Geology of the Isle of Wight : a brief explanation of the Isle of Wight Geological Sheet. Contents page

P M Hopson and A R Farrant

With contributions by A J Newell, K A Lee, J Thompson, M A Woods, I P Wilkinson, L B Bateson, G K Lott, C Dashwood, G O Jenkins, D G Cameron, D Beamish and C James

Bibliographic reference: Hopson, P M, and Farrant, A R. 2015. Geology of the Isle of Wight—a brief explanation of the geological sheet. Sheet Explanation of the British Geological Survey. Parts of 1:50 000 sheets 330 (Lymington), 331 (Portsmouth), 344 (Chale) and 345 (Ventnor) (England and Wales).

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(Frontispiece 1) Geological succession in the Isle of Wight Palaeogene–Quaternary.

(Frontispiece 2) Geological succession in the Isle of Wight Devonian–Cretaceous.

Contents

Title page and preliminaries

Chapter 1. Introduction

Geological setting and history of research

Structure and basin development

The Isle of Wight HiRES Survey

Chapter 2. Geological description

Concealed strata

Lower Cretaceous

Upper Cretaceous

Palaeogene

Quaternary

Chapter 3. Applied geology

Landslides

Hydrogeology

Bulk minerals

Building stones

Hydrocarbons

Geotechnical considerations

Geodiversity

Chapter 4. Human occupation of the Isle of Wight

Information sources

References

Figures, plates and tables

Isle of Wight — Maps