Cooper, R.G. 2007. Mass Movements in Great Britain. Geological Conservation Review Series No. 33, JNCC, Peterborough, ISBN 1 86107 481 6.

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(Table 1.1)

(a) Hutchinson's classification of mass movements on slopes (1968a)

Creep (1) Shallow, predominantly seasonal creep
(a) Soil creep
(b) Talus creep
(2) Deep-seated continuous creep; mass creep
(3) Progressive creep
Frozen ground (4) Freeze—thaw movements
(a) Solifluction
(b) Cambering and valley-bulging
(c) Stone streams
(d) Rock glaciers
Landslides (5) Translational slides
(a) Rock slides; block glides
(b) Slab, or flake slides
(c) Detritus, or debris slides
(d) Mudflows
(i) Climatic mudflows
(ii) Volcanic mudflows
(e) Bog flows; bog bursts
(f) Flow failures
(i) Loess flows
(ii) Flow slides
(6) Rotational slips
(a) Single rotational slips
(b) Multiple rotational slips
(i) in stiff, fissured clay
(ii) in soft, extra-sensitive clays; clay flows
(c) Successive, or stepped rotational slips
(7) Falls
(a) Stone and boulder falls
(b) Rock and soil falls
(8) Sub-aqueous slides
(a) Flow slides
(b) Under-consolidated clay slides

(b) Hutchinson's (1988) classification (first two levels only).

A Rebound
1 Movements associated with man-made excavations
2 Movements associated with naturally eroded valleys
B Creep
1 Superficial, predominantly seasonal creep; mantle creep
2 Deep-seated, continuous creep; mass creep
3 Pre-failure creep; progressive creep
4 Post-failure creep
C Sagging of mountain

slopes

1 Single-sided sagging associated with the initial stages of landsliding
2 Double-sided sagging, associated with the initial stages of double landsliding, leading to ridge spreading
3 Sagging associated with multiple toppling
D Landslides
1 Confined failures
2 Rotational slips
3 Compound failures (markedly non-circular, with listric or bi-planar slip)
4 Translational slides
E Debris movements of flow-like form
1 Mudslides (non-periglacial)
2 Periglacial mudslides (gelifluction of clays)
3 Flow slides
4 Debris flows, very to extremely rapid flows of wet debris
5 Sturzstroms, extremely rapid flows of dry debris
F Topples
1 Topples bounded by pre-existing discontinuities
2 Topples released by tension failure at rear of mass
G Falls
1 Primary, involving fresh detachment of material; rock and soil falls
2 Secondary, involving loose material, detached earlier; stone falls
H Complex slope movements
1 Cambering and valley-bulging
2 Block-type slope movements
3 Abandoned clay cliffs
4 Landslides breaking down into mudslides or flows at the toe
5 Slides caused by seepage erosion
6 Multi-tiered slides
7 Multi-storeyed slides

(Table 1.2) The candidate mass-movement GCR sites suggested by the panel of experts consulted in the 1980s.

Southern England English Midlands Northern England Wales Scotland
Axminster Alport Castles Askrigg Aberfan–Cilfynydd An Teallach
Axmouth–Lyme Regis Bredon Hill Bilsdale Black Mountains Arran north coast
Bath University Bretton Clough Birdsall Blorenge Arrochar
Beachy Head Charlesworth Buckland's Windypit Bodafon Mountain Beinn a'Ghlo
Black Ven Crowden Canyards Hills Cefn-y-Gader Beinn Alligin
Blacknor Cliffs Deer Holes Castle Eden Dene Craig Cerig Gleisiad Ben Attow (Beinn Fhada)
Brighton–Saltdean Golden Valley, Chalford Cautley Spout Cwmystwyth Ben Lawers
Chale Bay cliffs Grindesgrain Tor Dee, Wirral Llangollen screes Ben Tianavaig
Charmouth foreshore Heyden Brook Farndale Llyn-y-Fan Fach Ben Wyvis
Clovelly Hob's House Fremington Edge Nant Gareg-Iwyd Braeriach
Folkestone Warren Jackfield Gordale screes Ponterwyd Castle Ewen
Golden Cap Lockerbrook Heights Hilbeck Fell Tal-y-Llyn valley Cnoc Roll
Hadleigh Longdendale Holderness coast Taren-y-Gigfran Coire Gabhail
Herne Bay Lud's Church Kettleness, Staithes Ysgyryd Fawr Cuillin screes
High Halstow Mam Tor Lake District screes Drumochter Pass
Hog's Back cliffs Norfolk Coast Malham Eigg
Hooken Cliff, Beer Northants ironstone field Marske Gleann an Dubh-Lochain
Hythe-Lympne-Aldington Peter's Rock Peak Scar Glen Pean
Kent and Sussex Chalk cliffs Postlip Warren Rosedale Glen Tilt
Keynsham railway cutting Rockingham Rowlee Pasture Gribun, Mull
Maidstone cambering Stow-on-the-Wold Runswick Bay Jura
Oaken Wood, Medway The Wonder Scarborough Lairig Ghru
Osmington Westend Valley Speeton Bay Loch Teachuis
Sevenoaks bypass Wytham Hill Teesdale Lochnagar
Spot Lane, Maidstone Wakerley Quiraing
Stonebarrow Whitestone Cliff Hallaig, Raasay _
Ventnor Undercliff Rudha Gorhhaig
Warden Point St Kilda
Winterford Heath Storr
Streap
Tinto Hills

