A Nice Hunt Under The Highest Limestone Cliff In Europe,normandy France

[Dromiopsis]

Hello Astrinos it makes 110 meters High and it's the most higher chalk cliff in Europe,thanksfor the kind comment!

hello Gery

theses cliffs are higher....in Denmark : Mons klint , even is this coutry is flat....

http://en.wikipedia....iki/Møns_Klint

Regulary, you got landslide as in February 2007...trees in the Baltic sea

Maastrichian period

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Edited November 6, 2012 by Dromiopsis

[Texanites]

I found also a very not usual ammonite for the site,probably a Mammites nodosoides

Hi Nala,

Your ammonite is a Lewesiceras. Did you collect it ?

[nala]

hello Gery

theses cliffs are higher....in Denmark : Mons klint , even is this coutry is flat....

http://en.wikipedia....iki/Møns_Klint

Regulary, you got landslide as in February 2007...trees in the Baltic sea

Maastrichian period

D

LE TREPORT

Bienvenue au Tréport perle de la côte d'Albâtre, petite station balnéaire nichée au pied

des plus hautes falaises de craie vive d'europe.

it's the official page of the city who said that and you can see the same also on wiki

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Tr%C3%A9port

:blink:

[nala]

Hi Nala,

Your ammonite is a Lewesiceras. Did you collect it ?

Yes Texanites ,i collected it but it broke in several parts(too erodade,but so rare!)and the center is lost,i will make a picts to show the poor amonite glued the best i can,but glued,thanks for the ID ,are you really sure it's not a Mamites(it's a good specialist who told me that)

[nala]

these are the picts of my poor but really rare ammonite from le Tréport,The Conulus was on the same level

living chamber?

OTHER SIDE

I found this one at the Cap blanc Nez,probably Turonian or possible Cenomanian(unknow ID)

[sjaak]

Nice!

I heard that there or new rules in France or at least around the boulonnais coast that limit the use of hammer an chissel. Do you know something about this? Or is it only not allowed to hammer the cliffs (which is basically not a very good idea...).

regards,

Niels

[nala]

Hello Niels,each city has its own regulations, mostly fossils collecting is not a problem, but few people say that the fossils must remain in place while the sea irreparably destroyed them, not to mention the action of frost and rain .But it is also true that few people who often have the lure of money, use heavy tools which degrade the beach as the Cap Blanc Nez, but having a geologist's hammer in his bag is not a crime, and the police have other more serious problems to deal.Regards

[Wrangellian]

I hope those regulators don't get too overzealous... There are lots of places where fossil hunting is not allowed even though with hand-tool collecting there would be no adverse effects (never mind power tools). It does no good to leave a fossil out in the elements, it will soon not exist and nobody will be able to appreciate it! That point seems to be lost on so many.

[nala]

"I hope those regulators don't get too overzealous"well said!

[sjaak]

thanks and agreed!