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Gault Formation
Stratigraphic range: Albian 112–100 Ma
An exposed surface of Gault clay on the foreshore near Beachy Head, East Sussex
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofSelborne Group
UnderliesUpper Greensand Formation, Cambridge Greensand, Chalk Group
OverliesMonk's Bay Sandstone Formation, Folkestone Formation, Woburn Sands Formation, Carstone Formation, overstepping of Jurassic and Triassic rocks in Southern England
Thickness2 m in Norfolk to 110 m in the Weald
Lithology
PrimaryMudstone, clay
OtherLimestone
Location
RegionEngland
Country UK
Type section
LocationCopt Point, Folkestone

The Gault Formation is a geological formation of stiff blue clay deposited in a calm, fairly deep-water marine environment during the Lower Cretaceous Period (Upper and Middle Albian). It is well exposed in the coastal cliffs at Copt Point in Folkestone, Kent, England, where it overlays the Lower Greensand formation, and underlies the Upper Greensand Formation.[1] These represent different facies, with the sandier parts probably being deposited close to the shore and the clay in quieter water further from the source of sediment; both are believed to be shallow-water deposits.[2]

The etymology of the name is uncertain and probably of local origin.[3]

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Distribution

It is found in exposure on the south side of the North Downs and the north side of the South Downs. It is also to be found beneath the scarp of the Berkshire Downs, in the Vale of White Horse, in Oxfordshire, England, and on the Isle of Wight where it is known as Blue Slipper.[4] Gault underlies the chalk beneath the London Basin, generally overlying eroded rocks of Jurassic and Devonian age; lower gault is present only below the outer parts of the basin and is absent under central London. The Gault Formation represents a marine transgression following erosion of the Lower Greensand. It is subdivided into two sections, the Upper Gault and the Lower Gault. The Upper Gault onlaps onto the Lower Gault. The Gault Formation thins across the London Platform and then terminates against the Red Chalk just to the south of The Wash.

The Gault exposure at Copt Point, which is the type locality for the formation, is 40 m in thickness.

Uses

The clay has been used in several locations for making bricks, notably near Dunton Green and Wye in Kent.

Gault often contains numerous phosphatic nodules, some thought to be coprolites, and may also contain sand as well as small grains of the mineral glauconite. Crystals of the mineral selenite are fairly common in places, as are nodules of pyrite.

Fossils

Hamitidae fossil in Gault Clay on a beach in Folkestone, Kent

Gault yields abundant marine fossils, including ammonites (such as Hoplites, Hamites, Euhoplites, Anahoplites, and Dimorphoplites), belemnites (such as Neohibolites), bivalves (such as Birostrina and Pectinucula), gastropods (such as Anchura), solitary corals, fish remains (including shark teeth), scattered crinoid remains, and crustaceans (such as the crab Notopocorystes). Occasional fragments of fossil wood may also be found, and a dinosaur (cf. Acanthopholis) has also been found.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Selborne Group". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  2. ^ Gallois, R.W.; Edmunds, M.A. (1965). The Wealden District. British Regional Geology series (4th ed.). British Geological Survey. ISBN 0-11-884078-9.
  3. ^ The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. Clarendon Press. 1973.
  4. ^ Neville, Martin (23 March 2010). "Men rescued from mud". Isle of Wight County Press. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  5. ^ Lomax, D. & Tamura, N. (2014). "Dinosaurs of the British Isles", Siri Scientific Press pg. 367 ISBN 9780957453050

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