Fuller's Earth Formation
| Fuller's Earth Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Great Oolite Group |
| Sub-units | Eyford Member |
| Underlies | Frome Clay, Chalfield Oolite Formation, Athelstan Oolite Formation, Taynton Limestone Formation or Tresham Rock Formation |
| Overlies | Chipping Norton Limestone or Inferior Oolite Group |
| Thickness | 5 m to >260 m |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Mudstone |
| Other | Limestone, Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Region | England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
The Fullers Earth Formation is a geological formation that outcrops in southern England. It is also mostly present in the subsurface of the Wessex Basin and offshore in the English Channel Basin, Celtic Sea Basin and St George's Channel Basin.[1] It preserves fossils dating back to the Bathonian stage of the Middle Jurassic series. It is the lateral equivalent of the Rutland Formation and the Sharp's Hill Formation
See also
References
- ^ "Fuller's Earth Formation". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
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