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You are on the beach, looking in the direction of the green arrow. You are near the base of the cliff as shown by the blue arrow.

Cretaceous sediments

There is an exposure of interbedded sands and silts at the base of the cliff. You can see a thin yellow layer that could be a bentonite

There are better exposures of these sediments back up the beach at Section 20

From here you can:
Go Northeast down the beach to Section 20.
Enter the gully to your left.
Step back and look at Section 65.
jbg sect 20 beach jbg section 65 beach chukchi sea up gully at jbg65 up gully at jbg 20 tuap and karmuk at jbg 65 karmuk at jbg 20 Cretaceous Nualvik tuap karmuk fines peat
Sources: See beginning of trip.
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Date Created: 21 Jan 2000
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