Abstract
: After describing the nature and physical setting of the large coastal landslides which form the Undercliff, the historical development of ideas on their mechanisms is reviewed. The slides are shown to be essentially the product of the interaction between marine erosion, brought to bear by the Flandrian transgression, and the synclinal, sea ward-dipping structure and detailed lithology of the Cretaceous rocks involved. The geomorphology of the slides is used with available sub-surface information to define the distribution of the various landslide types. The degree of symmetry of these about the synclinal axis and their dating and long-term cyclicity are discussed INTRODUCTION GEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND THE SOUTH WIGHT UNDERCLIFF DEVELOPMENT OF LANDSLIDE CONCEPTS DISTRIBUTION OF LANDSLIDE TYPES WITHIN THE UNDERCLIFF CYCLICITY AND DATING REFERENCES
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