Carstone Formation

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Carstone Formation
Stratigraphic range: Albian
Type Formation
Underlies Gault Formation, Hunstanton Formation
OverliesVarious Paleozoic to Jurassic units
ThicknessGenerally about 5 m but up to 18.9 m
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Other Conglomerate
Location
Region Europe
CountryFlag of England.svg  England
Extent Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk

The Carstone Formation is a geological formation in England. It preserves fossils dating back to the Albian stage of the Cretaceous period. It predominantly consists of "greenish-brown (rusty when weathered), thick-bedded, cross-bedded, oolitic ferruginous sandstone". [1]

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References

  1. "Carstone Formation". BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. Retrieved 13 August 2020.