(Table 1.3) The final list of selected mass-movement sites as drawn up in the early 1980s.

Alport Castles, Derbyshire
Axmouth-Lyme Regis, Devon–Dorset
Beinn Fhada, Highland
Black Ven, Dorset
Blacknor Cliffs, Dorset
Buckland's Windypit,
North Yorkshire
Canyards Hills, Sheffield
Coire Gabhail, Highland
Eglwyseg Scarp (Creigiau Eglwyseg), Clwyd
Entrance Cutting at Bath University, Avon
Cwm-du, Ceredigion
Folkestone Warren, Kent
Glen Pean, Highland* Hallaig,
Isle of Raasay, Highland
High Halstow, Kent
Hob's House, Derbyshire
Llyn-y-Fan Fach, Carmarthenshire
Lud's Church, North Staffordshire
Mam Tor, Derbyshire
Peak Scar, North Yorkshire
Postlip Warren, Gloucestershire
Rowlee Bridge, Derbyshire
Spot Lane Quarry, Kent*
Stutfall Castle, Kent
Trimingham Cliffs, Norfolk
Trotternish Escarpment, Isle of Skye, Highland (The Storr and Quiraing)
Warden Point, Kent
* Glen Pean and Spot Lane Quarry have now been deleted from the Mass-Movements GCR 'Block' (selection category) — see text.

(Table 1.4) The supplementary sites added to the GCR following recent research in Scotland.

Beinn Alligin, Highland
Ben Hee, Highland
Benvane (Beinn Bhàn), Stirling
Carn Dubh, Ben Gulabin, Perthshire
The Cobbler (Beinn Artair), Argyll and Bute
Druim Shionnach, Highland
Glen Ample, Stirling
Sgurr na Ciste Duibhe, Highland

 The mass-movement GCR sites described in the present volume; style and type are according to the World Landslide Inventory (WP/WLI 1993), classifications are according to Hutchinson (1968a) and (1988) — described in (Table 1.1)a,b.

