Yorkshire Jurassic limestone belt

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The Yorkshire Jurassic limestone belt is a geological formation in northern England characterized by extensive Jurassic-age limestone deposits that have historically been quarried for building stone and industrial use.

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Yorkshire Jurassic limestone belt canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological formation ⓘ
limestone belt ⓘ
country England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
extendsAcross parts of East Yorkshire ⓘ
parts of North Yorkshire ⓘ
geologicalAge Jurassic ⓘ
geologicalFeature stratified limestone beds ⓘ
hasColorRange buff limestone ⓘ
light grey limestone ⓘ
hasDepositionalEnvironment marine ⓘ
hasEconomicUse building stone ⓘ
industrial use ⓘ
hasFossils ammonites ⓘ
bivalves ⓘ
marine invertebrates ⓘ
hasGeologicalPeriod Mesozoic ⓘ
hasHistoricalActivity stone quarrying ⓘ
hasHistoricalUseSince at least the medieval period ⓘ
hasImportance regional building stone source ⓘ
regional industrial mineral resource ⓘ
hasIndustrialActivity limestone quarrying ⓘ
hasQuarries industrial-scale quarries ⓘ
small local quarries ⓘ
hasResource limestone ⓘ
hasScientificInterest paleontology ⓘ
sedimentology ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ
hasStratigraphicUnit Jurassic system ⓘ
hasTexture fine-grained limestone ⓘ
medium-grained limestone ⓘ
isSourceOf crushed rock ⓘ
dimension stone ⓘ
lime raw material ⓘ
locatedIn Yorkshire ⓘ
northern England ⓘ
materialUsedIn churches ⓘ
farm structures ⓘ
local architecture in Yorkshire ⓘ
rural buildings ⓘ
partOf British Jurassic outcrop belt ⓘ
primaryLithology limestone ⓘ
regionType carbonate platform deposits ⓘ
rockType sedimentary rock ⓘ
usedFor aggregate ⓘ
construction ⓘ
lime production ⓘ

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Anston limestone → locatedIn → Yorkshire Jurassic limestone belt ⓘ