Great Oolite Group

E934197

The Great Oolite Group is a Middle Jurassic succession of predominantly shallow-marine sedimentary rocks widely exposed in southern and central England.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Great Oolite Group canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic group ⓘ
lithostratigraphic group ⓘ
sedimentary rock unit ⓘ
age Aalenian to Callovian ⓘ
Bathonian ⓘ
contains limestone ⓘ
mudstone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country England ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment shallow marine ⓘ
depositionalSetting epicontinental sea ⓘ
exposedIn Cotswolds ⓘ
Dorset ⓘ
Lincolnshire ⓘ
Northamptonshire ⓘ
Oxfordshire ⓘ
Wiltshire ⓘ
geologicPeriod Middle Jurassic ⓘ
governingBodyForNomenclature British Geological Survey ⓘ
hasEconomicUse building stone source ⓘ
industrial limestone source ⓘ
hasStratotypeRegion Cotswold Hills ⓘ
linked to: Cotswolds
includes Blisworth Clay Formation ⓘ
Blisworth Limestone Formation ⓘ
Cornbrash Formation ⓘ
Forest Marble Formation ⓘ
Fuller’s Earth Formation ⓘ
Great Oolite Formation ⓘ
Taynton Limestone Formation ⓘ
lithology predominantly shallow-marine sedimentary rocks ⓘ
namedFor Oolite ⓘ
overlies Inferior Oolite Group ⓘ
Lias Group ⓘ
paleontologicalSignificance contains marine invertebrate fossils ⓘ
contains vertebrate fossils ⓘ
partOf British Jurassic stratigraphy ⓘ
Jurassic System ⓘ
linked to: Jurassic Period
primaryColor light grey to buff ⓘ
region central England ⓘ
southern England ⓘ
rockTypeCharacteristic oolitic limestone ⓘ
stratigraphicRank group ⓘ
thickness varies regionally ⓘ
underlies Kellaways Formation ⓘ
Oxford Clay Formation ⓘ
linked to: Oxford Clay

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Kellaways Formation → stratigraphicUnitOf → Great Oolite Group ⓘ
Box Ground quarries → geologicalFormation → Great Oolite Group ⓘ
Cornbrash Formation → memberOf → Great Oolite Group ⓘ