The Culbin shingle bar and its vegetation

Fuller, R. M.

doi:10.1080/03746607508685294

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“…The lows between ridges represent former high-water zones where continual reworking by the sea removes fine material in the backwash. The presence of fine material in ridges, and its beneficial effect for plants, explains the very characteristic patterns of vegetated ridges and bare lows which are better exemplified at Dungeness and Orfordness than anywhere else in the U.K. Shingle beaches with sand, such as Blakeney or Culbin (Fuller, 1975), have a very different ecology, more like that of sand dunes.…”

Section: Beach Compositionmentioning

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Orfordness and Dungeness: a comparative study

Fuller

1989

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

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FULLER, R. M., 1989. Orfordness and Dungeness: a comparative study. Dungeness originally developed as a shingle spit from Winchelsea, across the bay which now forms the Romney Marshes and, 700–800 years ago, probably had its distal end between New Romney and Hythe. The structure seems to have been very similar to present‐day Orfordness. Then a breach at the spit's origin produced an abrupt change in accretion and erosion patterns with the eventual development of the present‐day cuspate foreland. It would seem that Orfordness is on the verge of such a breach, which is prevented by coastal defence works. Much can be learned by comparing physiographic and ecological processes at Orfordness with those at Dungeness, using Orfordness as an historical model for early Dungeness. This paper considers some of the evidence for these conclusions, examines the structures which survive to the present‐day and discusses the ecological significance of the features, especially in terms of plant successional developments.

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Section: Beach Compositionmentioning

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Orfordness and Dungeness: a comparative study

Fuller

1989

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

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“…As along sand/shingle foreshores, particle size, and hence water retention capacity (Fuller 1975), has a major effect on the kinds of plants that become established. Brandes (1979) has investigated the colloidal capacity of soil samples from railway stations in Eastern Saxony (DDR), and is able to show a correlation with vegetation.…”

Section: Rock Cuttings Expose a Wide Variety Of Surfacesmentioning

confidence: 99%