Solent Group

Solent Group
Stratigraphic range: Priabonian - Rupelian

Bembridge Limestone Formation (harder white weathering layers) and overlying clays of the Bouldner Formation at the northern end of Whitecliff Bay
Type Group
Sub-units Headon Hill Formation, Bembridge Limestone Formation & Bouldnor Formation
Underlies Quaternary at an unconformity
Overlies Barton Group
Thickness up to 190 m
Location
Region Hampshire Basin, England
Country United Kingdom
Type section
Named for Solent

The Solent Group is a geological group in the Hampshire Basin of southern England. It preserves fossils ranging in age from Priabonian (uppermost Eocene) to Rupelian (lower Oligocene).[1] The group is subdivided into three formations, the Headon Hill Formation, the Bembridge Limestone Formation and the Bouldnor Formation.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Solent Group". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  2. Hopson P. (2011). "The geological history of the Isle of Wight: an overview of the ‘diamond in Britain's geological crown’" (PDF). Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 122 (5): 745–763. doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2011.09.007.


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