Earthwatcher's photos with the keyword: Selwicks Bay

Disturbed Chalk in the Howardian Hills-Flamborough Fault belt at West Cliff, Selwicks Bay, Flamborough, East Yorkshire. A panoramic stitching of 4 photos, using Canon's Photostitch software.

This Chalk (Upper Cretaceous, Burnham Formation) stack at West Cliff, Selwicks Bay, Flamborough, East Yorkshire, is severely deformed by folding and thrusting as part of the east-west trending Howardian Hills-Flamborough Fault belt, which is magnificently exposed in the northern part of Selwicks Bay. Structures such as this are rare in the Chalk of northern England, but in the Flamborough area, these E-W belts of disturbed Chalk have been recognised since 1829 during the early years of geological surveying in the UK. A comprehensive account of the structural geology of the Flamborough area is given in: Starmer, I.C. 1995. Deformation of the Upper Cretaceous Chalk at Selwicks Bay, Flamborough Head, Yorkshire: its significance in the structural evolution of north-east England and the North Sea Basin. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, vol 50, part 3, pp 213-228. Includes superb maps, sections and 3D block diagrams - well worth a read.

Small faults cutting the Chalk at the north end of Selwicks Bay, Flamborough. The Chalk here is disturbed by the Howardian Hills-Flamborough fault belt, although this particular bit is not particularly deformed. I also liked the colours and textures in the lower part of the cliff.

Molk Hole is an intriguing irregularly-shaped inlet at the north end of Selwicks Bay, Flamborough. A fascinating area of Chalk cliffs, sea caves and arches, hollowed out along fault and fracture zones in part of the Howardian Hills-Flamborough Fault Belt. A lovely place to explore at low tide.

Molk Hole is an intriguing irregularly-shaped inlet at the north end of Selwicks Bay, Flamborough. A fascinating area of Chalk cliffs, sea caves and arches, hollowed out along fault and fracture zones in part of the Howardian Hills-Flamborough Fault Belt. A lovely place to explore at low tide.

Molk Hole is an intriguing irregularly-shaped inlet at the north end of Selwicks Bay, Flamborough. A fascinating area of Chalk cliffs, sea caves and arches, hollowed out along fault and fracture zones in part of the Howardian Hills-Flamborough Fault Belt. A lovely place to explore at low tide.

The title says it all really.... Selwicks, Bay, Flamborough, East Yorkshire. Note the capping of brown glacial till ('boulder clay') overlying the Chalk cliffs.