Hunstanton Formation Explained

Hunstanton Formation
Type:Formation
Age:Albian to Cenomanian (Cretaceous)
Period:Cenomanian
Otherlithology:marl
Namedfor:Hunstanton
Country:England
Unitof:Cromer Knoll Group
Underlies:Chalk Group
Overlies:Carstone Formation, Speeton Clay Formation
Thickness:1–30 m
Extent:north Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire

The Hunstanton Formation is a lithostratigraphic name applied to an early Cretaceous limestone succession in eastern England which was formerly known as Red Chalk. The type section is at Hunstanton Cliff in northwest Norfolk.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Hopson et al 2008. A Stratigraphical Framework for the Lower Cretaceous of England, British Geological Survey Research Report RR/08/03