Reading Beds

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Reading Beds is a geological rock formation in southern England, characterized by sands, clays, and gravels deposited during the early Paleogene period.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Reading Beds canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological formation ⓘ
rock formation ⓘ
sedimentary rock unit ⓘ
age Paleocene to early Eocene ⓘ
chronostratigraphicPosition lowermost Paleogene of the Hampshire Basin ⓘ
lowermost Paleogene of the London Basin ⓘ
contains ironstone concretions ⓘ
lignite ⓘ
mollusc fossils ⓘ
pebbly layers ⓘ
plant fossils ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment estuarine ⓘ
fluvial ⓘ
nearshore ⓘ
geologicalEpoch early Paleogene ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Paleogene ⓘ
grainSize fine-grained sand ⓘ
medium-grained sand ⓘ
hasColor mottled ⓘ
purple ⓘ
red ⓘ
yellow ⓘ
hasComponent kaolinitic clays ⓘ
siliceous sands ⓘ
isImportantFor reconstructing early Paleogene environments in southern England ⓘ
regional stratigraphic correlation ⓘ
lithology clay ⓘ
gravel ⓘ
sand ⓘ
locatedIn southern England ⓘ
namedAfter Reading ⓘ
notableExposure Reading area ⓘ
Thames Valley ⓘ
overlies Chalk Group ⓘ
partOf Paleogene stratigraphy of southern England ⓘ
region Berkshire ⓘ
Hampshire Basin ⓘ
London Basin ⓘ
stratigraphicUnitOf Hampshire Basin succession ⓘ
London Basin succession ⓘ
tectonicSetting post-Chalk subsidence basins of southern England ⓘ
thickness variable ⓘ
underlies London Clay Formation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

London Basin → hasRockUnit → Reading Beds ⓘ