[Brownie's Beach][Shattuck's zones]

Shattuck's Zone 4

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Photo of the cliffs just south of Brownie's Beach showing Shattuck's Zone 4 "a six-inch deposit of greenish sandy clay carrying Ostrea percrassa" as the white line of shells. This picture on a windy winter morning in 2000 shows how wave erosion is much faster in zone 4 than in the adjoining smooth clay layers.

Last modified: April 17, 2002 - © Edwin Huizinga