Frome Clay Explained

Frome Clay
Type:Formation
Age:Bathonian
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Period:Bathonian
Prilithology:Mudstone
Otherlithology:Limestone
Region:England
Country: United Kingdom
Coordinates:51.2°N -2.3°W
Paleocoordinates:41.4°N 10.1°W
Unitof:Great Oolite Group
Underlies:Forest Marble Formation
Overlies:Fuller's Earth Formation
Thickness:20- in Wiltshire and Somerset
45- in Dorset

The Frome Clay is a geological formation in England. It preserves fossils dating back to the Bathonian stage of the Middle Jurassic period.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: . Frome Clay Formation . BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. 31 December 2022.