Headon Hill Formation | |
Type: | Formation |
Period: | Priabonian |
Prilithology: | clay, silt and sand |
Otherlithology: | limestone, lignite |
Namedfor: | Headon Hill |
Location Ts: | Isle of Wight and South Hampshire |
Region: | England |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Unitof: | Solent Group |
Underlies: | Bembridge Limestone Formation |
Overlies: | Becton Sand Formation |
Thickness: | 75–90 m |
Extent: | Isle of Wight and South Hampshire |
The Headon Hill Formation is a geological formation found in the Isle of Wight and south Hampshire, England. It preserves fossils dating back to the Priabonian stage (uppermost Eocene).[1]