Solent Group

Solent Group
Stratigraphic range: Priabonian - Rupelian
Bembridge Limestone Formation (harder white weathering layers) and overlying clays of the Bouldnor Formation at the northern end of Whitecliff Bay, Isle of Wight.
Type	Group
Sub-units	Headon Hill Formation, Bembridge Limestone Formation & Bouldnor Formation
Underlies	Quaternary at an unconformity
Overlies	Barton Group
Thickness	up to 190 m
Location
Region	Hampshire Basin, England
Country	United Kingdom
Type section
Named for	Solent

The Solent Group is a geological group in the Hampshire Basin of southern England. It preserves fossils ranging in age from Priabonian (uppermost Eocene) to Rupelian (lower Oligocene).[1] The group is subdivided into three formations, the Headon Hill Formation, the Bembridge Limestone Formation and the Bouldnor Formation.[2]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in England

References

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.

1. "Solent Group". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
2. Hopson P. (2011). "The geological history of the Isle of Wight: an overview of the 'diamond in Britain's geological crown'" (PDF). Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 122 (5): 745–763. Bibcode:2011PrGA..122..745H. doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2011.09.007.