Carboniferous Limestone

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Carboniferous Limestone is a thick sequence of fossil-rich sedimentary rocks formed in warm, shallow tropical seas during the Carboniferous period, widely exposed in regions such as the White Peak of the Peak District.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Carboniferous Limestone canonical 9
Carboniferous limestone 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf carbonate rock ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
sedimentary rock unit ⓘ
age Paleozoic ⓘ
ageInMillionsOfYears approximately 359 to 299 Ma ⓘ
associatedLandforms caves ⓘ
dry valleys ⓘ
gorges ⓘ
karst ⓘ
limestone pavements ⓘ
climateOfFormation humid ⓘ
tropical ⓘ
depositionalSetting carbonate platform ⓘ
epicontinental sea ⓘ
diageneticFeatures cementation ⓘ
stylolites ⓘ
dissolutionFeature sinkholes ⓘ
swallow holes ⓘ
economicUse aggregate ⓘ
building stone ⓘ
cement manufacture ⓘ
industrial minerals ⓘ
lime production ⓘ
environmentOfDeposition tropical shelf sea ⓘ
warm shallow marine ⓘ
geographicDistribution British Isles ⓘ
parts of North America ⓘ
western Europe ⓘ
linked to: Western Europe
geologicalPeriod Carboniferous ⓘ
notableExposure Brecon Beacons, South Wales ⓘ
Derbyshire Peak District ⓘ
linked to: Peak District

Mendip Hills, England ⓘ
linked to: Mendip Hills

South Wales Coalfield margins ⓘ
White Peak, Peak District, England ⓘ
Yorkshire Dales, England ⓘ
linked to: Yorkshire Dales
porosityType fracture porosity ⓘ
karstic porosity ⓘ
primaryComposition calcium carbonate ⓘ
primaryMineral calcite ⓘ
rockType fossiliferous limestone ⓘ
stratigraphicPosition overlies Devonian rocks in many successions ⓘ
underlies Millstone Grit in many successions ⓘ
texture bedded ⓘ
massive ⓘ
typicalColour blue-grey ⓘ
grey ⓘ
typicalFossils brachiopods ⓘ
corals ⓘ
crinoids ⓘ
foraminifera ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

White Peak → geology → Carboniferous Limestone ⓘ
Millstone Grit → overlies → Carboniferous Limestone ⓘ
Fforest Fawr → geology → Carboniferous Limestone ⓘ
Mendip Hills → geologicalPeriod → Carboniferous Limestone ⓘ
Cheddar Gorge → geologicalEra → Carboniferous Limestone ⓘ
Pennine Basin → containsStratigraphicUnit → Carboniferous Limestone ⓘ
Kingsdale → geology → Carboniferous limestone ⓘ
linked to: Carboniferous Limestone
Y Mynydd Du → geology → Carboniferous Limestone ⓘ
Ebbor Gorge → geologicalFormation → Carboniferous Limestone ⓘ
Crook Peak → geology → Carboniferous limestone ⓘ
linked to: Carboniferous Limestone
Burrington Combe → hasRockType → Carboniferous Limestone ⓘ