Devonian Cliffs - 2005
Devonian Rocks Exposed on Foreshore - 2005
The Jurassic beds here are faulted against Devonian Old Red Sandstone. This location is split into two areas, the first a mile south from south of Balintore Bay and the second is half a mile south from where the first Jurassic sequence ends. The first section known as ‘Port an Righ’ consists of upper Oxfordian and Corallian. The second sequence starts with Lower Kimmeridgian and finishes with Estuarine Series, Brora Coal and Lower and Upper Oxfordian.
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Late |
Volgian |
Portlandian |
142 to 147 |
| Tithonian |
| 147 to 150 |
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150 to 154 |
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154 to 159.4 |
Middle |
Callovian |
159 to 165 |
| Bathonian |
165 to 170 |
| Bajocian |
Late Inferior Oolite |
170 to 177 |
| Middle Inferior Oolite |
| Aalenian |
Early Inferior Oolite |
177 to 180.1 |
| Scissum Beds |
| Late Bridport Sands |
Early |
Toarcian (Late Lias) |
180 to 190 |
| Pliensbachian (Middle & Early Lias) |
190 to 195 |
| Sinemurian (Early Lias) |
195 to 201 |
| Hettangian (Early Lias) |
201 to 205.7 |
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Devonian |
Late |
Famennian |
354 to 364 |
| Frasnian |
364 to 370 |
Middle |
Givetian |
370 to 380 |
| Eifelian |
380 to 391 |
Early |
Emsian |
391 to 400 |
| Praghian |
400 to 412 |
| Lochkovian |
412 to 417 |
Oxfordian
154 to 159.4 MYA |
FORMATIONS AND DEPOSITS |
LOCATIONS |
| Balintore Formation |
Ardassie Limestone |
Brora
Balintore |
| Brora Arenaceous Formation |
Brora Sandstone |
Brora |
| Corallian |
Balintore
Osmington Mills
Bowleaze Cove
Weymouth
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| Corallian Oolite Formation |
Passage Beds Member |
Filey |
| Hambleton Oolite Member |
Filey |
| Birdsall Calcareous Grit Member |
Filey |
| Hambleton Oolite Member |
Filey |
| Oxford Clay Formation |
Grafham Water
Cayton Bay
Osmington Mills
Weymouth
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| Lower Calcareous Grit Formation |
Saintoft Member |
Filey |
| Tenants Cliff Member |
Cayton Bay |
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FORMATIONS AND DEPOSITS |
LOCATIONS |
| Brora Coal Formation |
Brora Coal |
Brora
Brora River
Balintore |
| Bituminous Shale |
Brora
Brora River |
| Clays, Brecciated Sands and Cementstones |
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| White Sandstone |
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| Early Cornbrash |
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| Forest Marble |
Burton Bradstock |
| Frome Formation |
Burton Bradstock |
| Wattonensis Beds |
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| Fullers Earth |
Burton Bradstock |
| Zigzag Beds |
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| Lealt Shale Formation |
Lonmfearn Member |
Elgol |
| Dark grey fissile mudstone |
Elgol |
| Kildonnan Member |
Elgol |
| Gey fissile siltstone |
Elgol |
| Stromatolitic algal limestone |
Elgol |
| Elgol Sandstone Formation |
Elgol |
| Ravenscar Group |
Scalby Formation |
Long Nab Member |
Scalby Ness |
Kimmeridgian
150 to 154 MYA |
FORMATIONS AND DEPOSITS |
LOCATIONS |
| Kimmeridge Clay |
Reighton
Bowleaze Cove
Wyke Regis
Ringstead
Kimmeridge Bay
Chapmans Pool |
Boulder Beds |
Lothbeg
Crakaig
Helmsdale
Portgower |
| Allt na Cuile Sandstone |
Lothbeg |
| Kintradwell Beds |
Lothbeg
Crakaig
Kintradwell |
| Three Kings Reef |
Balintore |
| Eathie Shore |
Eathie |
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FORMATIONS AND DEPOSITS |
LOCATIONS |
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Carne Formation |
Pendower Beach |
| Millbuie Sandstone Group |
Eathie
Balintore
Cromarty
Tarbat Ness |
| Strath Rory Group |
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| John O'Groats Sandstone Group |
John o' Groats |
| Upper Caithness Flagstone Group |
Mey Subgroup |
Thurso |
| Ham-Skarfskerry Subgroup |
Thurso |
| Latheron Subgroup |
Thurso |
| Spital Beds |
Spittal
Thurso |
| Achanarras & Niandt Limestone Member |
Achanarras |
| Lower Caithness Flagstone Group |
Robbery Head Subgroup |
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| Lybster Subgroup |
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