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]