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I.—On the Origin of the Lagoon called The Fleet, Dorsetshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

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In the November Number of this Magazine (Vol. X. p. 481) the Rev. O. Fisher has called attention to the formation of the Fleet, Dorsetshire, and puts forward suggestions as to its formation in opposition to the sub-aerial denudation theory of Messrs. Bristow and Whitaker. To me the formations of the Fleet and Chesil Beach seem easily explained, as similar beaches are not uncommon on other parts of the English coast, and also on that of Ireland; but inland behind many of these banks the spaces that were formerly lagoons are now reclaimed land.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1874

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[See article “On the Formation of the Chesil Bank, Dorset,” by Messrs. Bristow, H. W., F.R.S., and William, Whitaker B.A.(Lond.), Geol. Mag. 1869, Vol. VI. p. 433, Pl. XIV. and XV., and p. 325, Noticed by Col. Geo. Greenwood, p.523, and by the Authors at p. 574. Referred to by Mr. Mansel-Pleydell in Geol. Mag. 1873, Vol. X. p. 445.–Edit. Geol. Mag.]CrossRefGoogle Scholar