Littlemore Railway Cutting Explained

Littlemore Railway Cutting
Aos:Oxfordshire
Interest:Geological
Area:0.5ha
Notifydate:1986
Map: Magic Map

Littlemore Railway Cutting is a 0.5abbr=offNaNabbr=off geological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the southern outskirts of Oxford in Oxfordshire.[1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]

The cutting exposes limestone and clay laid down in mid-Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic, around 160 million years ago. The deposit is part of the Stanford Formation, and the clay appears to have been deposited in a channel between coral reefs which then covered the Oxford area.[4] [5]

References

51.721°N -1.234°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Littlemore Railway Cutting. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 6 April 2020.
  2. Web site: Map of Littlemore Railway Cutting. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 6 April 2020.
  3. Web site: Littlemore (Oxfordian). Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 26 February 2020.
  4. Web site: Littlemore Railway Cutting citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 6 April 2020.
  5. Web site: Stanford Formation. British Geological Survey. 6 April 2020.

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