Shellingford Crossroads Quarry Explained

Shellingford Crossroads Quarry
Aos:Oxfordshire
Interest:Geological
Area:2.6ha
Notifydate:1986
Map: Magic Map

Shellingford Crossroads Quarry is a 2.6abbr=offNaNabbr=off geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Stanford in the Vale in Oxfordshire.[1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]

This site exposes rocks of the Corallian Group, dating to the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic, around 160 million years ago. It has many fossils of corals and reef-dwelling bivalves, and it is also important as it provides an example of the complexity of Oxfordian stratigraphy.[4]

References

51.645°N -1.53°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Shellingford Crossroads Quarry . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 8 April 2020.
  2. Web site: Map of Shellingford Crossroads Quarry. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 8 April 2020.
  3. Web site: Shellingford Crossroads (Oxfordian). Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 26 February 2020.
  4. Web site: Shellingford Crossroads Quarry citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 8 April 2020.

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