Site Authors' classifications Style Type Hutchinson categories 1968a Hutchinson categories 1988
Alport Castles Mass rock creep, retrogressive rotational, translational Composite Slide, flow 2, 5a, 6bi B2, D2, D4
Axmouth-Lyme Regis Translational, rotational, subsidence Complex Slide, spread 5a, 6bi, 6a, 6c, 7a, 7b D2, D3, D4
Beinn Fhada (Ben Attow) Large-scale slope deformation, local slides, possible sags or forward topples Complex Spread 2, 5a A2, B2, Cl, D4, Fl
Beinn Alligin Large rockfall with excess run-out Single Fall, flow 5fii, 7b E3, G1
Ben Hee Arrested translational slide Multiple Slide 5a D4
Benvane Slope deformation and translational slide Multiple Spread, slide 2, 5a B2, D4
Black Ven Mudslides Complex Slide 5di El
Blacknor Cliffs Block slide, slab failure Complex Slide, topple 5a D4
Buckland's Windypit Block slides Multiple Slide 5a, 4b D4
Canyards Hills Translational with breakup into ridges, lateral extension Multiple Slide 5a D4
Carn Dubh, Ben Gulabin Translational slide to flow Single Slide, flow 5a, 5fii D4, E4
Coire Gabhail Rockfalls, landslide dam, run-up opposite Multiple Fall 7b G1
Cwm-du Sub-snow solifluction sheets OR 'landslides' Multiple Slide 4a, 5c E2
Druim Shionnach In-situ slope deformation progressing to toppling Composite Spread 2 B2, C3
Eglwyseg Scarp (Creigiau Eglwyseg) Active screes and relict clitter slopes Multiple Fall 7a, 7b G
Entrance Cutting at Bath University Gulls, cambers, dip-and-fault structure Composite Spread 4b H
Folkestone Warren Rockfalls, clay extrusion, rotational Complex Fall, slide 6bi D2, G, H
Hallaig Rotational slide, possibly seismically triggered Single Slide 6a D2
Glen Ample
Beinn Each Compressional slope deformation, local rockfall Multiple Spread 2, 7b A2, G1
Ben Our Extensional slope deformation, slides, topples Complex Spread 2, 5a B2, C1, D4, F1
High Halstow Shallow successive rotational slips, hillwash, soil creep Successive Slide la, 6bi, 6c B, D2
Hob's House Rotational slip Single Slide 6a D2
Llyn-y-Fan Each Debris flow Multiple Flow 5c E3
Lud's Church Bed-on-bed translational sliding within a rotational mass Single Slide 5a, 6a D2, D4
Mam Tor Slump-earthflow Multiple Slide, flow 6c, 5c D3, E3, H4
Peak Scar Block slide, topples Complex Slide, topple 5a D4, F
Postlip Warren Large-scale gravitational slips, 'founders' Successive Spread 5a, 4b H
Rowlee Bridge Valley-bulge Complex Spread 4b H
Sgurr na Ciste Duibhe Extensional slope deformations and slides Complex Spread, slide 2, 5a B2, D4
Stutfall Castle Soil creep, earthflow, translational Complex Flow, slide la, 5c, 6b B, D4, E1
The Cobbler 'Short-travel arrested translational slide; also sub- cataclasmic Single Slide, fall 5a, 7b D4, E3
Trimingham Cliffs Blockfall, seepage failure, mudslides, rotational slip Composite Fall, slide 5di, 6a D2, El, G, H
Trotternish Escarpment
Quiraing Retrogressive translational slide, rockfall Multiple Slide, fall 5a, 7b D4, G1
The Storr Retrogressive translational slide, topples Multiple Slide, topple 5a, 7b D4, F2
Warden Point Rotational, topples Composite Slide, topple 6b D2, F

(Table 1.6) The sites described in the present volume classified by geological age and by WLI mass-movement type: (PC = Precambrian–Cambrian; Si = Silurian; De = Devonian; Ca = Carboniferous; Ju = Jurassic; Cr = Cretaceous; Eo = London Clay; PI = Pleistocene; fa = fall; to = Topple; sl = slide; sp = spread; fl = flow; * = sites which display cambering and valley-bulging).

Geological age Mass-movement type
PC Si De Ca Ju Cr Eo Pl fa to sl sp fl
Alport Castles X X X
Axmouth–Lyme Regis X X X X X
Beinn Alligin X X X
Beinn Fhada * X X X X
Ben Hee X X
Benvane X X X
Black Ven X X X X
Blacknor Cliffs X X X
Buckland's Windypit X X X
Canyards Hills X X
Carn Dubh, Ben Gulabin X X X
ICoire Gabhail X X
Cwm-du X X
Druim Shionnach * X X
Eglwyseg Scarp (Creigiau Eglwyseg) X X
Entrance Cutting at Bath University * X X
Folkestone Warren X X X
Glen Ample
Beinn Each * X X X
Ben Our X X X X
Hallaig X X
High Halstow X X
Hob's House X X X
Llyn-y-Fan Each X X
Lud's Church X X
Mam Tor X X X
Peak Scar X X X
Postlip Warren X X X
Rowlee Bridge * X X
Sgurr na Ciste Duibhe X X X
Stutfall Castle X X X
The Cobbler X X X
Trimingham Cliffs X X X
Trotternish Escarpment
Quiraing X X X X
The Storr X X X X
Warden Point X X X

(Table 2.1) Characteristic types of large rock slope failures (RSFs) in the Scottish Highlands and Lake District. Adapted from Jarman (2006) and Wilson et al. (2004). See (Figure 2.5) for explanation of terms.

