Cambridge Greensand
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Not to be confused with Cambridge Formation.
The Cambridge Greensand is a geological unit in England whose strata are earliest Cenomanian in age.[1] It lies above the erosive contact between the Gault Formation and the Chalk Group in the vicinity of Cambridgeshire, and technically forms the lowest member bed of the West Melbury Marly Chalk Formation.[2] It is a remanié deposit, containing reworked fossils of late Albian age, including those of dinosaurs and pterosaurs.
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Cambridge Greensand | |
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Stratigraphic range: Earliest Cenomanian ~100 Ma | |
Type | Member |
Unit of | West Melbury Marly Chalk Formation |
Underlies | Chalk Group |
Overlies | Gault Formation |
Thickness | 0.1–1 m (0.33–3.28 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Glauconitic marl |
Other | Phosphorite |
Location | |
Coordinates | 52.2°N 0.1°E / 52.2; 0.1 |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 41.0°N 1.8°E / 41.0; 1.8 |
Region | England |
Country | UK |
Extent | North Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire |
Type section | |
Named for | Cambridge |
Location | Arlesey Brickpit |
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