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== Geologists' Association Circular No. 143. Session 1911–1912. p.6-7 ==<br />
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== Excursion to Greenhithe. Saturday, April 20th, 1912. (Transcription from GA Circular No. 143. Session 1911–1912. p.6-7) ==<br />
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'''DIRECTOR''': S. PRIEST, F.G.S. <br />
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'''EXCURSION SECRETARY''': G. J. ROBERTS, Noyna, Avenue Rise, Bushey.<br />
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Leave Cannon Street 1.46 train, due Greenhithe 2.41. Special return tickets, 2s. 4d. each.<br />
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Meet Excursion Secretary under clock, Cannon Street Station, not later than 1.30.<br />
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From London Road and Mount's Road, see good sections in Globe chalk pits, showing even junction of chalk and Thanet Sand, but beneath valley gravel, chalk surface is irregularly hollowed into pipes and pockets. Proceed to Dierden's Pit, Knockhall Road, small exposure of Pleistocene shell bed ''(Neritina fluviatilis ''with colour, ''Bithynia tentaculata, Valvata piscinalis-polymorphic, Corbicula fluminalis, Unio littoralis). ''Bed belongs to high terrace gravel.<br />
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Walk to Watling Street. Chalk pit shows peculiar intercalation, along planes of bedding, of layers of brown sandy clay, of ''Ostracola ''twenty-six species and varieties, and of ''Foramirifera ''forty-eight are recorded by F. Chapman, F.R.M.S.<br />
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Proceed through Darenth Woods to Tertiary Beds exposed in lane leading to "Fox and Hounds."<br />
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Return by M.A.B. Buildings, Woodlands, and Hedge Place, to I. C. Johnson's Ballast Pits, showing deep sections in valley gravel, Junction with chalk seen near here.<br />
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Near Stone Castle. Roman remains, sepulchral urns, etc., extensively found near surface above chalk.<br />
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Return to Greenhithe for tea at "The Avenue" Tea Rooms, High Street, Plain tea 9d. each. With eggs 1s.<br />
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Return train leaves Greenhithe 7.12. Arrives London Bridge 8.3, Charing Cross 8.17.<br />
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Total walking distance 5 miles.<br />
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'''REFERENCES.'''<br />
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Geological Survey Map in Sheet<br />
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1889. WHITTAKER, W.—"Geology of London." ''Mem. Geol. Survey, ''vol. i, p. 82, Fig. 5.<br />
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1894. CHAPMAN, F.—"Notes on some Microscopic Fossils from the Chalk at Swanscombe." ''Proc. Geol. Assoc., ''vol. nib, p. 369.<br />
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1900. DIBLEY, G. E.—"Zonal Features of Chalk Pits in Gravesend Area." ''Proc. Geol. Assoc.'', vol. xvi, p. 489.<br />
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1901. WHITTAKER, W.—"Guide to Geology of London."<br />
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1901. KENNARD, A. S., and WOODWARD, B. B.—"Non-marine Mollusca of the South of England. ''Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. ''xvii, pp. 221, 238.<br />
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1901. STOPES, H.—"Discovery of Neritina fluviatilis," etc. Reprint ''Journ''.'' Anthrop. Inst.''<br />
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1908. CROSS, J.—"Excursion to Swanscombe and Galley Hill." ''Proc. Geol. Assoc.,'' vol. xxi (1909), p. 29.<br />
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19I0. LEACH, A. L.—"North Kent and adjoining parts of Surrey." ''Geol. in the Field, ''Part II, p, 239,<br />
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== Images ==<br />
=== Excursion to Greenhithe, April 20th 1912 ===<br />
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File:P805496.jpg|New Globe Company's Pit. Section in Micraster cor anguinum Chalk.<br />
File:P805497.jpg|New Globe Company's Pit. Section of Drift and Thanet Sand resting on Chalk.<br />
File:P805498.jpg|New Globe Company's Pit. Drift and Thanet Sand on Chalk.<br />
File:P805499.jpg|New Globe Company's Pit. Gravel with varying beds of Brickearth and loam resting on Thanet Sand.<br />
File:P805500.jpg|New Globe Company's Pit. Pipe of Brickearth (re-sorted Thanet Sand) descending vertically through the Gravel owing to the removal of the underlying Chalk by solution.<br />
File:P805501.jpg|New Globe Company's Pit. Long shallow scoop of Gravel in Drift resting on an undulating surface of Thanet Sand.<br />
File:P805502.jpg|'Chalk Hole Lenacre', one mile SSE of Stone.<br />
File:P805503.jpg|'Chalk Hole Lenacre', one mile SSE of Stone.<br />
File:P805504.jpg|Dierden's Pit, Knockhall Road. Pleistocene shell bed in High Terrace Gravel.<br />
File:P805505.jpg|Pleistocene shell-bed, Greenhithe. [Numbered specimens.].<br />
File:P805506.jpg|Pleistocene shell-bed, Greenhithe. Valvata piscinalis. [Specimens.].<br />
File:P805507.jpg|Pleistocene shell-bed, Greenhithe. Neritina fluviatilis, still preserving original colour markings. [Specimens.].<br />
File:P805508.jpg|Pleistocene shell-bed, Greenhithe. Bithynia tentaculata. [Specimens.].<br />
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== List of photographs ==<br />
=== Excursion to Greenhithe, April 20th 1912 ===<br />
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