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Sussex and Suffolk Tertiaries, by Alfred Bell, published January 1869 in Geological Magazine (vol. 6, issue 55, article, p.41)   View Online

On a Section of the Gault and lower Greensand, at lower Fettleworth, Sussex, by Geo. Maw, published July 1869 in Geological Magazine (vol. 6, issue 61, article, pp.335-336)   View Online

On the Occurrence of Websterite at Brighton, by S.G. Perceval, published March 1871 in Geological Magazine (vol. 8, issue 81, article, pp.121-122)   View Online

On the 30th July last year I observed that a deposit of Websterite, subsulphate of alumina, had been cut into, in excavating for the new system of drainage in the Montpelier Road opposite the south end of Vernon Terrace. It occurs at a depthof 16 feet from the surface of the road, beneath a ferruginous deposit of varying depth, which overlies the chalk on the summit of the hill, consisting of ochreous clay with occasional flint-breccia and masses of hæmatite iron ore in some instances mammillated and associated with crystals of selenite. The iron ore is occasionally friable and of a cindery appearance, containing in its cavities angular pieces of chalk and occasional groups of crystals of selenite. The deposit of Websterite is about three feet wide at its junction with the overlying ferruginous mass, narrowing as it descends, apparently occupying a fissure in the chalk, which has at some time been filled with clay, or has been formed by some decomposing action on the chalk, the chalk intruding occasionally into the vein of Websterite. The mineral varies much in colour and appearance, consisting in some places of a soft white powder, which, I am informed by Sir W. C. Trevelyan, hehas observed in specimens at Newhaven, and which he has ascertained by the microscope to consist entirely of minute transparent crystals, the nature of which he believes has not yet been investigated; sometimes in masses of various size presenting the appearance of meerschaum, compact and structureless, or somewhat botryoidal in form, occasionally presenting a concentric structure, and rarely and only in a certain portion of the deposit exhibiting spherical concretions with a radiating structure. Specimens of these various forms I have presented to the British Museum. A mass of yellow clay with imbeddedchalk flints divides the summit of the vein of Websterite, and near the clay the mineral assumes the character of allophane, having a yellow ivory-like appearance, towards the chalk forming the wall of the vein of Websterite. The wall of the vein is marked by a dark line caused by the association of a soft black substance, oxide of manganese, with the Websterite.

On the Chalk of the Cliffs from Seaford to Eastbourne, Sussex, by William Whitaker, published May 1871 in Geological Magazine (vol. 8, issue 83, article, pp.198-200)   View Online

Just out of Seaford the Chalk rises sharply from beneath the sand of the Woolwich Beds, on an outlier of which the small town is buUt. The dip however soon lessens, until the Chalk is flat, with slight waves. Some of the layers of flint are continuous, and some nearly so, but most are not continuous, and they are rather closer together in the lower part of the cliff. There are a few thin beds of hard chalk, and at the top a capping of "clay-with-flints."

Silicified Coral on the Coast of Sussex, etc., by Spencer G. Perceval, published October 1871 in Geological Magazine (vol. 8, issue 88, article, p.476)   View Online

Portland Wood, On the Coast of Sussex - Reply to Mr. Perceval, by O. Fisher, published November 1871 in Geological Magazine (vol. 8, issue 89, article, pp.524-525)   View Online

Silicified Coral on the Coast of Sussex, etc., by S. G. Perceval, published December 1871 in Geological Magazine (vol. 8, issue 90, article, p.576)   View Online

Sand-Worn Pebbles in the Wealden of Sussex, by T. Rupert Jones, published June 1878 in Geological Magazine (vol. 5, issue 6, article, p.287)   View Online

On Meyeria Willettii, a New Macrourous Crustacean from the Chalk of Sussex, by HenryWoodward, published December 1878 in Geological Magazine (vol. 5, issue 12, article, pp.556-558)   View Online

The genus Meyeria was established by Prof. M'Coy, in 1849, for the reception of certain Crustaceans from the Gault and Greensand, found at Speeton, Yorkshire, and at Atherfield, in the Isle of Wight. A new form has been most obligingly sent to me for examination by Henry Willett, Esq., F.G.S.; and this being in a more perfect state of preservation than any heretofore obtained, enables me to refer to the same species about eight other remains from the Chalk preserved in the British Museum and including the carapace figured on pl. xxxviii. fig. 8 of Dixon's Geology of Sussex.