Scottish Highlands Lake District
RSF size 0.25–0.49 km2 67 5
0.5–0.99 km2 61 1
1.0–1.99 km2 16 1
2.0–3.0 km2 3
total RSFs 0.25–3.0 km2 147 7
RSF predominant mode
rockslides (all degrees of arrestment/disintegration) 54 4
of which cataclasmic 3
sub-cataclasmic 14
arrested short-medium travel 37 4
slope deformations 92 3
of which extensional (sag and creep) 68 3
compressional (rebound) including Cluanie hybrids 24
Association with glacial breaches (including tributary troughs)
main watersheds 55 1
secondary watersheds 56 1
no close association 36 5

(Table 2.2) Rock slope failure (RSF) incidence, character, landshaping effect, and association with breaching in the Southern Highlands and Kintail area (including clusters 1, 5 and 7 in (Figure 2.13)). Updated from Jarman (2003a,b). Note: sites may be in more than one character or landshaping category. See (Figure 2.15) and (Figure 2.18).

Southern Highlands S. Affric/Kintail/Glen Shiel
1W 1E 2 Total 7N/8S
Number of RSFs 119 40 13 172 54
< 0.25 km2 86 33 8 127 33
0.25–0.99 km2 31 6 4 41 17
1.00–3.00 km2 2 1 1 4 4
Extent of RSF (km2) 27.9 7.0 5.2 40.1 18.6
average size (km2) 0.23 0.17 0.40 0.35
% of densest core area affected by RSF 7.7 7.2 16.7 6.0
extent of core area (km2) 112 40 26 41
RSF character (number of)
arrested translational slides 48 20 11 79 25
sub-cataclasmic failures 35 21 6 62 6
slope deformations 6 10 5 21 23
incipient failures 28 10 5 43 5
not ascertained 26 8 1 35
Landshaping contribution
glen and trough widening 89 17 9 115 38
corrie enlargement 13 13 1 27 11
corrie initiation 11 2 1 14
spur truncation 39 11 6 56 9
crest sharpening, arêtes and horns 39 16 7 62 19
ridge reduction 8 5 0 13 23
potential watershed breaching/ dissection 3 2 2 7 6
elimination of mountain blocks 12 4 1 17 2
Association with evolving glacial breaches
at a 'recent' or enlarging breach 20 5 5 30 27
near a breach (< 2 km downflow) 24 15 4 43
in a side trough rejuvenated by a breach below 11

(Table 2.3) Large rock slope failures (RSFs) in the Scottish Highlands for which data are available. After Jarman (2006). Sites are listed from the north, with the Great Glen separating the North-west Highlands from the Grampians. Note the disproportionate number of large RSFs studied north-west of the Great Glen, where foliation (F) is rarely as conducive to sliding as in the Southern Highlands. Most studies are of (sub-)cataclasmic RSFs or slope deformations, rather than conventional arrested slides.

RSF Ref. Mode Area km2 Vol. x106m3 Depth m H/S m A/S m Slide plane Comments
Loch Vaich, Ross-shire 2 ext def 0.5 >50? 2 J low angle Short-travel (50 m) slip, forward toppling on 60° F
Sgurr Bhreac, Fannich 2,3 ext def 0.82 36? ? 30 Sm ? Sackung with lattice of fissures
Beinn Alligin, Torridon 1,2 cata 0.52 3.5 200 20 #1 60 42° Acute faulted wedge in sub-horizontal sandstone
Glenuaig, Strathcarron 2 ext def 0.7 ? <5 <2 F 15°+ Short-travel sliding slump, incipient fissuring
Sgurr na Conbhaire, Monar 2,6 sub-cata 0.35 150 2 F 30- 40° Long-travel (150 m) slump onto lower slope
Sgurr na Feartaig, Strathcarron 2 ext def 0.9 100? 2 yes F Short-travel block slide
An Socach, Monar 2 comp def 1.0 20? nil sm - 500 m long, linear A/S diffuse margins — rebound
Carn na Con Dhu, Mullardoch 2,3 slide 1.46 61? 120? 12 35? 2 not on F/J Short-travel slide/slump, A/S <200 m long on strike of J1+J2
An Sornach, Affric 2,3,4 ext def 0.75 13? 30? 42 3 not F/J Slip with A/S lattice > bulge

