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VOL. XIV. (3) HOLOCENE DEPOSITS 195 
HOLOCENE DEPOSITS 
AT 
CLIFTON HAMPDEN, NEAR OXFORD: 
i AE GEOLOGY, 
BY 
T. PEARS anp L. RICHARDSON 
(Read December 16th, 1902) 
The chief section dealt with in this communication is 
situated a little over a mile to the south-east of Culham 
Station, on the Great Western Railway Company’s Oxford 
Branch, or about 800 yards to the west of Long Witten- 
ham Church, being in the left bank of the Thames, some 
150 yards below the Clifton Hampden weir. At this 
point the Thames makes a very noticeable horse-shoe 
bend, the concave side being directed north-east by north ; 
whilst another horse-shoe bend succeeds, with its concave 
side directed to the south-west. Thence the river, after 
making some minor curves, pursues a northward course 
to Clifton Hampden. The Clifton Hampden lock-cut 
extends from the extremity of the first horse-shoe bend 
to the commencement of the northward course of the 
river to Clifton Hampden: the area between the lock-cut 
and the weir-stream being very low-lying and subject to 
frequent inundations during very rainy periods. 
