Woodeaton Quarry Explained

Aos:	Oxfordshire
Interest:	Geological
Area:	7.3ha
Notifydate:	1986
Map:	Magic Map

Woodeaton Quarry is a 7.3abbr=offNaNabbr=off geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Oxford in Oxfordshire.^{[1] [2]} It is a Geological Conservation Review site.^[3]

This site exposes a sequence of rocks dating to the Middle Jurassic around 167 million years ago belonging to the Great Oolite Group, spanning the Chipping Norton Limestone, Sharp's Hill, Taynton Limestone, Rutland, White Limestone, and Forest Marble formations.^[4] It exhibits one of the most complete Bathonian sections in the county, and is described by Natural England as "of great palaeontological and sedimentological interest".^[5]

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51.806°N -1.228°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Woodeaton Quarry . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 30 March 2020.
2. Web site: Map of Woodeaton Quarry. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 30 March 2020.
3. Web site: Woodeaton (Bathonian). Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 26 February 2020.
4. Wills. Simon. Bernard. Emma Louise. Brewer. Philippa. Underwood. Charlie J.. Ward. David J.. April 2019. Palaeontology, stratigraphy and sedimentology of Woodeaton Quarry (Oxfordshire) and a new microvertebrate site from the White Limestone Formation (Bathonian, Jurassic). Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. en. 130. 2. 170–186. 10.1016/j.pgeola.2019.02.003. 135409990 .
5. Web site: Woodeaton Quarry citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 30 March 2020.