TRANSACTIONS
OF THE
HULL
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY
GOODMANHAM DALE.
(Absract)
By J. W. STATHER, F.G.S.
Read March 23, 1904.
G OODMANHAM DALE is the name of the valley inter-
setting the Yorkshire Wolds immediately east of Market Weighton. Though
originally of the usual Wood type, evidence was brought forward to show that
the upper part of the valley, between Kiplingcotes and Market Weighton, had
been subsequently much modified by a reversal of drainage, caused by glacial
accumulations in the
The evidence that at this time a considerable stream
flowed eastwards through this valley into the Vale of York may be summarised
as follows :--
(1) The occurrence of a thick deposit of chalk gravel
over a large area of the Vale of York, opposite the mouth of the Goodmanham
valley ; and the additional fact that this gravel contains a small
percentage of erratic pebbles, apparently from the east coast drifts.
(2) That the Holderness drifts on the eastern slopes of
the Wolds reach an altitude of between 300 feet and 400 feet O.D., and that
the floor of the valley at its highest point does not reach 200 feet O.D.
(3) That the valley cuts through the main watershed of
the
(4) That west
of Kiplingcotes the valley assumes the steep-sided, gorge-like aspect,
typical of the overflow valleys in
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