(Oldhaven Beds) - 2005

The London Clay is exposed at the extreme West end of the bay, the exposures are not very good, although there are some excellent exposures further west at 'Seasalter'. The bay runs from youngest to the East to Oldest to the West.

West of the carpark, the Oldhaven beds are well exposed on the foreshore, these beds are marked by a pebble bed at the base. This pebble bed contains black flint pebbles in a buff yellow sandy matrix, which cuts down into the underlying Woolwich Beds.

The Woolwich and Reading beds are below this but are rarely exposed. Well-bedded clays are crowded with brackish water shells.

To the East of the bay, the Thanet beds are both exposed as clays on the foreshore and sands within the cliff section.

How Herne Bay looked during the Eocene - Green Turtle
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How Herne Bay looked during the Eocene - Sting Ray
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How Herne Bay looked during the Eocene - White Shark
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How Herne Bay looked during the Eocene - Grey Nurse Shark
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How Herne Bay looked during the Eocene
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Palaeogene	Oligocene	Chattian	23.8 to 28.5
		Rupelian	28.5 to 33.7
	Eocene	Priabonian	33.7 to 35.5
		Bartonian	35.5 to 40.5
		Lutetian	40.5 to 49.5
		Ypresian	49.5 to 54.8
	Paleocene	Thanetian	54.8 to 57.0
		Selandian	57.0 to 60.5
		Danian	60.5 to 65.0

Ypresian 49.5 - 54.8 MYA
FORMATIONS AND DEPOSITS		LOCATIONS
Poole Formation
London Clay	London Clay Basement Bed	Ramsholt Bawdsey Whitecliff Bay
	Division A	Isle of Sheppey Walton-on-the-Naze Ramsholt Maylandsea Nacton Levington Bawdsey Bognor Regis Herne Bay Whitecliff Bay Wrabness
	Division B
	Division C
	Division D
Blackheath Beds		Abbey Wood
Harwich Formation		Harwich Wrabness
Claygate Beds
Oldhaven Beds		Herne Bay
Reading Formation		Herne Bay Whitecliff Bay

Thanetian 54.8 -57.0 MYA
FORMATIONS AND DEPOSITS	LOCATIONS
Thanet beds	Herne Bay Pegwell Bay

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