> collapse. Rebound 5 m A/S

Mullach Fraoch-choire, Affric 3 sub-cata 0.2 0.73 20 10 J2,3 29° Slide tongue within 1.1 km' slope deformation
Sgurr na Lapaich, Affric 2,3 comp def 0.3 7? 100? 10 Ridge crest failure, possibly seismic/rebound faulting
Beinn Fhada, Kintail 2,3, 4,6 comp def 3.0 112 #2 100? none 10 ~8 sub-horizontal A/S < 700 m long, main ones are 5–8 m high
Sgurr na Ciste Duibhe, Glenshiel 5 ext def 1.25 5–10 #3 80 15 (11)

5

not F/J Summit lowered -10 m > long-travel slide in deformation
Sgurr a' Bhealaich Dheirg, Glenshiel 2 comp def 0.7 100? 6 Bulging slide, rebound A/S < 200 m long
Ciste Dhubh, Affric 5 sub-cata 0.46 7 80 30 2 ? Corrie-floor source, toe reaches river in breach glen
Druim Shionnach, Cluanie 5 comp def 0.55 150? 25 (14)

3

Top A/S is outer half of graben > Cluanie bulge
Meall Buidhe, Knoydart 6 ext def 0.5 40? 30 7? J1,2 < 44° Broad slump zone
Mam na Cloiche Airde, Knoydart 6 sub-cata 0.26 40 20 35° Semi-intact masses > slope debris > 5° flow slide
Glen Pean, Knoydart 6 comp def 2.5 60? J1 28–48° A/S array on strike of F/J2, cataclasmic slide to west
Great Glen
Streap, Glenfinnan 6 Slide 0.25 25 75 (10) J1

36°

Long-travel arrested sub-cataclasmic summit has lost top ~15 m, seismic trigger?
Beinn an Lochain W, Arrochar 6 ext def 0.34 15? <5 <2 F 20–30° Thin, undeveloped slide, upper tier beside
The Cobbler SW, Arrochar 4 slide 0.62 8–10 30 28 (10) 6 not F Four-panel, short-travel, disintegrated slip
Hell's Glen, Cowal 3,6 ext def 0.52 1.75 (+) 60 15 (15) 5 J2 40–50° Topple block slips and collapses in broad slump
Mullach Coire a' Chuir, Cowal 3 slide 0.57 9.6? 20 50 (12) 2 F + J2 Part-collapsed sliding topple on stepped surface
Meallan Sidhein, Loch Striven 6 slide 0.75 70 40 F 25–32° Slip in phyllite, effective F dip 20°, equals RFA
Tullich Hill West and East 4 slide 1.25 in total 40 8 not F Short-travel, multi-phase, slump complex
Benvane, Trossachs 4 def/ slide 1.25 25 20–30 26 3 not F Deformation progresses laterally to slide
Ben Our (Glen Ample), Lochearnhead 4 def 2.90 100–200? 150? 4 4 Platy deformation with basal slumps
Footnotes:

'Ref.': reference sources are (1) Ballantyne, 2003; (2) Fenton, 1991; (3) Holmes, 1984; (4) Jarman, 2003c,d,e, 2004a, and present volume; (5) Jarman, 2003b; (6) Watters, 1972.

'Mode': cata = cataclasmic; sub-cata = sub-cataclasmic; ext def = extensional deformation (sag, creep); comp def = compressional deformation (rebound).

'Area': RSF size is here taken as the gross area including source cavity, since most cases are incompletely evacuated. British Geological Survey mapping of RSF is variable and incomplete, but recent sheets only map as 'landslips' disturbed ground, thus excluding both source areas and semi-intact slope deformations. The gross area best indicates the geomorphologi-cal impact of the RSF, but clearly requires adjustment when volumetric calculations are made.

'Vol'(-ume) and maximum 'Depth' should be seen as broad estimates, especially sites marked '?' where the depth cannot readily be assessed.

#1 depth figures are for cavity (ref. 2) and debris tongue (ref. 1);

#2 volume (ref. 3) assumes there is a failed mass with a boundary at -100 m, no volume can be calculated if the failure partly dissipates at depth;

#3 volume and depth are for main cavity within larger deformation.

'H/S' = headscarp (rear scarp, source scarp) maximum height.

'A/S' = antiscarp (obsequent scarp, counterscarp, uphill-facing scarp) maximum height — figures in brackets are graben trenches or uphill faces of large slipped masses.

'Slide plane': F = foliation or schistosity surface;

J = joint-sets (in order of significance);

RFA = residual friction angle.

(Table 5.1) Records of movement and rainfall at Mam Tor, 1915–1977. After Skempton et al. (1989).

