Blackbrook Reservoir Formation

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Blackbrook Reservoir Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran 569  Ma [1]
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Blackbrook Reservoir from near Poacher's Corner - geograph.org.uk - 329372.jpg
Blackbrook Reservoir, which gave its name to the formation, which itself can be found here.
Type Formation
Unit of Blackbrook Group
Underlies Beacon Hill Formation [2]
Overlies Ives Head Formation [2]
Thickness610 m (2,001 ft) [2]
Lithology
Primary Tuff
Other Pelite
Location
Region Leicestershire
Country United Kingdom
Type section
Named for Blackbrook Reservoir

The Blackbrook Reservoir Formation is a geologic formation in Leicestershire, and lies within the wider Blackbrook Reservoir area.

References

  1. ↑ Noble, Stephen R.; Condon, Daniel J.; Carney, John N.; Wilby, Philip R.; Pharaoh, Timothy C.; Ford, Trevor D. (January 2015). "U-Pb geochronology and global context of the Charnian Supergroup, UK: Constraints on the age of key Ediacaran fossil assemblages" (PDF). Geological Society of America Bulletin. 127 (1–2): 250–265. Bibcode:2015GSAB..127..250N. doi:10.1130/B31013.1.
  2. 1 2 3 Moseley, John; Ford, Trevor. "The Sedimentology of the Charnian Supergroup" (PDF). Mercian Geologist.
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