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Disambiguating links to Tertiary (link changed to Tertiary period) using DisamAssist.

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|image= Seale Chalk Pit 02.JPG
|image_caption =
|name= Seale Chalk Pit
|aos= Surrey
|interest=Geological
|gridref={{gbmappingsmall|SU 899 481}}<ref name=dsv/>
|area= {{convert|1.2|ha|acre|abbr=off}}<ref name=dsv/>
|notifydate= 1989<ref name=dsv/>
|map=[https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271001140%27 ''Magic Map'']
}}
'''Seale Chalk Pit''' is a {{convert|1.2 |ha|acre|abbr=off |adj=on }} geological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] west of [[Guildford]] in [[Surrey]].<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001140&SiteName=&countyCode=41&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Seale Chalk Pit | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 16 November 2018}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url= https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271001140%27|title=Map of Seale Chalk Pit|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 16 November 2018}}</ref> It is a [[Geological Conservation Review]] site<ref>{{cite web|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=2573 |title= Seale Chalk Pit (Alpine Structures of Southern England) |series=Geological Conservation Review |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|access-date= 28 October 2018}}</ref> and part of the '''Seale Chalk Pit and Meadow''' {{convert|3|ha|acre|abbr=off|adj=on}} private nature reserve, which is managed by the [[Surrey Wildlife Trust]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.surreywildlifetrust.org/nature-reserves/seale-chalk-pit-meadow |title= Seale Chalk Pit and Meadow |publisher= Surrey Wildlife Trust |access-date=16 November 2018}}</ref>

This former quarry exposes rocks of the [[Hog’s Back]], and exhibits the separation of the folding [[Mesozoic]] rocks of the [[Weald]] from the [[Tertiary period|Tertiary]] sediments of the [[London Basin]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001140.pdf |title=Seale Chalk Pit citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 16 November 2018}}</ref>

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==References==
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[[Category:Surrey Wildlife Trust]]
[[Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Surrey]]
[[Category:Geological Conservation Review sites]]

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