Yorkshire Jurassic limestone belt

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The Yorkshire Jurassic limestone belt is a geological formation in northern England characterized by extensive Jurassic-age limestone deposits that have historically been quarried for building stone and industrial use.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological formation
limestone belt
country England
United Kingdom
extendsAcross parts of East Yorkshire
parts of North Yorkshire
geologicalAge Jurassic
geologicalFeature stratified limestone beds
hasColorRange buff limestone
light grey limestone
hasDepositionalEnvironment marine
hasEconomicUse building stone
industrial use
hasFossils ammonites
bivalves
marine invertebrates
hasGeologicalPeriod Mesozoic
hasHistoricalActivity stone quarrying
hasHistoricalUseSince at least the medieval period
hasImportance regional building stone source
regional industrial mineral resource
hasIndustrialActivity limestone quarrying
hasQuarries industrial-scale quarries
small local quarries
hasResource limestone
hasScientificInterest paleontology
sedimentology
stratigraphy
hasStratigraphicUnit Jurassic system
hasTexture fine-grained limestone
medium-grained limestone
isSourceOf crushed rock
dimension stone
lime raw material
locatedIn Yorkshire
northern England
materialUsedIn churches
farm structures
local architecture in Yorkshire
rural buildings
partOf British Jurassic outcrop belt
primaryLithology limestone
regionType carbonate platform deposits
rockType sedimentary rock
usedFor aggregate
construction
lime production

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Anston limestone locatedIn Yorkshire Jurassic limestone belt