Hampshire Basin
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The Hampshire Basin is a geological sedimentary basin in southern England known for its Tertiary rock formations and influence on the region’s landscape and groundwater systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hampshire Basin canonical | 7 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological structure
ⓘ
sedimentary basin ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
Dorset coast to the west
ⓘ
Isle of Wight monocline to the south ⓘ Portsmouth–Fareham–Winchester–Andover–Salisbury line to the north NERFINISHED ⓘ South Downs to the east ⓘ |
| contains |
Barton Group
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bracklesham Group NERFINISHED ⓘ Eocene sediments ⓘ Headon Hill Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ London Clay Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Oligocene sediments ⓘ Palaeogene sediments ⓘ Poole Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Reading Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Solent Group NERFINISHED ⓘ Tertiary rock formations ⓘ Thames Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depositionalEnvironment |
estuarine
ⓘ
fluvial ⓘ shallow marine ⓘ |
| exposedAt |
Bournemouth coast
ⓘ
Isle of Wight coastal cliffs ⓘ New Forest area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extendsInto |
Dorset
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Isle of Wight NERFINISHED ⓘ West Sussex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedBy | tectonic subsidence ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| hasEconomicUse |
construction materials
ⓘ
groundwater resource ⓘ |
| hasFossilContent |
Eocene marine fossils
ⓘ
Oligocene terrestrial fossils ⓘ |
| influences |
groundwater systems in southern England
ⓘ
regional landscape of southern England ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Hampshire ⓘ southern England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
classic Eocene and Oligocene type sections
ⓘ
well-preserved Tertiary stratigraphic sequence ⓘ |
| overlies | Wessex Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Wessex Basin system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | London Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | London Basin by the Weald–Artois Anticline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedBy | British Geological Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn | British regional geology ⓘ |
| underlainBy | Cretaceous Chalk ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.