Brook Brick Pit Explained

Brook Brick Pit
Aos:Surrey
Interest:Geological
Area:0.9ha
Notifydate:1988
Map: Magic Map

Brook Brick Pit is a 0.9abbr=offNaNabbr=off geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Wormley Surrey.[1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]

This site exposes rocks of the Atherfield Clay Formation, dating to the Aptian stage of the Lower Cretaceous around 120 million years ago. It shows the onset of marine conditions in southern England in the Aptian and it has diverse bivalve fossils.[4]

The site is private land with no public access.

References

51.132°N -0.672°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Brook Brick Pit . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 11 November 2018.
  2. Web site: Map of Brook Brick Pit. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 11 November 2018.
  3. Web site: Brook Brick Pit (Aptian-Albian) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 25 October 2018.
  4. Web site: Brook Brick Pit citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 11 November 2018.

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