A new review shows the extent and nature of the UK and Irish loess; this note is designed to complement that excellent compiliation- it concerns the loess in south east Essex
C.Bunce, T.Stevens, I.Smalley, A.Assadi-Langroudi 2022 Loess in Britain and Ireland; formation, modification and environmentsl significance, a review in memory of John Catt 1937-2017. Proceedings of the Geologists Association
The loess is concentrated in the south-east of the county, near to Southend on Sea. The Greater Essex Mineral Resource map shows the location with reasonable precision.
Grenville Lill managed to obtain brickearth samples from the Star Lane and Cherry Orchard Lane brickworks. These were possibly the last two brickearth producers in Essex. As far as we know the only substantial TG analysis on London Brickearth was carried out on these samples.
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