magnetic anomalies

Well bits do keep trying to fall into the sea every now and then...

True that France doesn't deserve the IoW coming crashing into its shores (especially because it would come straight into my Mum and Dad's front garden!).
What would Normandy do with an ageing, over-populated little island, full of chintz and cheap holidaymakers and melting ice creams and would-be yotties deluding themselves in thinking that, after all, Ellen isn't quite as she's cut out to be? Does Normandy need yet another set of too narrow roads where you can't overtake crawling GB caravans in the summer? Surely not!

PS. If you read this, MarkR, I'm only kidding! The Contender open in Brading Haven was wonderful last year and I'll be there again this year, promise!!   

See - I knew I was right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A geological map covering 7000 square nautical miles of solid rock floor of a section of the Eastern English Channel is presented. This map is based on the results of a systematic sampling and continuous reflection profiling (Sparkers) grid. A total of 279 core stations have been manned and 3500 nautical miles of sparkers, magnetometer and echo sounding traverses were carried out.
    The bathymetric data suggest that tidal scour is the important eroding agent because the bathymetry not only illustrates the physical differences between the different sea-bed stratigraphical units but also shows the major structural features. The geological maps show a series of major strike-faulted anticlines and synclines which traverse WSW - ENE, turning E - W. and finally WNW - ESE. These major structures consist of strata ranging in age from Permo-Trias to Tertiary: The strata involved have been folded and faulted during IntraCretaceous and Tertiary movements.
    Quantitative interpretation of several of the magnetic anomalies shows that the depth to the basement varies considerably. The differences in depth to the basement are associated with the shallow geological structures. Basement control is therefore suggested to be the cause for the newly mapped offshore structures.
    The English Channel probably consists of, at least, two major depositional areas, the Wessex Basin and the Western English Channel Trough. At times throughout their geological history these basins were probably linked across the western edge of the Wessex Basin. The edge of this basin is probably situated along a line from Start Point to the Cherbourg Peninsula. It is suggested that a series of more positive basement features are present within the Wessex Basin. These features have affected the structural and depositional history of the Mesozoic and Tertiary strata. I rest my case

Burn the sheep Blockade Cowes and go on stike till the pension and employment rights of Ethel the B&B hostess were comparable to those enjoyed by Mr. Hilton? 

can i have that in english please? i knew it wasnt the aliens but could the welsh have put all these strata here