Explore Seaham’s Permian Magnesian Limestone, revealing cycles of sea level change and the ancient Zechstein Sea’s history.

Discover how Durham’s hard rock coastline evolved over time due to sea level changes during glacial and interglacial periods.

Explore the geological history of Seaham’s coast, discovering evidence of the last ice age and its impact on limestone.

Ice Ages and Interglacial Periods

Explore the interaction between ice sheets and limestone, revealing glacial tills’ mysteries in Seaham’s geological heritage.

Discover Seaham’s glacial tills with local Permian limestone, featuring striated clasts, evidence of ancient ice sheet movements.

Explore Seaham’s glacial tills, revealing ice flow changes and diverse materials, including limestone and glacial erratics.

Here is a great example of a glacial erratic. This is a clast that’s been eroded, transported and deposited by the ice within the glacial

Explore glacial erratics at Seaham, tracing ice’s journey from Scotland. Clues reveal diverse materials and ancient routes.

Discover Seaham’s glacial landscapes with evidence of meltwater, outwash sands, graded channels, and subglacial streams, unravelling ancient history.

The final bit of the jigsaw puzzle at Seaham that tells us that the ice is disappearing, are the yellow sands and gravels at the

Discover Seaham’s glacial landscapes with evidence of meltwater, outwash sands, graded channels, and subglacial streams, unravelling ancient history.

Ryhope’s Coastal Wonders: Glacial Lake Wear. Foreset beds, radiometric dating, erosion, sea stack, glacial activity.