Great Oolite Group

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The Great Oolite Group is a Middle Jurassic succession of predominantly shallow-marine sedimentary rocks widely exposed in southern and central England.

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Great Oolite Group canonical 3

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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
Dorset
Lincolnshire
Northamptonshire
Oxfordshire
Wiltshire
geologicPeriod Middle Jurassic
governingBodyForNomenclature British Geological Survey
hasEconomicUse building stone source
industrial limestone source
hasStratotypeRegion Cotswold Hills
linked to: Cotswolds
includes Blisworth Clay Formation
Blisworth Limestone Formation
Cornbrash Formation
Forest Marble Formation
Fuller’s Earth Formation
Great Oolite Formation
Taynton Limestone Formation
lithology predominantly shallow-marine sedimentary rocks
namedFor Oolite
overlies Inferior Oolite Group
Lias Group
paleontologicalSignificance contains marine invertebrate fossils
contains vertebrate fossils
partOf British Jurassic stratigraphy
Jurassic System
linked to: Jurassic Period
primaryColor light grey to buff
region central England
southern England
rockTypeCharacteristic oolitic limestone
stratigraphicRank group
thickness varies regionally
underlies Kellaways Formation
Oxford Clay Formation
linked to: Oxford Clay

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kellaways Formation stratigraphicUnitOf Great Oolite Group
Box Ground quarries geologicalFormation Great Oolite Group
Cornbrash Formation memberOf Great Oolite Group