Great Oolite Group
E934197
The Great Oolite Group is a Middle Jurassic succession of predominantly shallow-marine sedimentary rocks widely exposed in southern and central England.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geologic group
ⓘ
lithostratigraphic group ⓘ sedimentary rock unit ⓘ |
| age |
Aalenian to Callovian
ⓘ
Bathonian ⓘ |
| contains |
limestone
ⓘ
mudstone ⓘ sandstone ⓘ siltstone ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| depositionalEnvironment | shallow marine ⓘ |
| depositionalSetting | epicontinental sea ⓘ |
| exposedIn |
Cotswolds
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dorset NERFINISHED ⓘ Lincolnshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Northamptonshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Oxfordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Wiltshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicPeriod | Middle Jurassic ⓘ |
| governingBodyForNomenclature | British Geological Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicUse |
building stone source
ⓘ
industrial limestone source ⓘ |
| hasStratotypeRegion | Cotswold Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includes |
Blisworth Clay Formation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Blisworth Limestone Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Cornbrash Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Forest Marble Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Fuller’s Earth Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Oolite Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Taynton Limestone Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lithology | predominantly shallow-marine sedimentary rocks ⓘ |
| namedFor | Oolite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlies |
Inferior Oolite Group
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lias Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| paleontologicalSignificance |
contains marine invertebrate fossils
ⓘ
contains vertebrate fossils ⓘ |
| partOf |
British Jurassic stratigraphy
ⓘ
Jurassic System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryColor | light grey to buff ⓘ |
| region |
central England
ⓘ
southern England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rockTypeCharacteristic | oolitic limestone ⓘ |
| stratigraphicRank | group ⓘ |
| thickness | varies regionally ⓘ |
| underlies |
Kellaways Formation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oxford Clay Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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