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IV.—On an Ancient Beach and a Submerged Forest, near Wissant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

E. C. H. Day
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Mr. Prestwich has, in two valuable papers, published by the Geological Society, given a very detailed description of a raised beach and associated recent accumulations, upon the coast in the vicinity of Sangatte, a village about five miles from Calais. In the second of these papers, the author mentions that he proceeded round the headland called Cap Blanc-nez, for the purpose of ascertaining whether any traces of a similarly recent formation were to be observed in the bay of Wissant, and that his search, as far as he went, was fruitless; “but,” he adds, “owing to the extent of the dunes around Wissant, such a beach might be entirely hidden by the sands.”.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 3 , Issue 21 , March 1866 , pp. 109 - 115
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1866

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