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The Geography Department |
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Fingringhoe pictures from one of the fieldwork visits in 2004
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The marsh lies on the west bank of the River Colne, opposite Thorrington.
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The north edge of the marsh is this sea wall protecting arable land.
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Fieldwork kit.
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Marsh edge in centre of site. |
Marsh edge north end of site. |
Types of pan and succession around them - middle marsh
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upper marsh
central marsh |
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Mouth of north creek |
Mouth middle creek
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Banks of the middle creek near sea |
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Vegetation and sediment infilling creek in upper marsh.
Infilling of creek almost complete as pioneer species reclaim last mud. |
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Fieldwork groups scattered across the site. |
Using the plant sheet to complete a quadrat record.
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Using a point sampler and soil test kit on a transect. |
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Belt sampling from the shore of a pan. |
Location of a quadrat by random numbers within a 20m square on upper marsh - old cliff line behind.
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Transects on the upper marsh.
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Recording point samples on transect, middle marsh.
Transect lower marsh |
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