On the waterworks at Goldstone Bottom, Brighton, by W. Whitaker, published April 1886 in Geological Magazine (vol. 3, issue 4, article, pp.159-161)   View Online

These works were at first only supplementary to the Lewes Road Works, on the east; but now are the chief source of supply. They were begun in 1865, and are placed in a hollow in the Chalk, in open ground. at the north-western edge of Brighton. This hollow, the bottom of which, I am told, is 30 feet below the lowest part of its rim, is perhaps in itself an evidence of the existence of underground water, being due, most likely, as is usually the case in limestone-districts, to the dissolving away of the rock by underground water and to the consequent sinking-in of the surface. It is an analogous occurrence to the Meres of Norfolk, except that these are generally more or less filled with water, whilst Goldstone Bottom is quite dry at the surface. I may mention that at the time of my visit there was so thick a fog that it was impossible to see the hollow.

Note on the denudation and elevation of the Weald, by Horace W. Monckton, published September 1890 in Geological Magazine (vol. 7, issue 9, article, pp.395-397)   View Online

It is I think, practically admitted that the present condition of the Weald is the result, firstly of marine, and secondly of subaerial denudation. A plain of marine denudation was first formed, and the valleys were carved out by subaerial action.

Note on a Section of the Pleistocens Rubble Drift Near Portslade, Sussex, by S. Hazzledine Warren, published July 1897 in Geological Magazine (vol. 4, issue 7, article, pp.302-304)   View Online

The interest of this section lies in its bearing on the theoretical considerations relative to the causes that produced the extensive deposits of Bubble Drift in the South of England.

On the date of publication of Frederick Dixon's ?Geology of Sussex., by C. Davies Sherborn, published June 1908 in Geological Magazine (vol. 5, issue 6, article, pp.286-287)   View Online

On the Geologic Conditions affecting the Coasts of England and Wales, with special reference to the Coast-line from Lynn to Wells (Norfolk) and from Yarmouth to Eastbourne (Suffolk, Essex, Kent, and Sussex), by William Whitaker, published February 1909 in Geological Magazine (vol. 6, issue 2, article, pp.49-56)   View Online

In reprinting this article some slight chages and corrections have been made, but it remains substantially the same, perhaps with trifling improvements. [Any notable addition is included in brackets of this kind.]

On the Geologic Conditions affecting the Coasts of England and Wales, with special reference to the Coast-line from Lynn to Wells (Norfolk) and from Yarmouth to Eastbourne (Suffolk, Essex, Kent, and Sussex), by William Whitaker, published March 1909 in Geological Magazine (vol. 6, issue 3, article, pp.113-119)   View Online

Having now given a short account of the geology of the long line of coast from Yarmouth to Eastbourne, one may say of the first part of it, north of the Thames, that it is, so to speak, most favourably constructed for coast-erosion. Without a single hard or firm rock, such as the Chalk; without anything that can form a nearly perpendicular cliff of any height, no cliff indeed being high enough to give rise to a respectable landslip; composed of loose sand and gravels, loams and clays (the last partly strengthened by thin layers of soft stone), there is really nothing to withstand either the assaults of atmospheric action from above or of the sea below. Such parts as are of special interest or have been subject to special observation will now be noticed.

The sculpturings of the Chalk Downs of Kent, Surrey, and Sussex., by George Clinch, published February 1910 in Geological Magazine (vol. 7, no. 2, article, pp.49-58)   View Online

The aim of this paper is to offer an explanation of the phenomena intimately related to the sculpturings of the Chalk Downs in the district under review, namely:-

1. The Dry Chalk Valleys.
2. The River System of the Wealden area, as far as it relates to the Chalk Downs.
3. Incidentally, the Denudation of the Wealden area.

The Marsupites Chalk of Brighton, by R.M. Brydone, published January 1915 in Geological Magazine (vol. 2, issue 1, article, pp.12-15)   View Online

A description on modern lines of the Brighton chalk below the (old) zone of Actinocamax quadratus is to be found in Dr. Rowe's "Coast Sections", pt. i, p. 346. The principal points that he makes are that between Ovingdean Pumping Station and Black Rock the cliffs display below the (old) zone of A. quadratus a thickness of 58 feet of chalk, the whole of which, he assigns to his zone of Marsupites, and further to his Marsupites band as Uintacrinus was not found in it, but he notes that Uintacrinus has been found on the reefs. These points have, as far as I know, stood unchallenged hitherto, but I am unable to reconcile them with my experience.

