Bagshot Beds

E401569

Bagshot Beds are a series of Eocene-age sandy and clay-rich sedimentary deposits found in southeast England, notably forming prominent heathland landscapes.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bagshot Beds canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological formation ⓘ
sedimentary rock unit ⓘ
ageRange early to middle Eocene ⓘ
associatedVegetation coniferous woodland ⓘ
heather ⓘ
color brown ⓘ
pale grey ⓘ
yellow ⓘ
contains ironstone concretions ⓘ
lignite ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment deltaic ⓘ
nearshore ⓘ
shallow marine ⓘ
formsLandscape heathland ⓘ
poorly drained plateau surfaces ⓘ
geologicalAge Eocene ⓘ
grainSize fine sand ⓘ
medium sand ⓘ
hasSubunit Lower Bagshot Beds ⓘ
Middle Bagshot Beds ⓘ
Upper Bagshot Beds ⓘ
hydrogeologyRole minor aquifer ⓘ
influences surface drainage patterns in southeast England ⓘ
lithology clay ⓘ
claystone ⓘ
sand ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
sandy clay ⓘ
silt ⓘ
namedAfter Bagshot ⓘ
notableExposure Aldershot area ⓘ
linked to: Aldershot

Bagshot Heath ⓘ
Hampshire Basin ⓘ
Surrey Heath ⓘ
overlies London Clay Formation ⓘ
partOf Paleogene System ⓘ
linked to: Paleogene
region southeast England ⓘ
stratigraphicUnitOf Hampshire Basin ⓘ
London Basin ⓘ
typicalFossils marine invertebrates ⓘ
plant remains ⓘ
underlies Bracklesham Group ⓘ
usedIn regional stratigraphic correlation ⓘ
weatheringProduct acidic sandy soils ⓘ

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

London Basin → hasRockUnit → Bagshot Beds ⓘ