Spurn Neck Basement Till and peaty layer

A visit to Spurn Point 1

Low tide at Spurn Neck exposes the pale grey 'Basement Till', a lodgement till ('boulder clay') deposited by ice in the Wolstonian glaciation, 250,000 - 150,000 years ago. This is overlain by the chocolate-brown, rather peaty clay and silt, visible in the centre of the photo. This deposit, with its embeded woody plant remains represents the Ipswichian warm interglacial stage which lasted until 110,000 years ago. This in turn is overlain by the Skipsea Till, which comprises the low cliffs seen in the far distance, deposited by the last glaciation event, which finally ended in this area about 11,500 years ago.

The lens cap is 72 mm in diameter.