologic timescale or a chronostratigraphic stage.

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Site of Special Scientific Interest

A site of special scientific interest (SSSI) in Great Britain, or an area of special scientific interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland, is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man.

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Tectonics

Tectonics are the processes that result in the structure and properties of the Earth's crust and its evolution through time.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxford_Chalk_Pit