Slip Date Movements Monthly rainfall (mm)
1 Jan 1915 Crack 30 m long 200
2 Dec 1918 slip, 0.3 m subsidence 240
Jan 1919 movements continue 140
3 Dec 1919 steady movement 280
Jan 1920 movements continue 200
4 Dec 1929 serious slip 300
Jan 1930 movements continue 180
5 Jan 1931 slip, 60 m crack 210
Feb 1931 movements continue 190
6 Feb 1937 considerable subsidence 220
7 Jan 1939 100 m crack, 0.25 m subsidence 210
8 Oct 1942 30 m crack, 0.1 m subsidence 160
9 Feb 1946 extensive slip 240
10 Nov 1946 new movements 230
11 Feb 1948 subsidence on 200 m length (preceded by 280 mm rain in Jan) 100
12 Dec 1949 slip (no details) 230
13 Jan 1952 large slip (preceded by 400 mm rain in November and December) 150
14 Dec 1965 serious slip, 0.7 m displacement 320
15 Feb 1966 renewed movement, 0.3 m displacement (preceded by 385 mm rain in December and January) 190
16 Feb 1977 large slip; 0.4 m subsidence (average) 230

(Table 6.1) Factors of Safety (F) for the Hallaig landslip. After Russell (1985).

Slope height (m) Slope angle (degrees) F
300 80 0.75
300 70 0.90
300 60 1.06
350 80 0.69
350 70 0.84
350 60 0.97
350 50 1.12

(Table 7.1) Folkestone Warren: summary of the average values of ør' (°), σn' and s in the Gault Clay at failure in the 1940, 1937 and 1915 landslips. The original pre-metric data have been used. After Hutchinson (1969).

Landslip ø(°) σn' (pounds per square foot) s (pounds per square foot)
Max u Min u Max u Min u Max u Min u
1940 15.1 14.0 4510 4950 1215 1235
1937 16.3 14.0 8340 9740 2440 2430
1915 16.6 13.9 13 170 15 620 3925 3865
σn' average effective normal stress on slip-surface in Gault Clay determined graphically using computed values of internal forces

u porewater pressure acting on slip-surface

s average shear-strength, σn'tanør', along slip-surface in Gault Clay

(Table 7.2) Results of stability analyses. After Hutchinson (1969).

Cross section Pore pressure assumption on slip surface Value of car' Gault Clay required for F = 1.0 Remarks
Janbu (()) Morgenstern and Price (°)
1915 landslip W4 lower profile Maximum 10.2 Slip surface entirely in Gault Clay
Minimum 8.3
W4 upper profile Maximum 10.3 Slip surface entirely in Gault Clay
Minimum 8.5
W4 average profile Maximum 10.25 9.7 Slip surface entirely in Gault Clay
Minimum 8.4 7.7
W6 Maximum 16.55 16.3 ør' for small length of slip surface in Chalk Marl at rear of slip = 20°
Minimum 14.3 13.8
W8 Maximum 23.85 22.2 ør' for small length of slip surface in Lower Chalk at rear of slip = 23°
Minimum 20.1 18.7
Weighted average of sections W4 (average), W6 and W8 Maximum 17.6 16.6
Minimum 14.8 13.9
1937 landslip W1 Maximum 17.4 ør' for small length of slip surface in Lower Chalk at rear of slip = 23°
Minimum 14.9
W2 Maximum 18.3 16.2 ør' for small length of slip surface in Lower Chalk at rear of slip = 23°
Minimum 15.9 14.0
1940 landslip W5 Maximum 13.9 12.5 ør' for small length of slip surface in Chalk Marl at rear of slip = 20°
Minimum 13.0 11.6
W7 Maximum 19.2 17.6 ør' for small length of slip surface in Chalk Marl at rear of slip = 20°
Minimum 17.6 16.4
Average of (W5 + W7)/2 Maximum 16.55 15.05 ør' for small length of slip surface in Chalk Marl at rear of slip = 20°
Minimum 15.3 14.0

(Table 9.1) Geological succession in the cliffs of north Norfolk. After Banham (1968).

Chalky outwash sands and gravels 7.5 m
Chalky boulder clay 3.0 m
Brick Kiln Dale Gravels 12.5 m
Gimingham Sands 'Contorted Drift' 3.0 m
Third Till 12.0 m
Mundesley Sands 4.5 m
Second Till 'Cromer Till' 3.0 m
Intermediate Beds
First Till

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