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Chalk and clay
1.
2. Both sedimentary rocks
Formed under the sea and uplifted by
tectonic activity
Chalk – in south and east UK, looks like
bands as it forms layers that cover large
areas
Clay – common rock found everywah
3. Chalk Clay
Physically tough, but not like granite Weak
Heavily jointed and porous Tiny pores which become
waterlogged.
Permeable, lack of rivers and lack of
erosion
Impermeable
Pure limestone CaCO3
Vulnerable to carbonation, freeze-
thaw.
Forms excarpment – dip slope, scarp
slope, dry valley...
E.g. White cliffs of Dover, South
Downs
Forms low flat ground called vales.