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ers (e.g. the Early Cretaceous Wealden and the Tertiary) accumulated in certain parts
of the Area while crustal movements uplifted other parts, causing them to be eroded
and to supply- rather than receive - sediment. A general review of the changing envir-
onments of sedimentation for the whole Region is included in the general introduction
to this chapter.
FIG
113.
Location map for Area 5.
FIG
114.
Natural and man-made features of Area 5.
The pattern of the Late Cretaceous Chalk on the geological map (Fig. 116)
provides a useful marker in this Area, as it does for most of Southern England. It re-
