Winterbourne Chalk Pit Explained

Winterbourne Chalk Pit
Aos:Berkshire
Interest:Geological
Area:0.05ha
Notifydate:1983
Map: Magic Map

Winterbourne Chalk Pit is a 0.05abbr=offNaNabbr=off geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Winterbourne in Berkshire.[1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3] It is located within the North Wessex Downs.[4]

The chalk sediments date to the late Cretaceous period, about 80 million years ago.[4] The pit is the only known area containing rocks of this age in the western part of the London Basin.[4] It is rich in macrofossils, particularly belemnites.[5] The site is private land with no public access.

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51.447°N -1.358°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Winterbourne Chalk Pit . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 14 January 2020.
  2. Web site: Map of Winterbourne Chalk Pit. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 14 January 2020.
  3. Web site: Winterbourne Chalk Pit (Cenomanian, Turonian, Senonian, Maastrichtian) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee . 4 October 2019 .
  4. Web site: SITE NAME: WINTERBOURNE CHALK PIT . PDF . 2017-03-04.
  5. Web site: Winterbourne Chalk Pit. British Upper Cretaceous Stratigraphy. 23. 14 January 2020. 14 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200114215630/http://archive.jncc.gov.uk/pdf/gcrdb/GCRsiteaccount193.pdf. dead.

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