Daley, B. & Balson, P. 1999. British Tertiary Stratigraphy. Geological Conservation Review Series No. 15, JNCC, Peterborough, ISBN 1 86107 469 7. The original source material for these web pages has been made available by the JNCC under the Open Government Licence 3.0. Full details in the JNCC Open Data Policy

Contents

The original source material for these web pages has been made available by the JNCC under the Open Government Licence 3.0. Full details in the JNCC Open Data Policy

Title page and preliminaries

Acknowledgements

Access to the countryside

Foreword Sir Angus Stirling

Preface B. Daley

1 Introduction to the Tertiary B. Daley

The Tertiary sub-era: subdivision and nomenclature

Understanding the Tertiary

The global context

Tertiary rocks in Britain

2 Introduction to the Palaeogene B. Daley

Economic significance

Palaeogene strata in the British area

History of research

Age and correlation

Palaeogeography

The Palaeogene GCR sites

Key to lithologies and structures

3 London Basin: eastern localities B. Daley

Introduction

Pegwell Bay, Kent

Herne Bay (Bishopstone Cliffs), Kent

Sheppey Cliffs, Kent

Lower Upnor Sand Pit, Kent

Charlton Sand Pit (Gilbert's Pit), Kent

Elmstead Rock Pit, Chislehurst, Kent

Harwich, Essex

Wrabness, Essex

Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex

4 London Basin: western localities B. Daley

Introduction

Harefield, Middlesex

Pincent's Kiln, Theale, Berks

Bolter End, Buckinghamshire

5 Hampshire Basin: Isle of Wight localities B. Daley

Introduction

Whitecliff Bay, Isle of Wight

Alum Bay, Isle of Wight

Headon Hill, Isle of Wight

Colwell Bay, Isle of Wight

Prospect Quarry, Isle of Wight

Bouldnor and Hamstead Cliffs and Foreshore, Isle of Wight

Thorness Bay and Gurnard, Isle of Wight

6 Hampshire Basin: mainland localities B. Daley

Introduction

Studland Bay, Dorset

Bournemouth Cliffs, Dorset

Hengistbury Head, Dorset

Friars Cliff, Mudeford, Dorset

'Barton Cliffs', Hampshire/Dorset

Wittering to Selsey Foreshore, West Sussex

Bognor Regis, West Sussex

Shepherd's Gutter, near Bramshaw, Hampshire

Studley Wood, Hampshire

7 Western outliers of Dorset and Devon B. Daley

Introduction

Blackdown, Dorset

Bincombe Down, Dorset

Creechbarrow, Dorset

Tower Wood Quarry, Devon

Buller's Hill Quarry, Devon

Aller Sand Pit, Devon

8 The Neogene of eastern England P. Batson

Introduction to the Neogene

The Pliocene–Pleistocene Boundary

The Neogene of eastern England

9 The Lenham Beds P. Batson

Introduction

Pivington Quarry, Lenham, Kent

Hart Hill, Kent

10 The Coralline Crag P. Batson

The Crags of East Anglia

Introduction

Ramsholt Cliff, Ramsholt, Suffolk

Rockhall Wood, Sutton, Suffolk

'The Cliff', Gedgrave, Suffolk

Gedgrave Hall, Gedgrave, Suffolk

Richmond Farm, Gedgrave, Suffolk

Broom Hill, Gedgrave, Suffolk

Sudbourne Park, Sudbourne, Suffolk

Crag Farm, Sudbourne, Suffolk

Valley Farm, Sudbourne, Suffolk

Red House Farm, Iken, Suffolk

Aldeburgh Hall, Aldeburgh, Suffolk

Round Hill, Aldeburgh, Suffolk

Crag Pit Nursery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk

11 The Red Crag P. Balson

Introduction

Hascot Hill Pit, Battisford, Suffolk

Buckanay Farm, Alderton, Suffolk

Bawdsey Cliffs Suffolk

Vale Farm, Sutton, Suffolk

Broom Covert, Butley, Suffolk

Orford Lodge, Chillesford, Suffolk

Waldringfield Heath, Suffolk

Neutral Farm Pit, Butley, Suffolk

Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex

References

Glossary

Index

References