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Geology Lessons In Stratification

Short Sand Beach was a pretty place to hang out but it also would be great place for a geology field trip.  There were some very clear strata in the rock and they were angled from the level.  It appeared that the corner of the beach was in the middle of the slope of the strata with the angles opposed on either side.  Low winter sun makes the shading on the strata stand out.  Every time I see something like this, it reminds me of a friend from school who used to impersonate a teacher whose Welsh accent really made the words sing!  You know who you are…

Cliff Fall and Rock Strata

While staying in Norfolk, we took a walk along the beach at Hunstanton.  We parked up on the top of the cliffs and walked down the path to the beach.  Once down there, we were able to see the cliff rocks and they were pretty interesting.  The rocks had been laid down in strata are a gentle angle and looked really cool.  I guess they were eroding since we came upon what looked like a recent rockfall.  Of course, rocks do things in a lot slower time than us so it is entirely possible that these rocks had been lying there for ages but they did look pretty recent.