Chalk & Clay G1

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Chalk & Clay G1

>  sedimentary rocks

> chalk = organic ( dead organisms)

> clay = clastic ( sediment)

Formed

> under the sea due to compression from weight of layers above

> uplifted by tectonic activity to form land

Found

Chalk = south & east of England, east of the Tee-Exes line, stretching from Norfolk in a band down

Clay = lot more common than chalk, number of locations across the UK

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