Fuller's Earth Formation

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Fuller's Earth Formation
Stratigraphic range: Bathonian
O
S
D
C
P
T
J
K
Pg
N
Type Formation
Unit of Great Oolite Group
Sub-unitsEyford 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
Thickness5 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 such as the pterosaur Dolicorhamphus . It is the lateral equivalent of the Rutland Formation, Sharp's Hill Formation, Calcaire d’Ecouché, and Calcaire de Caen

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References

  1. "Fuller's Earth Formation". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey . Retrieved 25 July 2015.