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Brickearth is a term
originally used to
describe superficial windblown deposits found in
southern England. The term has been emplo**** in English-speaking...
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locality of Harmondsworth. The two
lightly po****ted
places dotted the
brickearth-over-gravel
soils in the east of
Harmondsworth which historically butted...
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brown sandy clay or loam with
clayey gravel intercalations Brickearth Yellow-brown
clayey silts,
locally calcareous in the
lower part Sand and...
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Thames and some of its
tributaries can be seen
other terraces of
brickearth, laid over and
sometimes interlayered with the clays.
These deposits were...
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other small craft can be used. The
geology of the area
consists mainly of
brickearth overlying chalk.
Tertiary sands overlain by
London clay form St. Thomas's...
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lowland deserts as in China. In England,
periglacial loess is also
known as
brickearth. Non-glacial
loess can
originate from deserts, dune fields,
playa lakes...
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sewerage was made
worse by the
ponds formed by the
excavation of
brickearth. Pigs and cows in back yards,
noxious trades like
boiling tripe, melting...
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nearby yards – were busy with the
supply of
bricks to London.
Major brickearth deposits, regionally, are in Kent,
particularly on the
North Downs dip...
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Homerton and
Stamford Hill is
formed on a
widening bed of
London Clay.
Brickearth deposits are
within tongues of clay
extending beneath Clapton Common,...
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easily compressed and
common in the Entre-Deux-Mers
region of Bordeaux.
Brickearth – See
under Loess.
Calcareous soil –
Alkaline soil with high
levels of...