On Dinocochlea ingens, n. gen. et sp., a gigantic gastropod from the Wealden Beds near Hastings, by B. B. Woodward, published June 1922 in Geological Magazine (vol. 59, issue 6, article, pp.242-247)   View Online

During the construction by the Hastings Corporation of a new arterial road to th.e north of St. Leonards, near Silver Hill, not far from the Old Eoar Waterfall, and close to the quarry dubbed by Mantell the "Iguanodon Necropolis", the cutting passed through some sandy beds of the Wadhurst Clay Series. In these there was one particular stratum that had been a pale blue concretionary calciferous sandstone, but which had been altered for the most part by the percolation of water into a rusty-brown ferruginous sandrock. Numerous large, typical concretions occurred in it, but besides these Mr. H. L. Tucker, who was then acting as engineer to the contractors for the work, noticed the presence of certain huge spiral bodies that seemed to differ from the ordinary concretions. These bodies generally lay in cavities, or "moulds" in the surrounding sandstone, but unfortunately no part of these moulds was preserved.

A new fossiliferous deposit in West Sussex, by J. C. Ferguson, published June 1923 in Geological Magazine (vol. 60, issue 6, article, p.267)   View Online

At the southern end of Thorney Island, about three miles S.S.W. of Emsworth, in West Sussex, there are low cliffs of London Clay covered by Pleistocene deposits. The London Clay has been folded near the top, and its surface presents a series of basin-like depressions, 3 to 10 feet in diameter, and evidently caused by downward pressure. These basins are occupied by Pleistocene gravel, which contains numerous erratics-many of igneous rocks-and resembles the better-known Erratic Gravel of Selsey. The Erratic Gravel is covered by Coombe Rock and Brickearth, which form the top of the cliff, as shown in the diagram.

Chalk Quarry near Black Rabbit Inn, Arundel, Sussex, by . T. A. Gaster, published December 1927 in Geological Magazine (vol. 64, issue 12, article, pp.557-558)   View Online

This quarry is situated three-quarters of a mile north-east of Arundel Castle on the west bank of the River Arun.

Pebbles of quartzite near Piltdown, Sussex, by Herbert L. Hawkins, published January 1930 in Geological Magazine (vol. 67, issue 1, article, pp.28-30)   View Online

In July of 1929 I visited the classic locality of Piltdown under the guidance of Sir A. Smith Woodward. After paying homage at the tomb of Eoanthropus we descended from the plateau to the low-level gravel terrace that flanks the flood-plain of the River Ouse. At a place known locally as Sharp's Bridge (marked on the accompanying map by a cross) there is a new but already extensive gravel pit. A spot-level on the map near the pit gives the approximate level of the top of the gravel terrace as 38 o.d.; the face of the pit is dug to a depth of from 8 to 10 feet below this level, and seems to reach down to about the level of saturation determined by the water of the river.

Pleistocene superficial deposits, Balcombe area, central Weald, by D. J. W. Piper, published November 1971 in Geological Magazine (vol. 108, issue 6, article, pp.517-523)   View Online

Pleistocene silty mudflow deposits mantle much of the valley sides and floors of the Balcombe area of the central Weald. Boulder deposits at the foot of cliffs formed of resistant bedrock sandstones are also of Pleistocene age. One well sorted sand from a gentle valley side shows surface grain textures under the scanning electron microscope indicative of wind action. The superficial deposits formed under periglacial conditions, and their distribution indicates most of the landforms are relict Pleistocene features.

Concealed Eocene outcrop beneath Shoreham Harbour, Sussex, by L. P. Thomas and D . A. Gray, published March 1974 in Geological Magazine (vol. 111, issue 2, article, pp.125-132)   View Online

Evidence from a series of boreholes in the Shoreham area demonstrates the occurrence of an outcrop of Woolwich and Reading Beds lying beneath the drift deposits which form the floor of Shoreham Harbour. The classification of the Eocene strata, their structural relation to other deposits in the area and their conditions of deposition are examined.

A new species of Polacanthus (Ornithischia; Ankylosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous of Sussex, England, by W. T. Blows, published November 1996 in Geological Magazine (vol. 133, issue 6, article, pp.671-682)   View Online

The first specimen of the ankylosaur genus Polacanthus from the mainland Barremian of southeast England is described as Polacanthus rudgwickensis sp.nov. Polacanthus rudgwickensis is larger than Polacanthus foxii, and there are significant differences in the dermal armour, the tibia and caudal vertebrae of the two species. Polacanthus foxii appears to be restricted at present to the Isle of Wight with one specimen from southwest England, whilst Polacanthus rudgwickensis is only known from Sussex. This geographical distribution, the palaeobiological implications and possible sexual dimorphism are discussed for this genus.